What's On at UWA

Emeritus Professor Margaret Seares, will give special lecture entitled ‘The role of the subscriber in eighteenth-century musical publications’. This lecture is given to honour UWA’s outstanding musicologist and composer Emeritus Professor David Tunley, as part of the celebration of his (...)

Our civilization is facing simultaneous crises of war, environmental destruction, resource depletion, climate change, poverty, and social breakdown. Why do we seem unable to solve these crises? Why don't we more often adopt rational policies to tackle them based on good science? Why has denial of (...)

This ceremony represents an opportunity for UWA to recognise excellent teachers from across the University. 2009 Faculty Teaching Award winners will be acknowledged; and the University Excellence in Teaching award winners announced, along with winners and nominees for the national teaching awards.

Germaine Greer seems to have been a trigger for outbursts of acrimony ever since the publication of The Female Eunuch forty years ago, but what was the book actually about, and why has it entrenched such violent reactions in Australia since 1970? What made it so radical, and does it have anything (...)

The Wiz follows the adventures of Dorothy, a young girl from Kanzas, who finds herself magically transported to the wonderland of Oz. Befriended by a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion, Dorothy travels through the world of Oz to seek an audience with the mysterious "Wiz", who they (...)

A new season of free lunchtime meditation sessions is commencing this Friday (7 May, 1.10pm – 1.45pm) at the UWA Somerville Auditorium. Come sit amongst the giant pine trees and take a little time to de-stress and gain some clarity. All are welcome. Please wear warm, comfortable clothing. (NB: (...)

The 'Chinese Bridge' Chinese Proficiency Competition is an annual international language and cultural competition. The competition is organised by the Office of the Chinese Language Council International (‘Hanban’, Beijing).

For the opportunity to win a trip to China and other (...)

To mark Mothers’ Day, Paloma Gomez, one of Spain’s most lauded dancers, will be the featured soloist with an all-female Danza Viva Spanish Dance Company at the Octagon Theatre (on the campus of the University of Western Australia) on Sunday 9 May at 3pm.

In a program entitled MUJERES (...)

Spanish Dances Flemanco. Mujeres with Paloma Gomez.

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The Letter to the Hebrews, in the Bible, describes faith as "the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen"



In what parts of our lives do we regularly make decisions based on faith, from predicting the actions of other drivers on the roads (...)

Stephen Vitiello is an internationally celebrated American sound and media artist. Focusing on the physical aspect of sound he uses atmospheric noise or transforms energies such as light and wind to create new environments and experiences. Vitiello’s visit to North-Western Australia in early 2010 (...)

An IAS public lecture by Professor Herbert Huppert, FRS, Director of the Institute of Theoretical Geophysics at the University of Cambridge and 2010 IAS Professor-at-Large.

Terrorism is not new. The Zealots of Judea in the first century carried out underground assassination campaigns (...)

In 1844, John Gavin, a 15-year-old boy, became the first European to be executed in the colony of Western Australia. He had arrived in Fremantle just months earlier, one of a group of juvenile convicts taking part in an attempted rehabilitation scheme. David Hutchison will tell how he first learned (...)

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences will be hosting an evening for prospective applicants to the undergraduate entry medicine course. Year 12 students who are considering applying to the course are encouraged to attend. Parents and teachers are welcome. Booking not required.

Featuring scenes from two Baroque favourites: Handel's Semele and Monteverdi's Orfeo, presented by UWA Vocal Studies students, with piano accompaniment.

Featuring scenes from two Baroque favourites: Handel's Semele and Monteverdi's Orfeo, presented by UWA Vocal Studies students, with piano accompaniment.

space-matter-colour concentrates on Brian Blanchflower’s intense, monochromatic paintings of the last decade, but also includes a broad selection, very largely from the artist’s collection, of works going back as far as 1970. The recent works are set in context, and his conjoining of colour (...)

To celebrate the opening of Brian Blanchflower's exhibition, Michele Theunissen and Michael Iwanoff will present a special guided tour. Michele and Michael are both practicing artists who currently teach painting in the Art Department at Curtin University of Technology. In this talk they will draw (...)

Join UWA Friends of the Grounds and Professor Ted Snell,Director UWA Cultural Precint, for a Cultural Precinct walk and talk on the Crawley Campus. We plan to meet at the Visitors Information Centre at 10:00am.

The Harp Consort (in association with Musica Viva) featuring Andrew Lawrence-King and Steven Player.