What's On at UWA

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 (...)

Professor Donnelly is a Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford, Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, and a Fellow of both the Royal Society and Academy of Medical Sciences. He has been awarded the Mitchell Prize of the ASA and International Society for (...)

The move to establish a regional art gallery in Albany has been gaining momentum, with the recently released Community Vision for Albany listing this as the top cultural goal. What makes a good regional gallery? Mark will present a photo tour and case study of the Canberra Museum, capturing the (...)

Kiran Phatak (flute), Julie Igglesden (oboe), Jessica Andrew (clarinet), Natalie De Biasi (bassoon), Catherine Lane (horn)

A discussion on future prospects, the effects of the US blockade, the possibilities of change and what that might mean for the Cuban people.

Kathy High will show selections of video clips from her works that cover topics such as new reproductive technologies, telepathic animal communication, and transgenic animal research. Her feminist bias frames her construction of our engagement with medicine, interspecies relations and our desires (...)

A choral community concert in support of the Red Cross 2009 Victorian Bushfire Appeal. Featuring:

Junior Music School "Firebird" Choir

Winthrop Singers

Born to Sing

Stirling Silver Singers and People Who Care Choir (part of the project: Act (...)

One waitress, two suspicous travellers and a remote roadhouse. How bad can it be? ... Come and see for yourself.

Enjoy a glass of champagne on arrival and take part in a question and answer session with the director Stephan Jean de Jonghe. Light refreshments will be served during Q&A (...)

Cultural evening of Indian songs and dances presented by Hindi Samaj of WA.

It is a great evening of music, dance and entertainment, attended by a vast majority of Australians, both Indian and Non Indians and it is performed by skilled artists from Indian and other related communities.

The Perth Sun Fair is on again on Sunday 5th April - Find out all about sustainable living, renewable energy, solar power, electric vehicles, grey water recycling, inventors association etc, free seminars all day in 4 marquees.

Its WA's biggest sustainable living event and its free and (...)

Dr Butler’s lecture is titled: Is Imants Tillers the last Australian or the first post-Australian artist? Imants Tillers launched a revolution in the art in this country when he started painting in the 1980s. Dr. Butler’s question, though, is whether it was it to save or to destroy the notion (...)

Following the 2009 Salek Minc Lecture is the launch of a catalogue published by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery which documents the exhibition—Imants Tillers:The long poem—currently at the Gallery.

This major catalogue includes reproductions of all of the featured works, photographs (...)

The concept of human rights in Islam has attracted a lot of attention in the post 9/11 era. Human rights, it has been argued can not be discussed in the realm of religion or Islam but can only exist within a secular realm. What are the accepted definitions of human rights and how can it be (...)

Come and listen to two of the State’s leading experts in Indigenous legal issues, Dr Tony Buti and Ambelin Kwaymullina, discuss the case of Bruce Trevorrow, Australia’s first successful stolen generation court claim. Hosted by the Progressive Law Students' Association (PLSA).

Join us for an evening of friendly philosophical dialogue. Everyone is Welcome!!! Bring a friend and come along for an interesting philosophical exchange. Event supported by UWA Philosophy, Notre Dame Philosophy and APIS Inc.

A powerpoint presentation with commentary of 21 famous paintings by classical artists of either famous medical men and women from years past, such as William Harvey, or medical events, such as the first anaesthetic to be given, or medical clinical conditions, some included by chance in their (...)

“It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” Woody Allen.

To be human is to die. Historically death has been a commonplace of family life, but in affluent first world communities medical advances mean we rarely encounter it – or we may (...)

Professor Yermack will discuss recent efforts by the Obama administration to limit and regulate executive compensation in the U.S. In the current financial crisis, the pay of bankers and top executives has become a major public issue.

Professor Yermack’s presentation will evaluate the (...)

Despite the bright promise of technology in language education and the ubiquitous presence of computers in institutions of higher education, pedagogically sound integration of technology in language teaching remains limited to "e-learning champions" and a few dedicated staff in many (...)