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Indoor Meeting: Women in Geology

Women in Geology


Indoor Meeting

November 2025 10.45GMT

The Yorkshire Museum, York



10.45 Welcome and Introduction – Prof. Deborah Smith OBE (YPS President) and David Harbourne

(YPS Chair)

11.00 Keynote lecture – Dr. Tori Herridge (University of Sheffield)

11.45 The Pioneers – Dr. Leanne Hughes (British Geological Survey)

12.25 A short history of women in sedimentology . Prof. Cathy Hollis (University of Manchester)

13.05 LUNCH INTERVAL

14.30 Welcome back and YGS Business – Prof. Colin Waters (YGS President)

14.45 Women in Volcanology – who are we, who were we and how do we tell our hidden

stories? Dr. Rebecca Williams (University of Hull)

15.25 A new sedimentary cycle: documentation of a rapid ‘anthropoclastic’ cycle. Dr. Amanda Owen

(University of Glasgow)

16.05 Discussion and Q&A

16.30 Close

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