What's On at UWA

The Institute of Advanced Studies presents a one-day symposium dedicated to the work of Dorothy Smith, an internationally renowned scholar whose work focuses on the application of a feminist perspective to sociology and institutional ethnography (IE).

Dorothy Smith’s Sociology for (...)

Join us for a literary lunch with special guest speaker Thomas Keneally. One of the world’s most successful writers, Thomas is the author of more than 40 published works. He has won the prestigious Booker Prize for his story Schindler's Ark (1982) as well as two Miles Franklin Awards, a Logie (...)

Kim Scott has written four books. His second novel, Benang, won the 1999 WA Premiers’ Literary Prize, the 2000 Miles Franklin Award, and the 2001 RAKA Kate Challis Award. It has been translated and published in China, France, Holland and India. His first novel, True Country, has also been (...)

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 (...)

This brilliant young percussion ensemble promises to wow UWA lunch-time audiences once again after a rave review from Neville Cohn in last thursdays' West Australian of a recent performance. It is made up of music students from both UWA Music and WA Academy of Performing Arts (ECU.)

In 2005 Italians celebrated the 60th anniversary of Liberation from Nazi-fascism. This course will provide some answers for all those people who are interested in knowing more about Italian Resistance, how it began, whether it was a civil war or a liberation war, which outcomes Liberation produced (...)

Discover how relative peace in Europe appeared to bring a new vision during the 18th century. How was the spirit of Enlightenment expressed in philosophy, art, music, literature and science? How did Europeans wrestle with questions of poverty, criminality, madness, health and illness?

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The UWA Orchestra, directed by special guest Singaporean conductor TzeLaw Chan, will perform Mozart’s delightful ‘Haffner’ symphony in his anniversary year and Brahms’s monumental First Symphony.

This exciting program also features a world première by Perth composer, James (...)

This lecture explores the meanings of fear in past societies and compares these meanings to current global preoccupations. It deals with fear and group action from Medieval terror to revolutionary mobs. It explores the uses of fear by governments and institutions like the Church and explores how (...)

FEAR IN HISTORY This lecture explores the meanings of fear in past societies and compares these meanings to current global preoccupations. It deals with fear and group action from Medieval terror to revolutionary mobs. It explores the uses of fear by governments and institutions like the Church and (...)

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 (...)

In 1998, soon after retirement from the University of Western Australia after 40 years with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Wager was appointed an Academic/Industry consultant to an Australian Team on a project funded by the Asian Development Bank and the Indonesian Government (...)

Relax during your lunch hour this Thursday with the refreshing and soothing sounds of Duo Lenz classical guitar duo made up of husband and wife Ruth and Richard Lenz whose recordings are played on ABC Classic FM Breakfast. They will play music by Richard Lenz, Richard Charlton and Peter Sculthorpe (...)

Ochre paintings on stringybark as we know them today are a direct response to the demand for portable art from missionaries and anthropologists in the 1930s and 1940s. It was not until 1947 that the first systematic collection of bark paintings was made, by Ronald M. Berndt, who was working with (...)

Enjoy dinner in the University Club banquet hall while enjoying an evening of sensuous song and fine fare. A musical rollercoaster through the glorious refinement of the High Renaissance and the chromatic expressionism of the late 16th century. Feast upon the chansons, motets and of course the (...)

Dynamic clarinet soloist Catherine Cahill, backed by the WA Symphonic Band, along with the WA Children’s Choir and exciting percussion group Defying Gravity will combine talents bringing together A Showcase of Stars.

Catherine is a regular player with the West Australian Symphony (...)

If your Mother loves piano music then this recital by Tamara Anna Cislowska would be a wonderful way to spend the early evening of Mothers' Day. The programme features Bach, Brahms, Prokofiev and ends with Lizst's spectacularly romantic Concert Paraphrase from Faust by Gounod.

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Dr Salam Ismael is secretary general of the Doctors for Iraq Society, leading teams of volunteer doctors helping people in crisis situations in Iraq. His trip will be an important opportunity to hear first hand about the health conditions in occupied Iraq, and to raise awareness in the Australian (...)

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 Baha'i writings greatly emphasise eduction as a powerful civilising force and as a unique means for the establishment of justice and the ultimate wellbeing of humankind. In the words of Baha'u'llah the prophet founder of the Baha'i Faith:

"Regard man as a mine rich in gems of (...)