What's On at UWA

In 1993 the Security Council of the United Nations established the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and in so doing gave birth to a new system of international justice. It was followed by the Rwanda Tribunal, mixed tribunals for East Timor, Sierra Leone and Lebanon and (...)

Dr Jonathan Spyer argues that the rapid change currently undergoing in strategic relations in the Middle East offers both opportunity and cause for concern to Israel. Centrally, a new regional cold war is taking shape - pitting an Iranian-led alliance against a pro-western alliance which includes (...)

This talk will focus on contemporary concerns that children are being sexualised in and by popular culture and art. It will explore these debates through an analysis of the kinds of images that have generated controversy and put them into a cultural historical context. It will ask what’s at (...)

Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia (KCA) invites you to attend the 2009 KCA Masterclass “Regional Economic Development through effective University knowledge Transfer” on 16th & 17th March, 2009 at The University Club of Western Australia in Perth.

Universities have a (...)

The St Patrick Day's Mass by the Archbishop starts at 1pm, Tuesday 17 March. Music is provided by the UWA Catholic Society. A complimentary lunch with the Archbishop follows immediately after Mass. ALL ARE WELCOME to Mass and/or Lunch

In a broad scoping of issues surrounding life and ecology, SymbioticA’s long term project ‘Adaptation’, opens important dialogue and debate surrounding human inaction, intervention, responses and responsibilities to the world at large.

This week’s Friday Seminar will discuss ‘Ad (...)

In this address, David Spratt proposes that global warming is already dangerous, as significant tipping points have already been crossed.

He analyses the paradigm within which the major political parties in Australia construct climate policy, which will guarantee catastrophic failure.

A country’s landscapes, landforms and rocks and other geological materials have profound effects on its development. Like every civilization, Ancient Egypt was influenced by its environment. Find out about aspects of this (including visiting some well-known monuments), and about the development (...)

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The sixth annual UWA EXCHANGE FAIR is on TUESDAY 24th MARCH in the Guild (...)

Professor Lars Lidgren is Chair of the Bone and Joint Decade, appointed by United Nations and WHO in 2000. He is also the Head of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Lund, Chairman of the Swedish National Knee Register, Director of the National Board of Health and Welfare (...)

UWA Staff, students and the general community are invited to the annual UWA Bike Breakfast on Wednesday March 25. This is a free event for UWA staff, UWA students, and commuter and recreational cyclists everywhere.

Fully cooked buffet breakfast includes:

Cooked breakfast Cerea (...)

In the spring of 2003, three young filmmakers from Southern California traveled to Africa in search of a story. What started out as a filmmaking adventure transformed into much more when they discovered a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them, a tragedy where children were both the weapons and (...)

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The School of Population Health at UWA invites you to an information evening on our new Masters of Nursing Science, which commences in July 2009.

You will have the opportunity to meet the course coordinators, lecturers and fellow prospective students. Over an informal drink and (...)

The transition from childhood to adulthood can be fraught with difficulty. Young people may experience anxiety and even anger as they move towards accepting adult responsibilities. Is there more reason than ever for them to be angry at the world they have been handed? What are the issues that (...)

We think of childhood as the space where children discover their capacities without exploitation or undue exposure to situations they are unable to cope with. Over the last two decades the privatisation of public culture combined with the rapid rise of the internet, mobile phones and games consoles (...)

Matt Styles (saxophone), Russell Holmes (piano), Pete Jeavons (bass), Paul Tanner (percussion)

David Elton (trumpet) – Principal Trumpet, West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Tristram Williams (trumpet) – International Soloist; Ben Jacks (horn) – Principal Horn, Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Michael Bertoncello (trombone) – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Shannon Pittaway (bass trombone (...)