Check out what's on in November:
UQ Thanks You - Save the date!
UQ Thanks You is our annual celebration of staff and an opportunity to come together at the end of the year to acknowledge and appreciate the contribution of our people. Each campus will host its celebration in late 2026 featuring complimentary food, beverages, and live entertainment.
• Dutton Park: Tuesday 3 November, 2–4pm, Level 4, Terrace and Interactive Space, Susan Tett Building, UQ Dutton Park
• Gatton: Wednesday 25 November, 12–2pm, Gymnasium, UQ Gatton
• St Lucia: Friday 27 November, 2–5pm, Great Court, UQ St Lucia
• Herston: Thursday 3 December, 2–4pm, Edith Cavell Heritage Lawn, Fourth Ave, UQ Herston
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Reflective Motives: Two Days with the Climate Aware Creative Practices Network and UQ Art Museum
12-13 November 2026
Reflective Motives is a two-day gathering hosted by UQ Art Museum in collaboration with the Climate Aware Creative Practices Network (CACP), and is an invitation to engage with artists working with place, Country, matter and language. Alongside hosted workshops and talks, a breakout space will provide room for unprogrammed conversations, sharing, meals, and exchanges, as well as a platform for attendees to self-organise their own creative and collective contributions to the event.
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HASS Staff Forum
23 November 2026
As 2026 draws to a close, you're invited to join us for our final HASS All-Staff Forum of the year – an opportunity to connect with colleagues, reflect on what we've achieved together and celebrate the people who make HASS such a vibrant Faculty. We'll reflect on the year that was, share Faculty highlights and look ahead to what's next, including celebrating our people, faculty priorities and progress, our strategic direction, and an opportunity to share your reflections, ideas and questions with the Faculty Executive. No registration is required.
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Veiled Histories: Works by leading First Nations artists - Jennifer Herd (MBarbarum) and Joanne Currie Nalingu (Gungurri)
6 October 2026 - 19 March 2027
Join us for an in-conversation panel discussion followed by the official launch of 'Veiled Histories: Works by leading First Nations artists - Jennifer Herd (MBarbarum) and Joanne Currie Nalingu (Gungurri)', a national touring exhibition curated by Sunshine Coast’s Regional Gallery at Caloundra in partnership with FireWorks Gallery and toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland.
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Getting Research into Policy & Practice Workshop
3 November 2026
Delivered by the Centre for Policy Futures, GRiPP brings together UQ policy experts and practitioners with first-hand experience working between research and government. Through presentations, discussion and a closing panel, participants build a practical understanding of the policy landscape and leave with strategies they can apply to their own work.
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Transnational Art Flows: Japanese Visual Culture in Australia
13 November 2026
Bringing together scholars, curators, and artists, the symposium explores encounters and exchanges between Japan and Australia in the visual arts, from the late nineteenth century to the present. Together, these encounters position Japanese visual culture as a constitutive rather than incidental presence in Australia’s visual history. The programme combines academic and curatorial presentations with a keynote address by Professor Melissa Miles (Monash University), a musical performance by Linsey Pollak and Takako Haggarty, the premiere of a short documentary, and a keynote performance by multidisciplinary artist Hiromi Tango.
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Century for Policy Futures In Conversation Webinar Series
19 November and 3 December 2026
Join us for the 'In Conversation' webinar series feature engaging discussions with our researchers, visiting experts, and collaborators on topical issues. The first session will focus on 'Keeping science critical: reflexivity, pluralism and the future of applied research' with the second session highlighting 'Agriculture inputs and One Health: linking policy and practice'. Registration is required.
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