What's On at UWA

Come and hear international tenor, Aldo Di Toro and Perth's own Fiona Campbell perform Robert Schumann's delightful song cycles, 'Dichterliebe' and 'Frauenliebe und Leben' in the intimate setting of the Octagon Theatre. They will be sensitively and expertly accompanied by Roger Smalley on the Kawai (...)

Abstract: The National Probation Service of England and Wales is due to celebrate its centenary in 2007 but will it survive that long? Subjected to two major structural changes in the past five years and unprecedented recent media attention, is the internationally respected model for the non-custod (...)

This superb jazz quartet play an eclectic programme including Michael Brecker, James Taylor and Russell Holmes. Come and spend a laid-back lunch time at the School of Music. Thursday 3 August, 1.10pm, Callaway Music Auditorium.

Food: production and consumption 4-8 August 2006

• What is the cultural significance of food and drink?

• What is the relationship of food and drink to politics? the economy? the world around us? and our health?

• How does food production impact on our (...)

The Punakawan quartet will delight audiences young and old with their hillarious clowning antics as well as their wonderful mix of modern and traditional music. The music, which draws on Sufi spiritualism, transcends the boundaries of Western musical forms and is sure to touch the heart of even the (...)

Abstract: What makes some foods taste really good together while other pairings are just plain disgusting? How far can science go it answering these (and other) questions that are so important for domestic cooks and chefs alike? In this short demonstration lecture you will discover how we actually (...)

Sidney Mintz is a Research Professor in Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University in the US. His landmark book Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History (1985) illuminated the intricate relationships between food race, imperialism, class, culture, and power. He is also the author of (...)

A wonderful chance to hear Mozart played on contrasting instruments. Two very early Mozart sonatas, one played on harpsichord and one on forte piano.

Concertmaster of WASO, John Harding will be giving a series of workshops here at UWA, culminating in a public concert. Mr Harding will be both directing, and featuring as a solo artist in this concert, which will include works by Elgar, Shostakovitch and Richard Meale. A unique chance to see a (...)

The UWA Bahá'í Society warmly invites you to join us for an uplifting program of readings, music and visual presentations on the theme of harmony between science & religion.

The Bahá'í teachings place a great importance on the attainment of scientific knowledge as a necessary and (...)

Abstract: Are girls and young women becoming more violent or are we just becoming more aware and less tolerant of their rowdy, drunken behaviour? Subjected in the past to questionably benign welfare intervention, are we now more ready to criminalise the 'bad behaviour' of girls and treat them like (...)

Dr Adel S El Menchawy is a visiting Professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts, and an Associate Professor of Egyptology, Architecture at the College of Engineering at Alexandria. He arranges tour programs for international groups providing lectures and field trips. While in Perth he will deliver a (...)

With the peak of global oil production happening or imminent, the issue is breaking into mainstream economic and political discussion and there is a widening of public awareness through coverage in the mass media. A public speaking tour of Australian capital cities in August by two leading thinkers (...)

Join Janice Baker curator of 'Picturing the Sea', on a guided tour of the exhibition. Drawn from Western Australian public and private collections and the UWA Art Collection, 'Picturing the Sea' includes seascapes and coastal landscapes alongside images of human interaction with the ocean. Work in (...)

How are we to have true peace in a world fraught with tension? From whence comes clarity in our lives if our minds are in a constant flux of gain and loss, ecstasy and grief, craving and grasping? Learn to calm & purify your mind, see your true innate nature and let your wisdom unfold. -Guided (...)

For a limited period of time tickets have been reduced to $20 (adults) and $15 (concession).

Abstract: What role do donations to political parties and candidates play in our democratic system? Do we have a system of differential representation for those with and without significant financial resources? Will the proposed public funding of candidates electoral expenses in Western Australia (...)