What's On at UWA

Acclaimed as Australia's finest vocal ensemble, The Song Company presents an intriguing, richly varied and entertaining programme - Body and Soul - exploring the Renaissance artists' beliefs and convictions (and obsessions and desires!) with the wordly vessel of the body and the spiritual realm of (...)

Will Indie save the university from certain ruin? Get the girl? And foight those busty wenches and whatever else comes his way? You bet! Tix $8 students, $10 others

Will Indie save the university from certain ruin? Get the girl? And foight those busty wenches and whatever else comes his way? You bet! Tix $8 students, $10 others

Will Indie save the university from certain ruin? Get the girl? And foight those busty wenches and whatever else comes his way? You bet! Tix $8 students, $10 others

The emerging field of Biological Art (also known as Bioart) is gaining increasing attention and recognition. Many international exhibitions are being organised to showcase the work in this field. SymbioticA is considered one of the major international centres of Art and science collaborations in (...)

In this Glorious dispensation, Bahá'u'lláh, the Prophet Founder of the Bahá'í Faith, has elevated the station of sciences to such a degree that "In accordance with the divine teachings the acquisition of sciences and the perfection of arts are considered acts of worship"

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Rodney Croome will be known to many Australians as a spokesperson for the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group. In that capacity he fronted the long, bitter and ultimately successful campaign to decriminalise homosexuality in Tasmania. That campaign saw Tasmanian activists take their case for (...)

Abstract: In this lecture, Professor Chafe will trace the evolution of the “liberal consensus” that constituted the paradigm for American political discourse from 1948-1968, its replacement by the “conservative consensus” that dominated America from the presidency of Richard Nixon through (...)

'The advent of the white man with his ready-made civilization has violently disturbed the delicate balance of nature established for centuries in the most isolated of continents', wrote historian W.K.Hancock in 1930. Certainly for many colonists 'progress' in environmental terms equated to (...)

UWAnime and PANIC (Perth Anime Convention, Inc) are proud to present the first Naruto movie, Naruto: Dai Katsugeki!! Yuki Hime Shinobu Houjou Datte Bayo! (transl: Naruto: It's the Snow Princess' Ninja Art Book!). The film will be in original Japanese language with English subtitles.

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JEAN HOUSTON PUBLIC LECTURE Dr Jean Houston is an internationally renowned scholar, philosopher and a visionary researcher in human capacities. In this lecture she will discuss her current work with the United Nations Development Program and her recent research in Social Artistry leadership (...)

Mr. David Magnus, restaurateur and hospitality and wine lecturer, has traveled the world to study wine. Over 3 weeks you will learn about and enjoy tasting styles and varieties from the best wine growing areas of Australia. Subjects covered will include the sensory appraisal of wine, discussion of (...)

Drawing on the plot, and characters - both major and minor, from Shakespeare's classic revenge tragedy, and Oscar Wilde's play of obsession, desire, and revenge, this play envisages and performs an encounter between two groups of malcontents, confronting each other in Elsinore in the depths of a (...)

An all-day seminar co-presented by The John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University of Technology and The Institute of Advanced Studies, The University of Western Australia

The objective of this seminar is to undertake a critical but constructive examination of emerging (...)

A Concert of Choral Music, including Mozart Coronation Mass in C, and works by Bach, Brahms and Haydn.

St George's Cathedral, 38 St George's Tce, Perth

David Gething, Conductor with Perth Undergraduate Choral Society (PUCS) and Chamber Orchestra

Tickets $25 Adults (...)

In conversation with Geraldine Mellet, Gillian Slovo talks about the passions and influences that inform her work and life.

Gillian Slovo was born in South Africa in 1952 and is the author of ten books. As the daughter of Joe Slovo and Ruth First, South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid (...)

In conversation with Claire Pannell, General Manager and Felicity Bott, Artistic Director, Buzz Dance Theatre

Jonathan Hollander founded Battery Dance Company in 1976 and established the Downtown Dance Festival in 1982. He has choreographed over 60 works that the Company has presented (...)

Following their highly successful production in the 2004 season, Tango 22 (featuring Paul Wright, violin and Hugo Alvarez, guitar) returns to the University Music Society with a stunning musical journey to the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu, featuring music, projected images and dancing from the (...)

Simon Singh, author of Fermat's Last Theorem and The Code Book, talks about his latest book, Big Bang, a history of cosmology. As well as explaining what the Big Bang theory actually is, Simon will recount how the theory emerged and tell the story of the brilliant and eccentric scientists who (...)

Lecture 1. JANE AUSTEN: HER LIFE AND WORKS

The six most polished, controlled andd elegant social comedies to be found in English literature were written by a woman whose personal life was unexciting and confined. Jane Austen's cool judgement, ironic detachment and her genius gave her (...)