What's On at UWA

The Cullity Gallery is hosting an art exhibition to accompany the recent launch of the book, "Breast Cancer: The Facts".

The exhibition includes works featured in the book by photographer Jacquie Moran, accompanied by drawings by artists Hans Arkeveld and Jon Tarry, and (...)

Renowned Japanese opera singer Takao Okamura invites his audience on a voyage around the world, performing and light-heartedly discussing masterpieces from Japan, Europe and America. Interpreting into English is provided.

FREE ADMISSION, RSVP ESSENTIAL DONATION ACCEPTED AT DOOR.

Professor Kristan Aronson is Founding Director of the Queen's Institute of Population and Public Health and is also Chair of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Population and Public Health at the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.

In this talk for the Raine Visiting (...)

There are 2 shows on the 30th Jan 2010 5pm and 8pm.

UWA Motorsport will be exhibited in the Science Library from 1st February until 14th April.

UWA Motorsport is an industry supported, hands-on project run by a team of dedicated students who work to design and build a new race car each year. Since its launch in 2001, UWA Motorsport has (...)

GV Art, a contemporary London based art gallery, was the first commercial gallery in the UK to obtain a Human Tissue Authority Licence in 2008 for Public Display and Storage. The gallery focus’ on the budding inter relationship between art and science and produces exhibitions and events that (...)

SymbioticA Friday Seminar - SymbioticA Room 228, Level 2 , School of Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA Fri 12th Feb, 3:30-5pm Speaker: Colin Milburne Title: 'Nanocity and the Globalization of Speculative Science’ This talk will examine Nanocity as a speculative media object: a bundle of design (...)

The course is designed for people with little or no knowledge of statistics. It will be spread over two/three days covering material ranging from means and standard deviations to simple linear regression, and basic ANOVA. Some basic categorical data analysis will be included with the emphasis (...)

This lecture will critically explore the contributions that feminist scholarship has made to our understanding of female deities in the ancient Semitic world.

Topics to be discussed will include the notion of a prototypical mother/fertility goddess, the practice of sacred prostitution (...)

SymbioticA Friday Seminar> Speaker: Prof. Neville Bruce. Title: 'Education for World Futures: what have the arts and humanities to offer; musings from a seemingly lapsed scientist'. Friday 19th Feb - 3:30-5pm; "The 21st century presents the greatest challenges and opportunities ever faced (...)

In this artist talk Ricky Maynard will share some of the many interesting stories behind his works. Ricky is a member of the Ben Lomond and Cape Portland Aboriginal People of Tasmania. He lives and works on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait between Tasmania and the Australian mainland. Maynard has (...)

Ricky Maynard: Portrait of a Distant Land is a major survey of photographic works by documentary photographer Ricky Maynard, encompassing more than two decades of his work. This exhibition, being toured by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Sydney, features more than 60 evocative and captivating (...)

Speaker and geologist Jenny Bevan enjoyed a recent trip by Landcruiser across the Himalayas. Her illustrated talk will include highlights of the varied and interesting things she saw on her journey through Nepal and Tibet. She will also include a basic appreciation of the geological history and (...)

While there is no official commencement service, UWA chap-lains have discovered that a time of prayer is great to focus and dedicate the year ahead. A large percentage of the university community will find Prof. Robinson's address personally challenging and relevant. Refreshments afterwards.

Want to sing? Then join a choir! The Perth Undergraduate Choral Society (PUCS) invites you to sing in their concert of African music in May. With conductor Dr Jonathan Paxman, the choir will discover traditional music from Nigeria to Kenya. The first rehearsal for the concert will be held from (...)

Family friendly lectures for all who care about the awesome and mysterious Universe.

New detectors will allow us to probe the beginning of time in the big bang and the end of time in black holes, and processes where space and time are warped and distorted.   Two outstanding speakers � (...)

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.

Full program details can be (...)

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 (...)