What's On at UWA

The Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute, The Neurological Council of WA and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital as part of, BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK Present

NEURO EXPO 2011

E Block Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital March 14th � (...)

In this most timely and relevant lecture, Anthony Seeger, Distinguished Professor of ethnomusicology and Director of the Ethnomusicology Archives at UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) will address issues in Intellectual Property and ethics from an ethnomusicological perspective. His (...)

World-renowned enthomusicologist, nephew of famous folk musician, Pete Seeger. The author addresses issues in Intellectual Property and ethics from an ethnomusicological perspective.

Criminal justice is a highly gendered arena. As criminal activity is overwhelmingly a male pre-occupation, organisational responses to it have been (though often implicitly) dominated by gender considerations. Women have always played a significant role in both the care and control of offenders (...)

Due to unforseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.

Due to unforseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.

This lecture explores the phenomena associated with the emergence of gas bubbles from a submerged granular bed. While there are many natural and industrial applications, we focus on the particular circumstances and consequences associated with the emergence of methane bubbles from the beds of lakes (...)

Professor Trish Henning is a Galaxy Hunter. She uses the largest radio telescope in the world to glimpse distant galaxies, which reveal the large-scale structure of the Universe. Why? Because evidence suggests that galaxies including our own Milky Way are being pulled around by the gravity of (...)

Sifnos, a Greek island in the Aegean, is dotted with the remains of more than fifty towers built in various times so that a watch could be kept over the sea, and signals could be sent from one part of the island to another. Dr Ashton has made a special study of these, and has also become a (...)

Should governments supplement community organisations for their increased costs? Would that reduce the benefits of outsourcing public services? Will the comparative advantages of not-for-profits relative to private sector providers be narrowed? Will smaller, local organisations be less able to pay (...)

The UWA Greens proudly present Light rail for Metro Perth?: A discussion with Greens Senator Scott Ludlam at 5.30pm Thursday 17th March, Arts Lecture Room 5, University of Western Australia.

Scott Ludlam, Greens Senator for WA, has been working with local government, industry and (...)

Due to unforseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.

Jon Tarry’s series of prints and drawings, sculptural constructions, and video installation explore a range of geopolitical relationships that exist between Australia and the rest of the world. In dialogue with Julian Goddard, Head of Art at Curtin University, Jon will discuss some of the (...)

CONVOCATION, THE UWA GRADUATES ASSOCIATION

invites all graduates and other members of Convocation to attend its FIRST ORDINARY MEETING to be held on Friday, 18 March 2011 at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start in University Club, UWA

Reports will be presented by the Vice-Chancellor, the (...)

The Confucius Institute is running our second intake of our language programmes. Our language courses are designed for those with an interest in travel, business and friendship. Our teachers are qualified Chinese language teaching professionals with many years of experience.

Perth Upmarket is Perth’s premier quarterly upmarket shopfront for the State’s talented artists, designers, stylists and gourmets. The market showcases over 150 designers with products including handmade clothing, wall art, jewellery, wood and paper products, cupcakes, giftware, accessories (...)

The Carbon Futures Challenge 2011 is coming soon! Try our challenge to reduce your carbon footprint as much as possible while be in to win a pool of prizes worth over $2,000. Plus we have a new video competition, so that you can share your experience with the world. Winner will receive the latest (...)

Part of the Power of Music seminar series, this seminar focuses on 19th Century opera dissemination and performance practices in the British Empire.

Global Health – whether invoked to describe border-crossing disease threats, or planet-wide policies and practices designed to improve health – is routinely imagined in terms of the entwining of lives and deaths everywhere. Appeals to this global health interdependency are mobilized by those (...)

John Scott will be talking about Dante, a major Italian poet from the Middle Ages, and his Comedy (Commedia or Divina Commedia), which describes Dante’s journey through Hell (Inferno), the Purgatory (Purgatorio) and Paradise (Paradisio). The Comedy is considered the greatest literary work (...)