Centenary Lecture Series
Aberystwyth is proud of the role that it has played in shaping the development of Geography and Earth Sciences as academic disciplines, with graduates from the department going to teach at universities around the world and making important contributions to research.
To celebrate our Centenary we are inviting back noted alumni and former staff from the department who have gone on to be professors, lecturers and research scientists at universities and research institutes in Britain and abroad to give guest lectures, in order to highlight this academic legacy.
The lectures are free of charge and open to all. The programme below will be regularly updated as times, locations, titles and further speakers are confirmed.
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Weds 25 Oct 6pm, A6 |
Prof. Martin Siegert, Co-Director, Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College. Martha T Muse Prize winner Former lecturer 1994-1998
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‘How is Antarctica changing and why should we care?’ |
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Thur 9 Nov 4pm, L-floor |
Prof. Neil Wrigley, Southampton University RGS Murchison Prize winner Alumnus (BA 1974)
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‘Adaptive Resilience of the High Street’ |
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Weds 15 Nov 4pm, L-floor |
Dr Aisling Dolan, Leeds University Alumna (BSc 2006)
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‘Ice and Climate in a Warmer World - Lessons from the Pliocene’
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Thur 23 Nov 4pm, L-floor
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Dr Dan Le Heron, Royal Holloway University Alumnus (BSc Geology 2000; PhD 2003)
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‘Re-imagining the shape of long-gone ice sheets: a geologist’s perspective’ |
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Thurs 30 Nov 4pm, L-floor |
Professor Richard Yarwood, Plymouth University Alumnus (BA Geography 1990; PhD 1994)
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“Citizen Geographies, Citizen Geographers” |
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Weds 13 Dec 4pm, :L-floor |
Dr Michelle Farrell, Coventry University Alumna (BSc Geography 2003) |
“Seeing the wood for the trees: recent advances in the reconstruction of Holocene land-cover and land-use from pollen data” |
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Thur 18 Jan 6pm, A6
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Prof. Tim Cresswell, Vice-President, Trinity College, Connecticut Former lecturer and professor 1999-2006
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‘Maxwell Street: Writing and Thinking Mobility and Place in a Chicago Market’ |
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Thur 25 Jan 3.30pm (note) L-floor |
Dr Kim Peters, University of Liverpool Leverhulme Research Fellow Former lecturer 2012-2016 Dr Jennifer Turner, University of Liverpool Alumna (BA Human Geography 2008, PhD 2014); Former lecturer 2011-2013. |
‘Invisible infrastructure: maritime motorways and the making of global mobilities’
‘Careful control: the infrastructure of water in carceral space’ |
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Weds 31 Jan 4pm, L-floor |
Dr Sarah Mills, Loughborough University RGS Gill Memorial Award winner Alumna (BA 2006, MA 2007, PhD 2011)
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‘Mapping the Moral Geographies of Education’ |
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Weds 7 Feb 4pm, L-floor |
Professor Martin Jones, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Staffordshire University Philip Leverhulme Prize winner Former lecturer 1998-2004 and professor 2004-2013; Director of the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, 2004-2008. |
‘For a New Regional Geography’ |
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Weds 14 Feb 4pm, L-floor |
Dr Ian Darbyshire, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Alumnus (BSc Geography 1997; PhD 2001)
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‘Plant Diversity and Conservation in Africa’ |
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Thur 22 Feb 4pm, L-floor |
Dr John Harrison, Loughborough University RSA Early Career Excellence Award winner Alumnus (BA 2002, MA 2004, PhD 2006)
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Economic Geography Title to be confirmed |
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Thurs 1 March 4pm, L-floor |
Dr Mark Smith, Leeds University Former lecturer 2008-2012 |
Rivers Title to be confirmed
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Weds 7 March 4pm, L-floor |
Dr Keely Mills, British Geological Survey Alumna (BSc 2005) |
Palaeoenvironment Title to be confirmed
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Thurs 15 March 6pm, A6 |
Professor Deborah Dixon, Glasgow University Former lecturer 1999-2012 and professor 2012 |
Human Geography Title to be confirmed
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Weds 21 March 4pm, L-floor |
Prof Pete Adey, Royal Holloway University Philip Leverhulme Prize winner Alumnus (BA 2001, MA 2003, PhD 2006); Research Fellow 2006-7.
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Mobilities Title to be confirmed |
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Thurs 3 May 6pm, A6 |
Prof Paul Milbourne, Cardiff University Alumnus (BA 1988, PhD 1991)
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Rural Wales Title to be confirmed |
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Weds 9 May 6pm, A6 |
Prof Melanie Leng, Nottingham University Science Director, British Geological Survey Alumna (PhD 1990)
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“Understanding past climates using geochemical data from ocean and terrestrial sediments” |
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Thurs 17 May 4pm, L-floor |
Dr Jessica Pykett, Birmingham University Former research assistant and lecturer
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Political Geography Title to be confirmed |
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Weds 23 May 6pm, A6 |
Prof Jamie Woodward, Manchester University Alumnus (BA 1986)
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“A Volatile Nile: 6,000 Years of Environmental Change in Northern Sudan” |
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Weds 6 June 4pm, L-floor |
Prof Chris Clark, Sheffield University Alumnus (BSc 1985)
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‘Understanding Ice Sheets Using Glacial Landforms’ |
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Thurs 14 June 6pm, A6 |
Prof Julian Dowdeswell, Director, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University Polar Medal; RGS Founders Medal; RGS Gill Memorial Award; EGU Louis Agassiz Medal Former lecturer 1986-89 and professor 1994-98; Director of Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences 1997-98.
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Glaciology Title to be confirmed |