The Wicked Problem of AI Policy Design

10 December 2024 9:00am4:00pm
How can we address the Wicked Problem of AI Policy Design? Interested in tackling one of the most complex challenges of our time? Join us for a dynamic, hands-on workshop where we will explore how to collaboratively design better AI Policies that address pressing societal issues and emerging technology with creativity and impact!
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Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

13 December 2024 6:30pm14 December 2024 4:00pm
The University of Queensland School of Music is delighted to present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's beloved opera, The Marriage of Figaro. This timeless masterpiece, brimming with wit, charm, and stunning melodies, promises an unforgettable night, showcasing the UQ School of Music's finest vocalists and instrumentalists.
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Artificial Visionaries: Exploring the intersections of machine vision, computation, and our aural and visual cultures

27 November 2024 9:00am28 November 2024 4:45pm
"Artificial Visionaries" is a two-day symposium with the goal of bringing together scholars who are exploring the intersections between computation and creativity across a broad range of aural and visual cultures. We welcome researchers, practitioners, and artists exploring the relationship between data, machine vision, digital platforms, algorithms, generative technologies, and aural and visual cultures.

Introduction to Creative Futurism: Using Speculative Fiction Techniques to Express and Extend Research

21 November 2024 10:00am4:00pm
In this one-day workshop run by award-winning speculative fiction writers, you will use storytelling techniques to imagine possibilities for your research over multiple timeframes and from several perspectives.
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EAIT/HASS HDR Debate 2024: The analogue world was more relaxing

20 November 2024 2:00pm4:00pm
Come along to an in-person light-hearted debate featuring Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students arguing for and against the proposition: The analogue world was more relaxing.

UQ Talks: unpacking the US election

12 November 2024 6:00pm7:00pm
Our expert panel will share their predictions for the coming 4 years, and the potential impact for Australia.

A Love Letter to Country and Community: Returning and continuing through generations in Wira to Djara

8 November 2024 1:00pm2:00pm
Join us at the UQ Art Museum for 'A Love Letter to Country and Community: an intimate exploration of Wira to Djara', currently on display in the Collection Study Room. Wira to Djara is an intern-lead research project by Braelyn Rolfe-Chase (Ngugi), Blaklash Curatorial Intern. In conversation with curator Freja Carmichael, this talk will explore stories of returning, regenerating and restoring through the generational teachings that weave through the works in this hang.
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2024 Hall Annual Lecture

29 October 2024 6:00pm8:00pm
UQ's School of Social Science invites you to attend the 2024 Hall Annual Lecture titled 'Braiding Knowledges to Overcome Colonial Pasts: A glimpse into Archaeology’s future', presented by Dr Ora Marek-Martinez.

Great Books Reading Group

26 October 2024 9:30am2:00pm
A Great Books study day on Dante's Inferno hosted by UQ’s Centre for Western Civilisation.

We need to talk about Russia. And China. And so much more.

9 October 2024 5:30pm7:30pm
Join UQ's School of Languages and Cultures to explore the current global conflicts and their impact on the world order and the rule of international law that has underpinned Australia’s security, prosperity, and stability for the past seventy years.
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HASS Research Grantsmanship Session- The Five Key Questions of Grant Applications

8 October 2024 1:00pm4:00pm
If you are intending on applying for an ARC Future Fellowship, DECRA, Discovery Project, or any other funding scheme, this is for you!
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2024 Carolyn D. Baker Annual Memorial Lecture

4 October 2024 5:15pm7:30pm
Join the School of Education for an insightful lecture on Quality Teaching Rounds (QTR) professional development, which has shown significant positive effects on both teachers and students over 20 years of rigorous research. Discover how QTR’s focus on pedagogy, careful attention to power dynamics, and strong research backing can help improve teaching quality, teacher morale, and student achievement. In a time of immense pressure on schools and teachers, this talk highlights the urgent need for impactful PD investments.
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Web Archives, Web Archiving, and Web Scraping

4 October 2024 11:00am3:00pm
This workshop will introduce you to working with the web as a data source for your research. The aim is to provide you with a broad overview of the major techniques and considerations of working with the Web so that you can start asking the right questions for your research.
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HASS Great Debate: Is Taylor Swift the most important person in the world right now?

2 October 2024 2:00pm4:00pm
Come along to an in-person light-hearted debate about Tay Tay, popular media, and the unexpected influence of our most beloved artists.

Crimes Against Humanity, Gender and the Responsibility to Protect

2 October 2024 12:00pm1:30pm
The University of Queensland’s Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and the Justice and Accountability Network invite you to 'Crimes Against Humanity, Gender and the Responsibility to Protect'. With keynote speakers - international criminal law expert Sareta Ashraph, co-author of the “Handbook on Universal Jurisdiction”, Azadah Raz Mohammad, and Attorney with the Center for Justice and Accountability, Ahmad Soliman.

