What's On at UWA

Dr Murray works as a cardiothoracic radiologist at Royal Perth and Princess Margaret hospitals and at Envision Medical Imaging. His current research interests include the utility ultra-low dose CT for children with cystic fibrosis (AREST-CF research group) and low dose CT for the secondary (...)

The Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences presents an International Research Seminar led by distinguished visiting scholar in digital humanities, Professor Harold Short (King’s College London).

What are the particular challenges faced by scholars engaged in collaborative (...)

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.



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Co-ordinated by Associate Professor Victoria Rogers, School of Music, UWA these seminars are presented by the School’s honours-level students.

This is one of a series of six lectures on various aspects of religious studies and theology being offered jointly by the UWA Religion and Globalisation Initiative, Murdoch University (Theology) and the University of Notre Dame Australia (Philosophy and Theology). The lecture will be followed by (...)

Margaret undertook her PhD at the University of Melbourne with Prof Mark Hogarth performing biochemical and molecular studies of Fc receptors. Margaret did her post-doc at Harvard Medical School, Boston MA USA on a Jane Coffin Childs Research Fellowship with Prof Tim Springer working on (...)

The 2011 Gentilli Memorial Lecture will be given by by John McBride, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Bureau of Meteorology, Centre for Atmospheric Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne.

It is often stated that the effect of climate change will be felt through its impact on extreme (...)

Dr. Alan Lourens presents works on his 1934 Elkhart Conn Double Belled Euphonium.

Works by Jan Bach, Arthur Remington and others.

Interactions of a stratified fluid with topography take many forms. Inevitably, these interactions extract energy / momentum from the flow. While such effects are parameterized in atmospheric circulation models, present numerical models of the coastal ocean do not account for them. Towards (...)

The 2011 Disability Collective Lecture will be given by Senator Jan McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers.

This lecture is co-sponsored with the Institute of Advanced Studies and Equity and Diversity Unit at UWA and the Western Australian Disability Collective, a (...)

The UWA Music Students' Society presents an evening of contemporary works performed by UWA music students.

Despite the efforts and resources committed to encouraging people to prepare, levels of readiness remain low. Neither living in high risk areas nor providing people with information about risk and preparedness ensures that people prepare. This presentation argues that it is not information per se (...)

Quit Smoking Successfully! The Robin Winkler Clinic at The University of Western Australia will be conducting a SMOKING CESSATION treatment program commencing on Monday 5 SEPTEMBER 2011. The group will meet for two hours each week for ten sessions, with a follow-up session one month after (...)

This lecture is part of the St. George's College Theology Lecture series.

The speaker is Jim Trotter, Lecturer in Old Testament and Program Chair of Theology at Murdoch University.

No parking is available on the college grounds.

The Soil&Water Seminar at 1pm on Tues, Sept. 6th will be given by Professor Martin Fey from the School of Earth and Environment. All welcome!

TITLE: “Towards a philosophy of soil science”

ABSTRACT: Besides the philosophy of science there is a philosophy of particular (...)

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.



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Co-ordinated by Associate Professor Victoria Rogers, School of Music, UWA these seminars are presented by the School’s honours-level students.

Graham Mann is a Professor in Medicine at the University of Sydney at the Westmead Millennium Institute and Melanoma Institute Australia. After training in medical oncology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital he worked as a graduate student at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Sydney Branch (...)

** Correct Date - Thursday 8th September, 2011**

Intended Audience: This workshop is for all academic and sessional teaching staff at UWA.

Workshop Description: Effective teaching is a central aspect of an academic career at UWA. This workshop will focus on the criteria and (...)

An informal opportunity to talk over lunch about the background, purpose and details of Quiet Days for staff.

Set on a lovely bush block in the hills near Gidgegannup, Quiet Days provide some space to 'be alone' in the company of other UWA academics with the intention of marking out some (...)

Almost 1 in 20 Australians will be diagnosed with a malignant melanoma. Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to find out how scientists and clinicians are waging war on melanoma and using new treatments to halt the rising tide of fatal melanoma cases. World expert, Professor Grant McArthur is (...)

Tell Timai, a Tell site in the eastern Nile Delta, comprises the remains of the ancient city of Thmuis. First established in the 5th century BC, Thmuis developed into an important administrative centre, first for the Ptolemaic and then later for the Roman rulers of Egypt. In 2007 a team from the (...)