What's On at UWA

Join Professor Yasmin Haskell and Doctoral Candidate Makoto Harris Takao from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions - campus partner of the exhibition Memento Mori - as they discuss a series of literary, dramatic, artistic and musical works produced in the 17th and 18th (...)

Assistant Professor Danijela Kambaskovic is Research Associate with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (ARC CHE), where she is currently working on a book project concerned with cultural history of love and literary genres (The New Life: Love Written in (...)

On Christmas Day in 1914, five months after the outbreak of The Great War, a miracle occurred. All along the Western Front, the British, French and German soldiers laid down their weapons and refused to fight. For a single day, they journeyed into no man's land to share food and stories, exchange (...)

In partnership with St George’s College, the School of Music is proud to announce a new collaboration in 2014 designed to bring together young musicians for a week of intensive music training and fun!

This residential camp is specifically aimed at young musicians (14-21 years) who have (...)

Under the direction of Nicholas Bannan, join in the carols this Christmas with the Winthrop Singers

Under the direction of Nicholas Bannan, join in the carols this Christmas with the Winthrop Singers

Curated by Fiona Gavino, Yirrkala Drawings presents an exhibition of 1940s and beyond Yolngu stories told through crayon drawings on brown paper, bark paintings, and sculptures from the Berndt Museum Collection.

Presented by the Berndt Museum and Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery as a part of (...)

While preparing the Yirrkala drawings for exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales Conservator Sarah Bunn was excited to uncover layers of information in the process.

Material culture not only tells stories about its content, but also of its making and life journey.

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Join Berndt Museum Associate Director, Professor Sandy Toussaint, Associate Registrar Kelly Rowe and Archivist Eve Chaloupka as they discuss the preparation of the works in the current exhibition Yirrkala Drawings at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

An astonishing collection of crayon (...)

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Ensemble in Residence: Ensemble Vagabond

Tickets Entry is free, no bookings required.

You are invited to attend a free study day of Arts in the Early Modern Period devised for students and the general public. This day includes lectures, workshops and activities in Renaissance power politics, music dance, the art of rhetoric and visual material culture.

Lena Dunham's series GIRLS is a cultural phenomenon. Dunham herself writes the majority of the show, has directed some of the episodes and plays the main character Hannah Horvath. She has stated that she wants to investigate a neo-liberal and postfeminist world in which young women are coming of (...)

After more than a decade, world-renowned musical director William Christie returns to Australia with the phenomenal Les Arts Florissants and his selection of the world's most talented singer soloists of Les Jardin des Voix (The Garden of Voices). He will present a lecture-recital focusing on (...)

On Wednesday 11 March, the Women in Music Festival aims to raise awareness about women's issues and promote the creative achievements of local Western Australian artists.

The Women in Music Festival is a collaborative event between the UWA Student Guild Women's Department and Colosoul (...)

This lecture will examine new paradigms for developing cultural heritage as embodied museum experiences inside a series of large-scale immersive and interactive museum display systems.

The lecture will conclude with a focus on two exhibitions currently in production: the 'Atlas of (...)

Pinata Percussion

Tickets Entry is free, no bookings required.

Curators, critics and academics have various approaches to framing exhibitions of Aboriginal art and material culture, their review and critique.

Join Dr Vanessa Russ and Glenn Iseger-Pilkington, Curator, Content Development New Museum Project, Western Australian Museum as they discuss (...)

Under the leadership of Helpman award winner Andrew Foote, Fridays@Five showcases the UWA voice students. From the Vocal Consort, solo song in recitals, public workshops, mixed instrumental and voice ensembles, or public Masterclasses with Q&A, Fridays@Five are an ideal way to start your (...)

The UWA French Club Play is a club tradition spanning over 70 years. After a four year lapse, the UWA French Club has revived this tradition to bring you the play Lysistrata.

This is a seductive comedy with a strong political bent. Set during the Peloponnesian War, the women of Greece (...)