ABOUT US
We are the Oxford University Geography Society, a student-run society based at the University of Oxford which is open to anyone with an interest in geography.
AIMS
HISTORY
We feel the Society has an important role to play within the University, and aim to bring together a diverse community of geographers and non-geographers through a range of social and academic events. Our aim is threefold: to promote geography within Oxford University through speaker events, debates and seminars; to provide a social setting for students of all years groups and subjects; and to encourage and accommodate career opportunities for students studying geography.
Previously called the Herbertson Society, Oxford’s original geography society was named after renowned geographer Andrew John Herbertson (1865-1915), one of the first Readers at the University’s School of Geography – which was itself one of the first geography departments at a university in Britain!
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The original society ceased to exist in 2011, but in the academic year 2014-15 we relaunched Oxford Geography Society to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Herbertson’s death.
The Society's Constitution can be found here:
