What's On at UWA

Callaway Series is unreserved and ticketed at the door. All tickets are $10.00. Doors open 15 minutes prior to the event.

A public lecture by David Simpson, Distinguished Professor of English, UC Davis.

Terror and catastrophe are commonly distinguished as (respectively) man-made and natural phenomena, but there is increasing evidence for seeing them as historically related. There is also a strong case for (...)

A public lecture by James O’Byrne, NOLA.com.

Katrina brought into high relief the role of journalists as first responders, as integral to disaster response as police, fire and rescue personnel. The unprecedented nature of the collapse of the Federal seawalls protecting New Orleans (...)

Join Joanna in exploring the visual representations of war and trauma in South and North Korean arts of the Cold War period, in a talk on Friday 7 June at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

Joanna's presentation will examine how visual arts have been used in both countries to create (...)

“As the Arab Spring enters its third year, new Arab democracies are struggling with a myriad of serious issues, which could impact the future success or failure of democratic transitions in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, and other countries in the region. These issues include governance; Islamic (...)

Deciding what subjects to study in Year 11 and 12 can be a daunting process, particularly you are not yet sure if university is the right pathway for your future goals.

Our information sessions will provide advice on UWA's courses, entry requirements and other helpful subject selection (...)

Deciding what subjects to study in Year 11 and 12 can be a daunting process, particularly you are not yet sure if university is the right pathway for your future goals.

Our information sessions will provide advice on UWA's courses, entry requirements and other helpful subject selection (...)

The rules and details of UWA's Three Minute Thesis Competition will be described, and guidance will be given on how to present a talk suitable for this event. Doctoral and Masters Researchers, ECRs and academics within 7 years of PhD completion are eligible to compete.

Join Romit Dasgupta in a talk discussing the transformations of the 'imaginings' of Japan on Friday 14 June at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

Over the post-World War Two decades, ‘imaginings’ of Japan in public discourse in Australia have undergone radical and often unanticipated (...)

Join curators Ted Snell and Sally Quin for an informative tour of the exhibition ORIENTing on Saturday 15 June 2pm at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

ORIENTing presents a rare opportunity to see important works by Ian Fairweather from public and private collections in Western Australia (...)

Why do people owe political and legal obligations to each other? Why, for example, can I be prevented from punching you or burning your house down? Political and legal thinkers generally agree on the nature of the answer to this question, even if they disagree on the details. The answer focusses on (...)

Join DMA candidate Karen-Elizabeth Sekararum on Monday 24 June 2013 - 5pm in the Tunley Lecture Theatre, School of Music, UWA

An Exploration of English Language Sung Poetry as presented in the Recital Srimaya's FAll from the Demon's Circle

DMA Lecture-Demonstration

The aim of this course is to introduce you to basic statistics. It will cover descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations); data exploration; basic categorical data analysis; simple linear regression and basic analysis of variance (ANOVA).

The course is subsidised for UWA (...)

Language attitudes are inextricably linked to linguistic variation and deeply tied up to groups of people and what is believed about them. The study of people’s beliefs about language, including evaluations and discriminations of language variety, falls in the area of sociolinguistics known as (...)

This masterclass for doctoral and early career doctoral researchers will focus on the development of plans for achieving research impact through collaborations and the two-way exchange of knowledge between the university and a range of external stakeholders.

The course is designed for those who have no experience with R, but have a basic understanding of statistics. Those without this experience are encouraged to attend the Introductory Statistics course first.

This course covers material ranging from Kaplan Meier curves to the analysis of censored data and Cox's proportional hazards models.

Participants must bring their own laptop with R installed.

As part of the WinterARTS Festival and in celebration of the magnificent exhibition ORIENTing on show at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, join Western Australian guitarist Christine Yeong for an intimate performance and evening viewing of works. Yeong, brings her passionate, energetic, and unique (...)

Join Melissa for an in-depth look at the exhibition Towards Perth on Friday July 5, at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

'Towards Perth: Western Australian Women Artists before 1950' is drawn from the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art and runs from 4 May 2013 until 13 July 2013 at the (...)

*Please note that the calligraphy workshops are now fully booked*

Enrol in a free Chinese calligraphy workshop run by the Confucius Institute on Friday 12 July 1pm and 3pm at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

The Confucius Institute at UWA seeks to foster cross-cultural (...)