More congratulations, this time to Professor Daniel Carey, Hakluyt Society trustee, recently elected President of the Royal Irish Academy www.ria.ie/2026/03/16/r...

Royal Irish Academy elects Professor Daniel Carey as President - Royal Irish Academy

Today (16 March 2026) at its Stated General Meeting, the Members of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) elected Daniel Carey MRIA as the Academy’s 59th President, taking office with immediate effect.

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Congratulations to Professor Claire Jowitt, former trustee of the Hakluyt Society, on her recent appointment as Chair of the Society of Nautical Research snr.org.uk/about/chair-...

Hakluyt Society Annual Lecture given by Dr Paul Stock on 24 June 2026 at 6pm Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London. The lecture's theme is ‘Walking with the Ancients: Empiricism, the Imagination and Travel to Classical Sites, c. 1650-1830’. Contact office@hakluyt.com for more details.

Hakluyt Society AGM for all members will take place on 24 June 2026 at the Royal Asiatic Society - please contact office@hakluyt.com for further details.

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Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The latest volume from the Hakluyt Society will be available very soon: boydellandbrewer.com/book/taking-...

Taking Newton On Tour

The travel diary of Martin Folkes (1690-1754), the only simultaneous president of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries, provides a novel reading of the Grand Tour as a vehicle for scientif...

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A date for your diary: 9 October 2025, 6.30pm-7.45pm EGR Taylor lecture: lightning at sea in the 18th and 19th centuries - Dr Sara Caputo www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

Lightning at sea in the 18th and 19th centuries

Dr Sara Caputo's EGR Taylor lecture 2025 will discuss how lightning shaped the maritime world drawing on sources from Britain and western Europe.

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Hakluyt Society Essay Prize 2026 - submissions now welcome, closing date 31 March 2026 www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-soci...

Now available at www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-soci... Dr Zoltán Biedermann Hakluyt Society Annual Lecture 2025 ‘Indigenous voices in the literature of travel and exploration’

Taking place this evening at the Royal Asiatic Society, the Hakluyt Society Annual Lecture to be delivered by Professor Zoltan Biedermann ‘Indigenous Voices in the literature of travel and exploration’.

Register now for the "Futures of Travel Editing" workshop on Friday 4 July 2025, Royal Asiatic Society, London. Free registration for in-person or online attendance. Registration (via Eventbrite): eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future... Full programme: