What's On at UWA

MAAWA has been investigating Port Gregory for many years in association with the WA Maritime Museum. The rationale for the port is embedded in the story of the 1847 discovery of galena by the Gregory brothers in their survey of the West Australian northern regions. The extensive infrastructure that (...)

The Faculty of Arts Korean Studies at UWA are organising an exciting Korean music and dance performance at UWA Octagon Theatre next Thursday 15th October 2015, starting from 7.30pm. "The Rhythm of Korea" showcases Korea's music and dance at the intersection of traditional and (...)

Flaneur: A literary and theoretical urban figure who walks and experiences the city.

The idea of flanerie, or what Balzac once described as 'the gastronomy of the eye', is experiencing a revival. The idea of strolling, no longer by a lone male of a certain class, but by one observing (...)

2.30pm Marnie Tonkin, PhD Candidate, Anthropology & Sociology, UWA Title: Payinjala Pinpala Yurlu (strike camp) Aboriginal architecture in the Pilbara: an investigation of transformation and identity creation through the architectural forms of the 1946 pastoral workers strike

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A public lecture by Robert Fisher, Dean of Research, Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh and 2015 IAS Distinguished Visiting Fellow.

This talk will present an overview of the data acquisition and analysis from the ChiRoPing and Fish4Knowledge EU funded research projects (...)

A public lecture by John Goodge, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-Duluth.

In this lecture, Professor Goodge will discuss the Rapid Access Ice Drill (RAID), currently in development, which will be able to will penetrate the Antarctic ice sheets in (...)

A public lecture by James Bennett, Curator of Asian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia and co-curator of 'Treasure Ships: Art in the Age of Spices' Exhibition.

In this lecture, James Bennett will explore the Indonesian pesisir art featured in 'Treasure Ships: Art in the Age of Spices' (...)

Ian presents here a brief history of the Maritime Archaeological Association and its relationship with the WA Maritime Museum. The presentation will summarise and explore the results of some joint expeditions with the Museum on shipwrecks in Australia and Overseas. It will also include a discussion (...)

A public lecture by Rebecca Baumann, artist.

Light is capable of transforming spatial environments - an intangible material which can be manipulated and sculpted. It has the power to affect us psychologically, as well as alter our perception of the world around us. In this presentation (...)

This presentation, part of a larger project considering "Asia" (and "Asian Studies") from the edges of the continent, draws upon current ongoing research on cultural and human interactions between Japan and Turkey. The focus of the project is on the ways individual actors, in (...)

Join us for an evening of all Mozart concerti performed by local champion soloists Paul Wright, Robert Gladstones and Raymond Yong accompanied by a chamber orchestra of brilliant young musicians.

The program will include Piano Concerto No.12, Horn Concerto No.2 and Violin Concerto No.5.

Free public lecture organised by the archaeology department at UWA by John McNabb and entitled

Men amongst the Morlocks. Human origins and anthropology in late Victorian scientific romances and the public perception of human evolution

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Free public lecture organised by the archaeology department of UWA by Christine Hertler whose talk is entitled

A trip to the islands. Early migrations to the Sunda Shelf and the palaeoenvironment of Homo erectus in Java

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Recently South Asia has undergone a number of tensions. Pakistan and India view each other as the problem, while at the same time the region suffers from natural and other threats such as lack of energy, water resources, and migration of peoples. The panel discussion explores the possibilities of (...)

A public lecture by Paul H Taylor, Professor of Engineering Science, University of Oxford.

Giant waves are rare, and seldom recorded by reliable oceanographic instruments. However, on 1 January 1995 a sensor on a platform in the central North Sea recorded a giant 60ft high wave crest, so (...)

Free public lecture organised by the archaeology department of UWA, presented by Robin Dennell and entitled

No Longer Marginal. 10 reasons why China is important in palaeoanthropology

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Free public lecture organised by the archaeology department of UWA by John McNabb whose talk is entitled

Symmetry, cognition and the Acheulean of the British Middle Pleistocene

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Learn about the courses on offer, discuss your study options, meet Business School staff and students and have all your questions answered before applying for your chosen MBA or Graduate Certificate course.

The evening encompasses information on the MBA Full Time, MBA Flexible, Graduate (...)

A public lecture by Jonathan Marks, Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina.

Human evolution is the scientific narrative of who we are and where we came from, which for any other society would be considered to lie in the domain of kinship and origin myth. All such (...)

Don't miss the UWA Friends of the Grounds Plant Sale on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th October between 12 and 2pm in the Taxonomic Garden, near the Botany glasshouses.

There are exotic and native plants as well as succulents and herbs. Sales are cash only and prices are around $5 with (...)