What's On at UWA

The Gala will showcase an inspiring line-up of speakers covering a range of angles on the topic: STEM for society, humanitarian engineering for disabilities, and engineering in developing contexts.

Enjoy a 3-course dinner at the exquisite University Club, drinks package, dancing, raffles (...)

In this public lecture, sleep physician and researcher Matthew Naughton will highlight the importance of quality sleep and the health consequences of sleep deprivation.

Sleep is a crucial ingredient for a healthy life, in addition to a sensible diet and regular activity. In this current (...)

Media exposure has often been seen as a way for terrorists to distribute their message, create fear and recruit followers. In fact, the media coverage terrorist organisations receive free of charge rivals the advertising budgets of some of the world's largest corporations. But does media attention (...)

UWA School of Music is a vibrant centre for research in music and music education, where a thriving community of scholars is engaged in exploring the frontiers of knowledge, working on a wide range of research projects with diverse outputs.

A free weekly seminar series, with presenters (...)

A public lecture by Valentina Zovko, Australian Government Endeavour Fellow, based at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, UWA.

This lecture analyses the appearance and usage of the term "freedom" in speeches given by the Dubrovnik's Renaissance ambassadors (...)

UWA scientists are invited to meet with Dr Melanie Bagg from the Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC). Melanie will share tips and advice on the best use of social media to communicate your research with the media and the communities you want to reach.

Melanie has a PhD in Medicine (...)

The CBAP (Collective History of Archaeology in the Pacific) project is a 5 years research program led by Matthew Spriggs that aims to develop a systematic historiography of archaeology in the Pacific. In this seminar I will present a general overview of the project, before detailing my particular (...)

Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.

This week's program includes works by Damian Barbeler, Ian Clarke and Osvaldo Golijov, as well as works by UWA students Andrew Ngooi and S (...)

In recent decades, numerous films from Japan and Korea have been produced using characteristics associated with film noir. Much of the scholarly discussion of this body of ‘East Asian noir’ has tended to merely focus on the extent to which, through their use of aesthetic, they fit the genre (...)

Time and place: 16:00 Friday 26 August in Weatherburn LT

Speaker: Melissa Lee (UWA)

Title: Generalising hemisystems and relative hemisystems

Abstract: Segre determined in 1965 that the only nontrivial m-covers of H(3,q^2), q odd, have m=(q+1)/2. He named these (...)

The ideal way to start your weekend, Fridays@Five offers unique musical experiences to delight all music lovers. See young artists be inspired through a variety of masterclasses, workshops, pre-concert talks, lectures and Q&A sessions. Delve deep into music or simply enjoy a free informal (...)

The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research will be holding their open day on Saturday 27 August 2016. Join us for talks on the very latest in research and treatments, guided tours of the building by medical researchers and a rare walk through our state-of-the-art laboratories where our (...)

On Saturday 27 August 2016, the Perkins will open its doors to the public.

Join us between 10am and 3.30pm to enjoy: - Talks on the very latest in medical research and treatments. - Guided tours of the building by medical researchers, including an inside-look at the spectacular (...)

Specific emotions, such as pride, anger and anxiety, are often characterised as being ‘positive’ or ‘negative’, but the basis of this division is often inconsistent and unclear. My talk will describe the variety of meanings these terms can convey in the social sciences and the humanities (...)

In this paper, Professor Iain McCalman will outline why and how a small episode of elephant killing during Theodore Roosevelt’s eleven-month African Safari of 1909–1910 led to his current book-in-progress on hunting and human-animal emotions. This book will tell the story of an eminent circle (...)

Deciding where and how to publish is an important step in the research process. This workshop will cover a range of factors to consider, and introduce the tools and guides that can help. Open access publishing and the UWA Research Repository are covered.

Deciding what to do when it’s time to use your super for retirement can be daunting. This seminar aims to explain the common options available to generate income and fund your retirement goals.

Topics discussed include:

Challenges in retirement, Pension options including (...)

The spatial distribution of chemical species on and within a rock art panel can help to better understand the relations between paint materials, deposits and alteration products and catch a glimpse of events related to the making, alteration and use of the paintings. Analyses of micro samples with (...)

Presented by Emeritus Professor David Tunley (Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques, 1983), Head of Vocal Studies, Andrew Foote and senior UWA Vocal Students. This concert will feature all French Salon music from around 1830-1870, with Professor Tunley providing the historical context of (...)

The objective of blasting is to optimise the cost-effectiveness of the excavation process through the fragmentation and displacement of rock from its in situ condition to a highly diggable muckpile. The aim of wall control is to optimise the stability of a rock wall exposed by excavation through (...)