What’s on
Most of our Lectures and Cafe Scientifique events are held in person with a few on Zoom. Please check the date, time and day of the week for each event as they do vary.
Opening hours for our office at the Lodge are shown on our homepage.
6
May
“What are Sustainable Drainage Solutions (SuDS), and their environmental benefits for cities like York?”
YPS Lectures
- Date
- 6 May 2025
- Start time
- 7:00 PM
- Venue
- Tempest Anderson Hall
- Speaker
- Kevin Smalley BSc (Hons) MIET Joe Hodgkinson

7
May
New Tools for Old Pots: Using scientific approaches to investigate Yorkshire’s medieval pottery
Café Scientifique
- Date
- 7 May 2025
- Start time
- 7:30 PM
- Venue
- City Screen Basement Bar
- Speaker
- Yannick Signer, University of York

13
May
YPS Get Together Lunch on Tuesday 13th May from 12pm
YPS Activities
- Date
- 13 May 2025
- Start time
- 12:00 PM

20
May
‘What is a superbug? The global threat of Antibiotic Resistance”
YPS Lectures
- Date
- 20 May 2025
- Start time
- 7:00 PM

3
Jun
‘Bacteriophages; the good viruses’.
YPS Lectures
- Date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Start time
- 7:00 PM
- Venue
- Tempest Anderson Hall
- Speaker
- Professor Martha Clokie, University of Leicester

10
Jun
YPS Get Together Lunch on Tuesday 10th June from 12pm
YPS Activities
- Date
- 10 Jun 2025
- Start time
- 12:00 PM

10
Jun
So Bracing: A Potted History of the Railway Poster
Café Scientifique
- Date
- 10 Jun 2025
- Start time
- 7:00 PM
- Venue
- Bootham School
- Speaker
- Roger Backhouse

11
Jun
FOYAT (Friends of York Archaeological Trust) 50th Anniversary Event
YPS Lectures
- Date
- 11 Jun 2025
- Start time
- 2:30 PM
