What's On at UWA

SymbioticA Seminar> Thursday 25th Feb> Speakers: Sohan Hayes & Laetitia Wilson; Title: 'Datadrum 2.04: Imagining the Sixth Dimensional City'; Location: Fremantle Arts Centre, 1 Finnerty St, Fremantle WA; "Datadrum v.2.04 is an interactive video installation which is the product of (...)

The 2010 Perth Writers Festival is a treasure trove of literature and ideas for all ages. With more than 100 events - workshops, seminars and talks - the festival is a chance to find out more about the people who lead us and the themes that inspire them.

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This session offers a special opportunity to hear expert practitioners reflect on playing a range of repertoire. The Australian Brass Quintet (ABQ) is comprised of some of Australia’s foremost brass musicians. Its members have been performing together in various ensembles for over fifteen years (...)

The 2010 Salek Minc lecture will be presented by Michael Rush, former Director of the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr Rush will discuss the central role of the university art museum within the cultural and intellectual life of the university and wider (...)

The 2010 Salek Minc Lecture will be presented by Michael Rush, former director of the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston. In this lecture he will examine the responsibilities of museums and galleries as the custodians of our cultural heritage, in light of recent controversies around the (...)

Joel Cohen currently serves in the United Nations as the Executive Officer for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and Department of Field Operations based in New York. He recently returned from 18 months in Dili where he served as the Chief of Administrative Services in the UN Integrated (...)

Throughout his career Professor Richard Weller has worked selectively on significant and often large scale urban projects around the world. He is renowned for combining teaching, research and practice as a Professor of Landscape Architecture at The University of Western Australia.

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UWA Extension presents - Todd Sampson is the CEO of Leo Burnett Sydney, one of Australia's top creative advertising agencies. He is well known for his appearances on the hit ABC TV show The Gruen Transfer and features regularly on Channel Ten's 7PM Project. Todd is the co-creator of the (...)

The Institute of Advanced Studies and the Faculty of Law at UWA present a free public lecture by George Bizos SC, Human Rights Lawyer.

During South Africa’s apartheid years, the role of the judiciary was suppressed by the implementation of the principle of the sovereignty of parliament (...)

SymbioticA Friday Seminar> Speaker: Prof. Richard Weller; Title: 'Nature By Design'; Location: SymbioticA Room 228, Level 2 , School of Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA; 3:30-5pm; "Professor Weller will speak widely on various ways in which the idea of Nature is constructed in culture at (...)

"Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things." — Isaac Newton

Professor George Stewart, Dean of Life and Physical Science cordially invites you to visit Physics - the School that studies phenomena from the smallest sub-atomi (...)

In this conceptual discussion on the relationships between language, thought, and action, Anna Soter proposes a reconceptualization of language as a field of energy, and an argument as to why it matters.

As far removed as it may appear to be in the context of mainstream education, this (...)

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

Cancelled due to family crisis. Sincere apologies.

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Brian's work at the School of Music began in 2005 when he joined the cataloguing team at the Callaway Centre working on the ARC-funded Preserving (...)

Macbeth is a haunting tale of regicide, murder, witchcraft, demons and spirits. Unrelenting in its pace, violence and supernatural themes, it is regarded by many critics as Shakespeare's darkest tragedy. Director Garreth Bradshaw (WAYTCO's Life of Galileo, Upstart Theatre Company's Taming of the (...)

Dr Malajczuk will talk about his research in the truffle industry. He will describe the truffle culture in France and its importance in cuisine, culture, tourism and everyday life in villages in southern France. He will discuss the historical development of the industry in Australia and the (...)

John Barrett-Lennard is Director of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery and Margaret Moore is Manager of Visual Arts at the Perth International Arts Festival. In this inaugural session of the Wednesday Night Conversations series, they will discuss the importance of exhibiting international artists like (...)

Cuba gives more medical aid to the Third World than all the wealthy G8 countries combined and has more doctors working abroad than the World Health Organisation.

Today, 300 volunteer Cuban doctors work in East Timor and 1000 East Timorese students have been granted medical scholarships (...)

SymbioticA Friday Seminar> Speaker: Alfred Vendl; Title: 'Science Visualization in prime time TV-documentaries and Material Science Research'; Location: SymbioticA Room 228, Level 2 , School of Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA, 3:30-5pm; "Alfred Vendl will present and discuss several short (...)