What's On at UWA

Ancestors of the Chewa-speaking peoples of south-central Africa made a type of rock art that comprises stylised finger paintings of humans and animals. The images depict masked dancers from a secret society known as nyau. Nyau concerns much more than just dancing; nyau is said by its members to be � (...)

The Seminar: Although beauty is often said to be ‘in the eye of the beholder’, the past 30 years of research into human mate preferences has revealed that our judgments of physical attractiveness are not so subjective. Instead, sexual dimorphism in body composition and secondary sexual traits (...)

Gemma Bothe - What about the Conversation? The Lack of Social Interaction in Kindle Worlds

Amazon’s Kindle Worlds, established in May 2013, is the most recent project seeking to commercialise fan fiction (fanfic). This paper seeks to show that the Amazon platform of Kindle Worlds does (...)

Beethoven: A Tale of Triumph Concert - to be held at St George's College as part of their Spring Concert Series. The concert will see a selection from Beethoven's piano sonatas including the famous Moonlight Sonata performed by Perth's mightiest pianists! Performing: Mark Coughlan, Caroline (...)

The idea that good performance management is essential for organisations is part of today’s conventional public management wisdom. If public organisations are to perform well, they must know and understand their internal operations and the external environment well. Good performance measures, it (...)

This presentation will provide an update on the progress of the Barrow Island Project focusing on research questions and the results from this year’s fieldwork. New finds are profiled from excavations at both early Holocene/Terminal Pleistocene sites as well as 19th century historic pearling (...)

We have not met the people we have studied; they are part of what Eichhorn (2001) described as a "textual community", gathered around the threads of online conversations associated with a website servicing the needs of English-language speakers in Germany. The thread in question started (...)

This paper analyzes civil litigation between a plaintiff and a defendant who exert costly effort in a tournament game. In the unique Nash equilibrium the litigant with the stronger case is more likely to win, but there is distortion in the sense that the equilibrium probability of success is closer (...)

This workshop is for research students who would like to be more effective in their studies.

The School of Music is delighted to welcome I Made Indra Sadguna from the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) Denpasar as part of the World Musician in Residence Program*. One of the leading Balinese drummers of his generation Indra returns to UWA to undertake Gamelan workshops and masterclasses to (...)

The School of Music is delighted to welcome I Made Indra Sadguna from the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) Denpasar as part of the World Musician in Residence Program*. One of the leading Balinese drummers of his generation Indra returns to UWA to undertake Gamelan workshops and masterclasses to (...)

1) Elizabeth Vaughan Excavating the Aboriginal Heritage Act: A cross-disciplinary investigation on the evolution of heritage protection in Western Australia 1972-2014

2) Lily Rogers 'Everything comes from the Dreaming’: A case study of the depiction of a European ship at Walga Rock.

‘Founding Father’ of sociology Max Weber argued that charismatic authority, necessary at the initial stages of religions, and based on the personal magnetism of a prophetic leader, is not sustainable long-term. He argued that the charisma of the founder must be ‘routinized’ in bureaucratic (...)

Perth's historically informed 'A-Team' perform a variety of works including Mozart's Jupiter Symphony, Handel's Organ Concerto in F major, C.P.E. Bach's String Symphony No. 3 in C major and Boccherini's Quintet Op.39 No.3.

Harpsichord/Organ: Stewart Smith Violin: Paul Wright and Shaun (...)

The Seminar: Cooperation may present unique cognitive challenges. Individuals in cooperative groups perform behaviours that provide fitness benefits to others, exposing themselves to the risk of exploitation, yet they are also presented with opportunities to gain benefits unavailable to solitary (...)

This October musicians from across Australia and New Zealand will come together for a piano and percussion spectacular featuring Steve Reich’s mesmerizing Sextet for marimbas, vibraphones and keyboards.

Players from the University of Western Australia and the Western Australian (...)

Join the staff and students of the School of Music to hear the finalists of the Chamber Music Prize Week.

UWA students will be joined by special guest performers from the WA Young Artists Chamber Music Program (WAYACHAMP).

A fantastic way to start your weekend!

Tic (...)

The Health Promotion Unit & Student Guild will be hosting the inaugural Australian and New Zealand University Mental Health Day (ANZUMHD) on October 7 as part of UWA Mental Health Week, to raise awareness and promote the mental health of those who study and work in higher education. Over 30 (...)

Come and have a giggle and let off steam at the free Laughter Yoga workshop hosted by the Health Promotion Unit as part of the UWA Mental Health Week. Janni Goss from Laugh WA will teach you how to giggle your way to stress relief! Spaces are limited so register today!

Missed out on the Postgrad & Honours Expo? No problem! Come along to our mini pop-up Postgrad Expo on 7 October between 1-2pm in the Bayliss Bldg. Staff from eight faculties will be there to answer your questions about postgraduate study - and to hand out free pizza!