What's On at UWA

Hon Murray Wilcox QC, a former Australian Federal Court judge is conducting extensive consultations surrounding the creation of and transition to the Specialist Division for building and construction within Fair Work Australia. Open to the public this forum is free and will run from 9am to 2pm in (...)

Long before humans came to this earth, its climate cycled from ice ages to warm periods with a regularity of about 100,000 years. Indeed, it may be argued that it was this cycling that formed not only our DNA, but also moulded our cultural norms. A scale model, based on the great ocean conveyer (...)

The University of Western Australia is set to explode into life in February as over 5,000 students flock to the biggest uni event of the year: the UWA O-Day Festival.

Every year, the UWA Student Guild hosts a festival of epic proportions to kick off the academic year and revel in the (...)

The 2009 John Inverarity Cup cricket match will be played on Monday, 2 March from 2 pm at James Oval, on campus at The University of Western Australia. The Vice-Chancellor’s XI will include members of the university’s A grade side and the John Inverarity XI will consist of some current and (...)

This explosive broadside against the Taliban is set in the Afghani province of Bamian. In 2001, the Taliban destroyed a pair of massive fifth-century Buddha carvings. Today the statues loom in absentia over Makhmalbaf’s pointed parable. Baktay, a smiley and determined six-year-old, decides she (...)

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CAPITAL IDEAS: PUTTING MORE ‘VENTURE’ IN OUR CAPITAL

This public lecture will consider what Perth needs to do in order to become a more dynamic and vibrant capitla city in an ever increasing globalised and competitive world.

The Stephenson/Hepburn Oration celebrates the (...)

Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture 2009

Aboriginal women have a long and proud history as custodians of care and connection within and between families. Throughout modern history this role has evolved to include advocacy and activism as Aboriginal women (and men) have fought for the rights (...)

Directed by Edgar Metcalfe, a man well known to Perth theatre audiences, the play is set in 1930s Italy. The Merchant is well known as a tale of intrigue, romance, greed, racism and revenge. The financial and moral bankruptcy of 1930s Europe create a powerful backdrop for showing the explosive mix (...)

Learn about the tools and materials needed for Chinese painting including characteristics such as the absorbent nature of rice paper and different ways of using the brush (e.g. painting with the side of the brush, painting with the tip of the brush and centre of the brush). Develop basic skills in (...)

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, one of America’s leading institutes for advanced study, is pleased to be honouring two of Australia’s most distinguished citizens, Kim Beazley and Janet Holmes a Court, as recipients of the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award, in recognition of (...)

This lecture will review the evidence for greenhouse gas trends in this interglacial, compared to earlier interglacials, and then describe experiments with climate models that address three questions:

1. What would the climate be now without the combination of the proposed effects of (...)

Join us for some interesting philosophical exchange - Bring a friend: Everyone is Welcome! We will discuss our topic in a friendly "community of inquiry" - no prior philosophical knowledge is necessary.

Russell Kingdom will trace the history of the reclamation of the foreshore and touch on some of the ideas for major development. He will then go on to discuss possible reasons why these proposals have not been implemented, and why we need to fully understand the significance of the foreshore and (...)

The 2009 Integrated Human Studies seminars, on the theme "Being Human", begin on March 11 and run fortnightly till May 20. An interesting array of speakers will present interdisciplinary academic and experiential perspectives on topics such as Being Healthy, Rites of Passage, and (...)

Human beings evolved eating a variety of fresh seasonal foods, but for many in the first world, media influence and the 24/7 supermarket promote unhealthy food choices. And in some countries, climatic, political or economic factors make food availability uncertain now and in the future. Prof (...)

In 1993 the Security Council of the United Nations established the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and in so doing gave birth to a new system of international justice. It was followed by the Rwanda Tribunal, mixed tribunals for East Timor, Sierra Leone and Lebanon and (...)