Lectures
Geology of Edinburgh and Around
Monday 11th January 2027
Lecture by Angus Millar ( Geowalks and Edinburgh University)
Time 7.00pm
Venue Zoom only
Geology of Scotland
Geology and World Heritage:an Update on What is on the World Heritage List- and what is not
Tuesday 8th December 2026
Lecture by Dr Patrick McKeevor
Time 7.00pm
Venue Zoom only
Geology and World Heritage: an Update on What si On the World Heritage List, and what is not
The Economic Geology and associated archaeology of the Greater Belfast Area( held jointly with HERoNI).
Wednesday 18th November 2026
Lecture by Ian Enlander
Time Time: 1pm
Location: Public Records Office NI lecture room, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT3 9HQ
Booking essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993525043068?aff=oddtdtcreator
Title:The economic geology and associated industrial archaeology of the Greater Belfast area
IODP Expedition 507: Glaciers, Landscapes, Climates, and Ecosystems of the North Sea (GLACE-NS)
Monday 19th Oct 2026
Lecture by Dr Andrew Newton
Time 6.30 for 7pm
Venue Elmwood Building QUB- Hybrid
IODP Expedition 507: Glaciers, Landscapes, Climates, and Ecosystems of the North Sea (GLACE-NS)
Controls on magmatic sulfide Ni-Cu-Co-PGE mineralisation: Tales from South Africa and NE Scotland
Monday 18th May 2026
Lecture by Dr Erin Thompson
Time 6.30 for 7pm
Venue MCB McArthur Hall and hybrid
Controls on magmatic sulfide Ni-Cu-Co-PGE mineralisation: Tales from South Africa and NE Scotland”
The Barberton Greenstone Belt – a window onto the early Earth
Monday 27th April 2026
AGM Talk by Dr Max Marchini
Time 7pm
Venue MCB
The Barberton Greenstone Belt- a window onto the early Earth
Close Encounters of the Third(Geological) Kind
Monday 20th Oct 2025
Talk by Stephen Thompson
6.30 for 7.00pm
Venue MCB
University Rd
Belfast
Wild Ireland: An exhibition at the Ulster Museum
Thursday 26th June, 10.45 a.m.
Meet in the entrance hall of the Ulster Museum.
A curator-led tour (by Mike Simms) of the exhibition (open until 31st August), showcasing 60 paintings by Julian Friars who worked in collaboration with Mike to explore the changing fortunes of some of Ireland’s wildlife, from long-extinct giant millipedes, through Ice Age ‘monsters’, to extant wildlife.
The mining heritage of County Antrim and its legacy
Monday 19th May
Talk by Kieran Parker BGS
6.30 for 7.00pm
Venue QUB Geography Dept ,Elmwood
Avenue,Belfast
Belfast Geologists 2025 AGM
AGM and Alaska Presentation Tuesday April 8th at Methodist College Belfast
6.00pm- 6.30pm AGM
6.30-7.00pm Tea/Coffee
7.00pm ‘An Alaskan Adventure’ by Ian Enlander
Ireland’s Fossil Heritage – bringing geoscience to the public
18th March 2025
Talk by Dr Jess Franklin
Venue Methodist College Belfast
Time 6.30-8pm
Fun with Fossils !
Sat 22nd Feb
Karen Parks
Carrickfergus Museum( part of NI Science Festival)
10.30- 2.30