What's On at UWA

Professor Ted Snell, Director of the Cultural Precinct at The University of Western Australia, invites you to the Dr Harold Schenberg Art Centre for the opening of 'DeMonstrable', an exhibition curated by Oron Catts with Associate Professors Jennifer Johung and Elizabeth Stephens. The exhibition (...)

Professor Ted Snell, Director of the Cultural Precinct at The University of Western Australia, invites you to the Dr Harold Schenberg Art Centre for the opening of the exhibition

OBJECT LESSONS III: Pattern Recognition

Curated by Gemma Weston.

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Spread across multiple faculties, disciplines and venues at UWA, Creative Research Into New Genres of Experimentation aims to embrace failure, futility and the unknown as artists strive for excellence through paths of control. Positioned as a day off between the NEOLIFE and NEAF2015 conferences (...)

Guy Ben-Ary is an artist and a researcher whose work uses emerging media, in particular biologically related technologies including tissue culture, tissue engineering, electrophysiology and optics.

This free Friday Talk is presented in partnership with SymbioticA in association with the (...)

Robert has engaged with the law in his capacity as both legal practitioner and academic. He is currently preparing a book concerning the intersection between theories of environmentalism and intellectual property rights, to be published by Edward Elgar later this year.

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Professor Jill Milroy and Professor Pat Dudgeon will discuss their current work in relation to the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and the National Empowerment Project respectively.

Introduced by Professor Sandy Toussaint of the Berndt Museum who is co-curator with the Warmun (...)

Join Oron Catts (Director of SymbioticA, The Centre for Excellence in Biological Arts School of Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA and co-curator of DeMonstrable) together with participating artists Donna Franklin, Nina Sellars and Stelarc as they walk and talk us through the exhibition.

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A paper by Professor Ming-Hao Zheng presented by Paul Anderson, Managing Director of Orthocell Ltd

FREE to attend. RSVP required.

Prof. Ming-Hao Zheng has focused on the development of an academic career in bone and joint research and regenerative medicine. His research has (...)

How has the protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, been achieved in Australia? What legislation - state or Commonwealth - has been developed to protect Indigenous cultural heritage? What is the gap between the ideal and the reality in nation state practice?

Alan Harvey was educated at the University of Cambridge and Australian National University. He has been at UWA since 1984. His laboratory interests are in brain development, neuro-trauma and neuro-therapy, research primarily focussed on the visual system and spinal cord. He is, however, also (...)

The THEN and NOW of art production and development at Warmun and its presentation and appreciation within national and international contexts, from various perspectives, will be explored through shared stories in a panel presentation.

Join Seva Frangos, whose experiences include the (...)

Ethan Blue is Senior Lecturer in History at The University of Western Australia, where he teaches United States history. His research examines the American past across multiple scales, from the minute struggles of individuals' lives to the global contexts of geopolitical social and economic forces (...)

Dr Renee Firman is interested in why male mice emit ultrasonic vocalisations (which have been described to be synonymous to bird songs) when they encounter females. Her talk will explore current evidence that suggests that females use male vocalisations to assess the compatibility and quality of (...)

Join us for the opening of our first exhibition for 2016, Bharti Kher: In Her Own Language, presented as part of the Perth International Arts Festival.

The exhibition will be opened by author, novelist and social commentator Jane Caro in the presence of the artist.

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Discover more about the art of Bharti Kher, whose elegant yet diverse work stems from the pulse of her New Delhi studio, as exhibition curator Margaret Moore takes you on an exclusive tour of Bharti Kher: In Her Own Language at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

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Join an audio described tour of Bharti Kher: In Her Own Language, for visitors who are blind or sight-impaired.

This Audio Described tour is part of the Access Program at LWAG, made possible via a partnership with DADAA's AccessAllArts program. All headsets and supporting material will (...)

Explore the fascinating connections between diverse objects and their cultures of origin, including Aboriginal Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea and Nepal.

In this one-off tour, the curators behind Interwoven will guide you through the exhibition and discuss the (...)

Exclusively for UWA students, Culture Club is our semi-regular art party at LWAG. Get to know your university art gallery and enjoy free refreshments, music and a chance to get a close look at internationally acclaimed artist Bharti Kher’s first Australian exhibition.

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Find out about exchange opportunities to study overseas as part of your UWA degree including semester long and short term programs. Meet international students from UWA partner universities from all over the world and get advice on how an overseas experience can add to your UWA degree.

Complementing the themes in the exhibition Bharti Kher: In Her Own Language, Sana Bharadwaj, PhD Candidate in Linguistics who was herself born in the Indian State of Maharashtra, will reflect on how language, culture and identity interact in the sociolinguistics of the Indian diaspora in Australia.< (...)