What's On at UWA

This lecture will draw upon Freud and Woolf as well as 'Frankenstein' and 'Wuthering Heights' to mount an argument about the force of exclusion.

Abstract: The figure of the window is most frequently associated with visual art and cinema. In cinema, windows as often suggest spying and (...)

Since the implementation of administrative decentralisation, districts in Indonesia have considerable autonomy in deciding local. One of the results is the return to prominence of local customary law (often called adat) in the public debate in numerous districts. District governments are confronted (...)

ECM recording artist and renowned 12 string and classical guitarist Ralph Towner in concert with Austrian virtuoso Wolfgang Muthspiel and Australia's celebrated guitarist Slava Grigoryan. All are masters of their craft and their solo performances mesmerise audiences globally. To see them (...)

Adeste Humaniores, the Community Relations Committee of the School of Humanities UWA, is staging an exciting event that will appeal to all those interested in the arts.

On Saturday 8 October from 10am to 4pm, we will be reading selected cantos from Dante's Divine Comedy - Inferno (...)

“The Great Peace towards which people of good will throughout the centuries have inclined their hearts, of which seers and poets for countless generations have expressed their vision, and for which from age to age the sacred scriptures of mankind have constantly held the promise, is now at long (...)

Join Dr Karl for a thoroughly entertaining exploration of our future. Karl will cover the importance of beer, the creativity of engineering, how Physics will get us to the distant stars, how most of us will become virtually immortal and why it's safer for a cat to fall from 80 stories than from 7 (...)

You are invited to a free public lecture by

Professor John Beer Emeritus Professor of English Literature, Cambridge University Wednesday, 12 October 2005 at 6pm

Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath: the hazards of incompleteness

Consideration of these two writers has come (...)

Traditionally it has been men’s accounts of exploration and conquest that have received the most press and the wider acclaim. However, they were not the only sex whose extensive travels attracted a wide readership in Victorian Britain. Overlooked until relatively recently, the critical view (...)

We are organizing a fundraising dinner for the victims of the recent earthquake in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. Please come and join us to help those who need our help.

Venue: Maharaja Restaurant, 96 Stirling Highway, Nedlands Date 17 October 2005 (Monday) Time: 7pm for 7.30pm.Cost: (...)

WA Business News, in conjunction with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade presents:

Bill Farmer, incoming Australian Ambassador to Indonesia

"The Federal Government: Getting our act together with Business"

How Federal Government (...)

Vanouse's electronic cinema, performances and interactive installations have been exhibited in 18 countries and widely across the US. He is an Associate Professor of Art at the University at Buffalo, NY and is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at SymbioticA where he is working with the Faculty (...)

“Flaws in the prevailing order are conspicuous in the inability of sovereign states organized as United Nations to exorcize the spectre of war, the threatened collapse of the international economic order, the spread of anarchy and terrorism, and the intense suffering which these and other (...)

Abstract: How close allied are humans and animals? What are the possibilities of interpretation between them? Can human language encompass animal experience? Are animals when construed in language always already hybrids?

The troubles and the jokes generated from the primary question of (...)

Stephanie will discuss her new book: Choosing Happiness: Life and Soul Essentials. Her promise is very direct. You can be happier. Through your choices you can also bring greater happiness to the people around you. You can change the way you think about yourself and other people; you can increase (...)

The Institute of Advanced Studies invites you to

A symposium to celebrate the work of Professors Gillian Beer and John Beer during their visit to the University of Western Australia in 2005

Convened by Associate Professor Daniel Brown, English, UWA

Abstract: Hybrids: (...)

Justice Michael Kirby's addrress will be followed by a panel of high profile speakers including the Chief Justice of Western Australia Hon Chief Justice Malcolm, Patron Coalition of Peoples, Hon Fred Chaney Reconciliation Australia, Marlene Jackamarra-Carnamah, Chairperson Coalition of Peoples (...)

The Progressive Law Students' Association presents: 'The Great Debate: Land Rights and Individual Title'.

A prominent native title lawyer and counsel for Eddie Mabo in the 'Mabo' litigation, Greg will discuss the mooted Commonwealth Government reforms aimed at placing greater emphasis (...)

Dr Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, published on April 15 1755, defined the English language for the first time in a modern way. It gives a fascinating insight into the common usage of Engish in the 18th Century and its influence continues down to this day. In celebration of the (...)

Dr Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, published on April 15 1755, defined the English language for the first time in a modern way. It gives a fascinating insight into the common usage of Engish in the 18th Century and its influence continues down to this day. In celebration of the (...)

Jim Gill, Shaun Cox and Ross Young, with Geraldine Mellet

As Australia's population continues to grow, particularly in our cities, the community and the water industry face many environmental challenges to maintain and improve public health and community well-being.

In the (...)