2024 Lloyd Davis Public Lecture

18 September 2024 6:00pm8:00pm
Midnight Sonnets: Taylor Swift and Shakespeare, presented by Professor Liam Semler. American pop icon Taylor Swift stands out as a musical powerhouse with unmatched success—selling hundreds of millions of albums, winning four Grammys for Album of the Year, shattering streaming records, and leading the world’s highest-grossing concert tour. As a billionaire with a massive fanbase and a commanding social media presence, she’s even been compared to William Shakespeare, with some suggesting she’s his modern-day counterpart. In this public lecture, Professor Semler will explore the intriguing parallels between Swift and Shakespeare as seen online and in classrooms.

Mozart: Requiem

15 September 2024 2:00pm4:00pm
Experience Mozart’s awe-inspiring Requiem with Dane Lam, UQ Symphony Orchestra, UQ Choir, Brisbane Chorale and local high school students at QPAC’s Concert Hall. The concert also showcases UQ student Jeremy Sun performing Prokofiev’s exhilarating Third Piano Concerto, along with the world premiere of Tangling, Turning, Twisting, a choral piece composed by UQ student Ashlyn Keiler, winner of the Percy Brier Memorial Prize. Don’t miss this afternoon of unforgettable performances! Presented by UQ School of Music.

Unlocking AustLit: Navigating Australia’s digital literary platform for research

4 September 2024 12:00pm4:00pm
AustLit is Australia’s most longstanding piece Digital Humanities research infrastructure. In this presentation and workshop, Associate Professor Maggie Nolan and Dr Catriona Mills will provide an overview of the AustLit platform and its extensive functionality.
Image: Hoda Afshar Shamindan and Ramsiyar – Manus Island, from the series Remain 2018 © Hoda Afshar, image courtesy the artist.

Panel Discussion: How Do We Bear Witness?

29 August 2024 5:30pm8:00pm
As part of Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line, join us for a discussion on the politics of image-making.
Banner image: Fiona Foley, The Oyster Fisherman I, 2011, digital print on Hahnemühle paper. Courtesy of the artist, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane, and Niagara Galleries, Melbourne.

Speaking from within

29 August 2024 5:30pm8:00pm
Join the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry for their 2024 Annual Lecture titled 'Speaking from within'. Associate Professors Fiona Foley and Stephanie Gilbert, both practising historians, engage with the complexities of speaking from within and being heard. In our pursuit of truth-telling, we recognise the various truths that shape our history. It is vital that we acknowledge omitted records and actively listen to voices that challenge and disrupt established narratives and spaces.

S.W Brooks Public Lecture

27 August 2024 6:00pm8:00pm
Join the School of Communication and Arts for a thought-provoking public lecture, Making Theatrical Empires: Nineteenth Century Women, presented by international scholar, Professor Kate Newey. Step into a world where the stage was set for revolutionary change and uncover the untold stories of the nineteenth century women who transformed global popular culture. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the dramatic impact of these trailblazers.
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HASS Explore: Welcome to Brisbane

9 August 2024 2:00pm3:45pm
Welcome to Brisbane! Join us and explore what this vibrant city has to offer while connecting with fellow students and faculty members from the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) community!
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2024 George Watson Public Lecture

7 August 2024 6:00pm8:00pm
Join the School of Communication and Arts for a critical examination of India's press freedom, rated 161 out of 180 by Reporters Without Borders, and its impact on the world's largest democracy. Explore the challenges of a constrained media space and its implications for sustaining a healthy civil society and fostering a deliberative democracy.
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UQ Talks: (re)designing Brisbane for 2032

6 August 2024 6:00pm7:00pm
UQ Talks brings together experts in town planning, economics and sociology to discuss how Brisbane can play the Games just right.
Image: Portrait of curator Ellie Buttrose (left) and artist Archie Moore (right). Photo by Rhett Hammerton, Brisbane 2024.

kith and kin: In Conversation with Archie Moore, Ellie Buttrose and Grace Lucas-Pennington

27 July 2024 4:30pm7:15pm
In April 2024, Kamilaroi and Bigambul artist Archie Moore’s exhibition kith and kin at the Australia Pavilion was awarded the prestigious Golden Lion for Best National Participation at La Biennale de Venezia, marking the first time an Australian artist has received this accolade. In celebration of this historic moment, join curator Ellie Buttrose in conversation with Archie Moore and Bundjalung editor and poet Grace Lucas-Pennington. Together, they will discuss Moore’s exhibition kith and kin and the unparalleled experiences that led them to Venice; of community, kinship, and the infinite relations that connect us all.
Image: Still from Bandar Band, 2020, Color, 1:1.85, 5.1, 75 mins.

Film Night: Bandar Band

25 July 2024 6:00pm8:00pm
Join us for a screening of films running alongside Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line. The selected films have influenced Hoda Afshar’s artistic practice that often blurs the lines between documentary and fiction.
Image: Hiromi Tango, Insanity Magnet #7, 2009 printed 2013. Collection of The University of Queensland, purchased 2014. Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art. Photo: Carl Warner.

Drawing the UQ Art Collection

25 July 2024 1:30pm3:00pm
Connect and unwind with a casual still-life drawing session in UQ Art Museum. Surrounded by art and various found objects, you will consider how identities and journeys are shaped through the objects around us and within.

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