What's On at UWA

Presented by the WA Museum in association with the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies as part of the 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' exhibition.

Join expert presenters as they discuss the meaning and value of objects as an unwritten insight into human cultures across time, and the (...)

A public lecture by Professor Peggy Deamer, Associate Dean, Yale School of Architecture.

"Architecture is not a career; it is a calling!"

This lecture will examine the problems for the architectural profession when it heeds this cry. Because we too often believe that (...)

A public lecture by Dr Kathleen Schwerdtner Máñez, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology.

This lecture introduces marine environmental history (MEH) and its relevance for marine management. It will present some of the underlying concepts, theories and methods, and present the (...)

The 2016 Grace Vaughan Memorial lecture by Dorinda Cox, Project Officer, Keeping Kids Safe Project, Women’s Council for Domestic and Family Violence Services WA and Managing Director of the Inspire Change Consulting Group.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 35 times more (...)

A public lecture by Jane Macnaughton, Professor of Medical Humanities, Durham University, UK and Co-Director of the Durham University Centre for Medical Humanities.

Can the arts and humanities make a real difference to clinical practice and research? This lecture takes up that challenge (...)

A public lecture by Paivi Hietanen, oncologist and psychotherapist, Helsinki.

As an oncologist and psychotherapist Paivi Hietanen has met many cancer patients and their family members who struggle with anxiety and depression when facing a life threatening illness. Her lecture will deal (...)

A public lecture by Christophe Lécuyer, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre Planètes, Environnement, Université Claude Bernard Lyon, France and 2016 UWA Gledden Visiting Fellow.

Samples of tooth enamel and bone have been obtained from Egyptian human and animal mummies (...)

A public lecture by Associate Professor Jane Balme, Archaeology Discipline Chair, UWA.

String may have its antecedents in the behaviour of our ancestors, however subsequent use by our own species (Homo sapiens sapiens) to create complex tools, symbolic items and to colonise new (...)

A public lecture by Miranda Hart, School of Biology, University of British Columbia and 2016 UWA Gledden Visiting Fellow.

The use of bioinoculants (bacteria or fungi) is a common practice in many managed systems. In some cases, this practice is essential and plants will not grow (...)

A public lecture by Christopher Browning, Frank Porter Graham Professor of History Emeritus, University of North Carolina.

This lecture will examine three issues: the problems involved in using survivor testimony as the sole or primary source to write on otherwise undocumented aspects of (...)

A public lecture by Professor Andrew Lynch, Director, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence of the History of Emotions, The University of Western Australia.

War is perhaps the predominant theme in what is called 'medievalism' – the imaginative reception and reconstruction of (...)

In the 400 years since his death in 1616, Shakespeare has stirred at least as many emotions among his publics. This event will present highlights from the research of scholars working in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (1100-1800), exploring some of (...)

The Essendon Football Club doping scandal involves a biochemist, a high performance manager, a club doctor, a favourite son of the club as coach, elite footballers, the Australian Crime Commission, politicians, AFL and club administrators, the Australian Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA), the World (...)

A public lecture by Norimitsu Nakata, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University and 2016 Gledden Short-Stay Visiting Fellow.

In this lecture, Dr Nakata will discuss data mining techniques that he uses to retrieve subsurface information, the discovery of post-earthquakes relaxation (...)

Psychology colloquium

Tuesday 3rd May in Bayliss MCS G.33, with post-talk drinks in the Psychology Courtyard (or in bad weather, the Psychology Common Room on the 2nd floor of the main psychology bldg.)

Presenter: Prof Richard Ryan

Richard M. Ryan is a clinical (...)

A public lecture by Guy Houlsby, Professor of Civil Engineering, Oxford University.

Wind, wave and tide are all potential sources of renewable energy, and the industries to exploit them are at different stages of maturity. Offshore wind is already well developed, with the UK for instance (...)

Public lecture by Michael Barbezat, Postdoctoral Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.

In this presentation, Michael Barbezat will argue that medieval calls for divinely sanctioned murder relied heavily upon a discourse of love. He will follow the use of the (...)

Public lecture by Professor Richard M. Ryan, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University and 2016 IAS Short-Stay Visiting Fellow.

Dr Ryan will present research based on self-determination theory (SDT) concerning how managers, teachers, coaches (...)

David Morrison will ask the question 'are we the best we can be?' If we are not the best we can be, what do we have to do to make us so?

As Chief of Army, David was forced to ask these questions of the Australian Army and it has set him on a course to urge reform not only for the (...)

In this lecture Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson will reflect on her experiences working with Indigenous women to heal the pain and disorders that arise from the experience of intergenerational violence and trauma.

Judy Atkinson identifies as a Jiman/Bundjalung (Aboriginal Australian) (...)