The Royal Society of Tasmania invites you to its August 2024 Public Lecture by guest speaker Heather Sculthorpe. Join us at piyura kitina/Risdon Cove Aboriginal Land on Sunday 4 August, 2024 for a talk on the Aboriginal movement in Lutruwita (Tasmania). Open the post to learn more.
Full annual programs of lectures and events released
View a recording of the lecture by John K Davidson – May 2024
The recent 2024 lecture by John K Davidson, “The tectonic approach to Continental Drift”, is now available on the RST YouTube channel. Open the post to view it now.
View a recording of the lecture by Keith Corbett – April 2024
The recent 2024 lecture by Keith Corbett, “Gondwana’s child – the geological making of Tasmania”, is now available on the RST YouTube channel. Open the post to view it now.
View a recording of the lecture by Professor Cassandra Pybus – March 2024
The 2024 AGM lecture by Professor Cassandra Pybus, “Morton Allport: the resurrection man of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1862-1876”, is now available on the RST YouTube channel. Open the post to view it now.
View a recording of the lecture by Prof. Tim McCormack – February 2024
The recent 2024 lecture by Prof. Tim McCormack, “The International Criminal Court: Ukraine and Gaza”, is now available on the RST YouTube channel. Open the post to view it now.
View a recording of the lecture by Dr Annaliese Jacobs-Claydon – December 2023
The recent 2023 Christmas Dinner and lecture by Dr Annaliese Jacobs-Claydon, “Shearwater Stories: Histories of Tasmania and the Arctic”, is now available on the RST YouTube channel. Open the post to view it now.
2024 Lecture Calendar
Open this post to view lecture programs during 2024 for South and North.
Royal Society YouTube channel
Click here to see the full list of recorded lectures available in our YouTube channel.
Nominations open for The Royal Society of Tasmania Medals on offer in 2024
The RST will offer two medals in 2024: the Louisa Anne Meredith Medal and the Peter Smith Medal. The Call for Medal Nominations opens on 30 June. Nominations for these two medals close on 31 August. Nominations may be made by anyone, although self-nominations are not accepted. Open this post for more details.
Lynne Uptin OAM FSBA
Congratulations to our RST member Lynne Uptin OAM who was awarded the 2024 Best Botanical Art Exhibit Award and a Gold Medal award for 2024 for her suite of works. Open this post for more details.
Collaboration between The Royal Society Of Tasmania and Wagner Framemakers
Purchase a museum-quality print of a work in the Society Art Collection at an exhibition at the new premises of Wagner Framemakers in Argyle Street. Open this post for more details.
The late Tony Hope awarded Australia Day honour
The Royal Society of Tasmania is pleased to acknowledge that former RST member the late Tony Hope was awarded a posthumous OAM in the Australia Day Honours for service to the mining industry, and to Australia China relations. Open this post for more details.
The Royal Society of Tasmania 2023 Doctoral Award winner announced
The Royal Society of Tasmania’s Honours and Awards Committee recently announced the winner of the 2023 RST Doctoral (PhD) Award as Dr Tobias Stål. Open the post to learn more.
Call for Volunteers to help upload Art Collection cataloguing data
RST Honorary Art Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, is seeking volunteers interested in helping to upload data for the RST Art Collection’s on-line catalogue. Open the post to learn more.
Royal Society of Tasmania 2023 Medal Winners announced
The Royal Society of Tasmania’s Council recently announced the winners of the 2023 MR Banks Medal and RM Johnston Memorial Medal. Open the post to learn more.