What's On at UWA

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!

The School of Music and MusicaViva are delighted to be welcoming members of the legendary Borodin String Quartet to UWA for a Masterclass with UWA School of Music Students.

Masterclasses are an invaluable experience for our young musicians who are honing their craft, but are also an (...)

Charmaine Lim Title: Imagining Home & Constructing Identity: Transnationalism & Diaspora amongst Filipinos in Australia

As Basch, Glick Schiller and Blanc have argued, “those who must live across borders may come to see themselves as perpetually unauthentic” (1994: 242). The (...)

It is nearly 15 years since Dennis Mileti published Disasters by Design: a Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States, a title by which he somewhat ironically inferred that many disasters were the predictable result of interactions of hazards, communities and the physical infrastructure (...)

Join us for what promises to be a fascinating presentation from Richard Pengelly, Dual Olympian and Chairman of True Blue Dreaming, a not-for-profit youth and community development mentoring program which seeks to link university students as mentors to educationally disadvantaged youth and children (...)

Presented as part of the World Musician in Residence Program (made possible by a generous donation from a private donor to the School of Music) we are pleased to welcome Vickneswaran Ramakrishnan (tabla) and Praashekh Borkar (sarod) in a workshop-performance focussing on Hindustani classical music (...)

The place of the Islamic face veil in public places has again arisen as an issue for debate in Australia. Politicians from all sides have variously called for its banning, called it confronting or appealed to liberal values in defence of freedom of choice. In light of the recent debates it is time (...)