What's On at UWA

Abstract Terrorism is not a new phenomenon. The conscious use of violence for political ends was born in the French revolution, which gave it its name. Ever since 'le terreur' such political violence and the state's reactions to it played a major part in European history. Russia is a particularly (...)

**This talk will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting at 7.30pm**

This talk will explore how Italians from many parts of society lived a generation of dictatorial rule. The Fascist regime was the first to deploy the word totalitarian and, by the 1930s, it was boasting that it was (...)

“One of the UK’s most respected voices on business social responsibility” - The Financial Times

David Grayson is a world authority on Corporate Social Responsibility and Patron for the disability charity SCOPE; ambassador for the National AIDS Trust; trustee: Responsibility in (...)

Viola da Gamba player Sean Ng (UWA Music Masters Student) teams up with Harpsichord player Stewart Smith (from the staff of Edith Cowan University) to present a lunch time recital of exquisite early baroque music in the sumptuous acoustic of Winthrop Hall. The audience will be seated in the Choir (...)

MAPPING THE UNIVERSE IN MEDIEVAL THOUGHT Have you ever wondered how the universe was thought of in the medieval era? Did medieval people think that the earth was spherical or flat? How did they envisage their environment and explain changes in weather patterns and astrological occurrences like (...)

Abstract: The concept of the public intellectual has taken on a life of its own since Russell Jacoby’s 1987 book The Last Intellectuals. Everyone is a public intellectual today, it seems, and there is even a network of Australian public intellectuals. Based on Canadian government funded research (...)

The city of Vienna, with its strategic position in Europe, its strong intellectual movement and its seductive charm, epitomised the spirit of the Enlightenment in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was in this atmosphere of artistic patronage and elegant living that the Classical musical (...)

The Institute of Advanced Studies and the History Discipline at UWA present a series of ten public lectures attached to a new History Honours seminar. The series aims to present a context for contemporary terrorism by inviting lectures from scholars working on historical and contemporary terrorism (...)

The Graduate Dramatic Society (GRADS) and the University Dramatic Society (UDS) will present William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the UWA New Fortune Theatre in March.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most enchanting comedies, mixing romance (...)

Through the ages the sound of bells has told man the time, comforted him in moments of trouble, warned him of impending danger and accompanied in revelry and worship. Even though the origin of the bell is shrouded in the mists of time, it is certain that bells have played an important part in the (...)

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Robyn Archer is a singer, writer and director who has performed throughout the world and on all the main stages of Australia. She is still performing, most recently in New York, Zurich, Berlin, Adelaide, Melbourne and Oxford and continues to write essays, songs (...)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

invites all graduates and other members of Convocation

to attend the

FIRST ORDINARY MEETING

of

Convocation, the UWA Graduates Association

which will be held on Friday 17 March 2006

at 6.3 (...)

You are invited to two free public forums on Australian-African Relations

Monday 20 March 2006, at 6pm

Mr George Atkin, Australian High Commissioner to Kenya

Friday 24 March 2006, at 6pm

Mr Jon Sheppard, Australian Ambassador to Zimbabwe

Both (...)

From Venice to Bactria (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan) In the land of the Great Moguls (Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Xinjang and China) Discover the amazing importance of the commercial routes across the Eurasian continent, the cultural interchange amongst people and civilizations through (...)

The UWA Catholic Society hosts a short lunchtime spiritual reflection. Meditate. Sing. Reflect. Refresh.

The Institute of Advanced Studies and the History Discipline at UWA present a series of ten public lectures attached to a new History Honours seminar. The series aims to present a context for contemporary terrorism by inviting lectures from scholars working on historical and contemporary terrorism (...)

Come and enjoy two chinese movies:

Wait Till You’re Older

Starring: Andy Lau, Karen Mok Comedy / Drama English Subtitles

Love for All Seasons

Starring: Sammi Cheng, Luis Koo Romantic Comedy English Subtitles

On the big screen. Its completely (...)

Give your lunchtime some South American sizzle as GUAPO, a combination of some of Perth's finest classical and jazz musicians play works by Astor Piazzolla, Cathie Travers, and others. Zak Rowntree – violin, Emily Green-Armytage – piano, Catherine Cahill – clarinet, Paul Tanner – vibes (...)

Tasting whisky is very much a personal thing. What one will smell and taste in one’s Glenmorangie isn't necessarily what another will find.

Since 1843, Glenmorangie distillery has been producing its famous malt on the shores of the Dornoch Firth. It is one of the smallest (...)