Check out what's on in September:
St Lucia Block Party Brisbane Festival
6 September 2026
Join us for a family-friendly celebration at UQ’s Great Court in St Lucia! Pack a picnic rug, enjoy food trucks and live music on the Brisbane Festival Stage, explore museums and campus attractions, and join hands-on workshops, drawing activities and interactive art. With entertainment and activities for all ages, it’s a perfect Father’s Day outing.
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Indigenous Political Thought - Book Launch
8 September 2026
We are delighted to invite you to the State Library of Queensland for the launch of Politics: Philosophical Ordering by Country, the latest title in the acclaimed First Knowledges series. Join authors Honorary Professor Mary Graham and Professor Morgan Brigg in conversation, followed by a book signing and refreshments. Registration is essential.
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Research and Innovation Week
14-18 September 2026
Event registrations are now open for Research and Innovation Week 2026, which runs from Monday 14 to Friday 18 September. Explore the full program, featuring events such as the UQ Research and Innovation Awards for Excellence, the Carolyn D. Baker Memorial Lecture, and the UQ Three Minute Thesis final.
Register now to secure your spot.
If you have any questions, please email us at researchandinnovationweek@uq.edu.au.
SEERCRAFT Presents: Henrik Ibsen’s Rosmersholm
September 16 – October 10
Bachelor of Arts alum Silvan Rus is producing Henrik Ibsen's Rosmersholm for a season this September. It will be showing at the Albert Street Uniting Church opposite King George Square from 16 September to October 10.
Last seen in La Boite and STC’s The Poison of Poison Polygamy, four-time Matilda Award-nominated actor Silvan returns to the stage with a directorial debut not to be missed. After three years of completing a PhD in Philosophy, he founded SEERCRAFT to create a new phase in the Brisbane theatre scene.
Scored by the enchanting sounds of the pipe organ, this epic battle between sacred tradition and secular freedom promises to grant audiences new eyes for the modern condition.
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2026 Carolyn D. Baker Annual Memorial Lecture
18 September 2026
Join us for the Carolyn D. Baker Annual Memorial Lecture to be presented by Professor Martin Mills on the topic, 'Schooling in a volatile, unpredictable, complex, ambiguous (VUCA) world: A set of provocations'. This event is in collaboration with Research and Innovation Week. Registration is essential.
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19th Annual Latin American Colloquium
8 September 2026
The 19th Annual Latin American Colloquium will address the theme 'Shared Futures, Shared Solutions: Australia–Latin America Cooperation in an Era of Global Volatility'. The in-person Colloquium will explore practical pathways towards a sustainable and equitable future. Featuring speakers from Australia and Latin America, the program will highlight how universities and people-to-people connections can advance cooperation in sustainability, energy transitions, and systems resilience. Discussions and presentations will consider how social and cultural perspectives can inform thoughtful international engagement.
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9/11 and the War on Terror: 25 Years On
11 September 2026
2026 marks 25 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. These attacks were shocking at the time, while also ushering in the ‘war on terror’ that saw invasions and occupations (of Afghanistan and Iraq), controversial restrictions on civil liberties and heightened international and national concerns about the threat posed by Islamist terrorism. This roundtable will discuss the legacy of 9/11: its implications for international order, for Australian society and politics, and for approaches to terrorism, radicalization and multiculturalism. Hosted by the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, this roundtable brings together experts on terrorism and international politics to reflect on the legacy of 9/11 25 years on.
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Great Ocean Speaker Series: Libby Harward, Jonathan Jones, Kimberley Moulton, Sana Balai and Jocelyn Flynn
9-23 September 2026
This Speaker Series responds to core teachings in Indigenous Art History in the Australia Pacific Region, inviting leading First Nations and Great Ocean artists and curators to campus to speak to diverse themes in contemporary practice.
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Lord Mayor's City Hall Concerts
22 September 2026
Brisbane City Council proudly presents a special series of Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concerts for Brisbane Festival - University of Queensland Music Gala. Join us for a sensational gala hour, where you’ll be dazzled by some of The University of Queensland's finest emerging artists. This vibrant, varied program features solo and ensemble musical performances, operatic fireworks, stirring choruses, and much more.
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'Dr Liar' meets 'The Devil Himself': Martin Luther and Thomas Müntzer | AAH & Holberg Prize Lecture Series
23 September 2026
Join the Australian Academy of the Humanities, in partnership with the Holberg Prize and School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry for a lecture series delivered by Emeritus Regius Professor Lyndal Roper FAHA FBA. These brilliant insults each threw at the other express the theological differences of the two men: Thomas Müntzer fought on the peasants’ side at the Battle of Frankenhausen; Luther blamed Müntzer for the entire Peasants’ War. The two men’s enmity was legendary. And yet they were remarkably similar. Their enmity also had an afterlife: The Communist East German regime made Thomas Müntzer its hero, naming streets after him, even putting his image on the 5-Mark note. So how was he celebrated in 2025, the 500th anniversary of the Peasants’ War?
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2026 Hall Annual Lecture
25 September 2026
Join us for The University of Queensland School of Social Science, 2026 Hall Annual Lecture. We are thrilled to be joined by our guest speaker, Professor Lesley Head from the University of Melbourne who will present a lecture on 'A catalogue for the future: Australian archaeology confronts the metacrisis'. Registration is essential.
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UQ Academic Language Forum 2026
25 September 2026
Join us for the 2026 UQ Academic Language Forum, a full-day event exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the communication, language and literacy capabilities students need to succeed — both in higher education and beyond. This year's theme, The changing face of Academic Language and Literacies in the age of AI, brings together researchers, educators and student voices to consider what these shifts mean for teaching, learning and student support.
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2026 Queensland Decarbonisation Hub Forum
29 September 2026
The Queensland Decarbonisation Hub and the Centre for Policy Futures warmly invite you to the 2026 state-wide Forum, bringing together researchers, policy makers, industry and the community to explore the future of Queensland’s transition to net zero. Across a series of discussions, participants will explore why the transition matters, the future Queensland is seeking to build, and the values and perspectives that should inform decision-making. The Forum will examine how prosperity, wellbeing and success may be understood in a changing economic landscape, and the role of government, community, industry and the regions in supporting a transition that is fair, inclusive and effective.
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Australian Social Policy Conference 2026
30 September 2026
ASPC 2026 is the flagship event of the Australian Social Policy Association. It will bring together leading researchers, policymakers, community welfare professionals, and advocates from across Australia and around the world to tackle the current most pressing social, environmental and economic challenges.
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2026 George Watson Public Lecture - Professor Simone Natale
8 October 2026
Join us for the 2026 George Watson Public Lecture with Professor Simone Natale, who will present on the topic 'Talking to parrots, or how to make sense of AI'. Registration is essential.
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Last Words
25 October 2026
Join The University of Queensland Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Paul Dean for a powerful exploration of music’s most profound final works, featuring Mahler, Bruckner and Tchaikovsky. Performed by UQ School of Music’s talented musicians, and special guests, this compelling program journeys through themes of mortality, faith and legacy in some of the greatest orchestral music ever written.
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