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GA Huddersfield & Halifax Branch
Chairman: Mr John Broadbent
97 Low Westwood Lane
Wellhouse
Golcar
Huddersfield
HD7 4EW
Tel: 01484 650171
Email: John Broadbent
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Membership of the Huddersfield Branch is £7 a year. Visitors are welcome and pay £2 per lecture. Lectures are held in W5/10 Technology Building at Huddersfield University commencing at 7:15pm unless otherwise stated.
International Boundaries and Conflict
Tuesday 25 September 2007
Professor Ewan Anderson
As the recent experience of the Royal Navy demonstrates, crossing red lines can have profound consequences, especially in times of strife.
Canalside West Lecture Theatre, off Firth Street
Chilled out at the Pole
Tuesday 23 October 2007
Mike Dann
Mike entered a team for the 2006 Polar Challenge, a race to the magnetic North Pole to help the Laura Crane Trust and to return intact. He did and in the event they won! RGS-IBG joint meeting
Canalside West Lecture Theatre, off Firth Street
The Problem with Djenne…
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Lazare Eloundou, UNESCO Programme Specialist for Africa
Mali's world famous mud-built city of Djenne, situated on the Niger River, is in danger of being washed away following the introduction of piped water. How to save the city is the task facing our speaker, a specialist in adobe architecture.
Canalside West Lecture Theatre, off Firth Street
The rest of the season's meetings will be held in Room T5/10 of the Technology Building
From Cairo to Khartoum
Tuesday 22 January 2008
Peter Drake, FRGS
Travelling in Egypt and Sudan, Napoleon's invasion and Gordon's relief are just two of the events which were played out in the difficult terrain of these two major Nile dependent countries. Travel today can be just as eventful! RGS-IBG joint meeting
On the Verge of Conservation
Tuesday 26 February 2008
Dr Margaret Atherden
Twenty years studying the flora of roadside verges in NE Yorkshire has given results which hold lessons for biodiversity and also implications for the future in a changing global climate.
Hidden Corners of Brittany
Tuesday 18 March 2008
Richard Snailham FRGS
Although not so far away, France has much to offer the curious traveller. Richard's love of seeking out little known areas resulted in a guidebook and a TV programme – and much bonhomie!
AGM followed by:
Waterfalls, Tourism and Development
Tuesday 29 April 2008
Janet Clarkson
Waterfalls have been attracting visitors for centuries but some have not escaped development which changed their surroundings.
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