LHA News and Events
Kawasaki delegation marks collaboration between UOW, Japan
Representatives from the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts included Associate Professor Brogan Bunt, Acting Executive Dean, Dr Rowena Ward, Dr Helen Kilpatrick and Ms Ritsuko Saito from the School of Humanities and Social Inquiry.
IHMRI and UOW researchers team up for Magnified exhibition
The natural beauty and intricacies of the cells and proteins researchers regularly scrutinise through their microscopes will instead adorn the walls of the TAEM Gallery at the University of Wollongong for all to appreciate.
Picture: Trudy Simpkin via the Illawarra Mercury
Indigenous students take part in annual sporting competition
The Indigenous Nationals is a week-long multisport competition for Indigenous student-athletes that saw 15 UOW students compete. This event celebrates the sporting culture of Indigenous Australia and acknowledges the heritage and history of the students involved.
Ticket scalping: can new laws stop consumers being sold out?
UOW senior consumer law lecturer, Dr Charles Chew discusses the state government’s new anti-bots and scalping laws taking effect on 1 June 2018 for all NSW events.
Catherine McKinnon up for prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award
Illawarra author, playwright and TAEM academic Catherine McKinnon has been included in the longlist for one of Australia’s most important literary prizes and a purse of $60,000, for her novel Storyland.
Picture: Adam McLean via Illawarra Mercury
Law of the Land
NSW has the weakest child neglect penalties in Australia according to UOW Associate Professor Julia Quilter, a former criminal lawyer.
Graduate thrived on creativity, challenge of literature study
Kendell Mount admits she had never been an avid reader. But when she came to University of Wollongong’s Shoalhaven Campus, she discovered the joy of books, which opened up the world and encouraged her to study English literature.
Actress returns to share her wisdom with Performance students
Kat, who is nominated for a TVWeek Logie for her performance on the Channel 9 TV show Here Comes The Habibs, graduated from the University of Wollongong (UOW) with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Performance).
Students take part in prestigious literary festival
Emily Crocker, Chloe Higgins, and Michelle Cahill will be among a roster of the world’s top creative talents taking part in the week-long conversation about books and ideas.
Passion for creative arts inspires University Medallist
When Steffanni Gardener began her creative arts degree she was aiming for a career on the stage. Growing up in Cowra, in the New South Wales Central West, she took any opportunity to act, and when she realised she could study performance at university, she leaped at the chance.
UOW partners with Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)
Academics from the University of Wollongong will help journalists around the world to harness the power of podcasting under a new teaching and research partnership.
Latest Stories and Events
12 July | Kawasaki delegation marks collaboration between UOW, Japan
4 July | Wollongong graduate celebrates major New York award win, with bestie in tow
3 July | UOW student to represent Australia in Chinese language competition
4 June | Rural and regional students recognised by George Alexander Foundation
28 May | South Coast writer Catherine McKinnon up for prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award
24 May | LHA 2018 Awards Night
23 May | School of Law 2018 Awards Night
08 May | Actress returns to share her wisdom with Performance students
03 May | Graduate thrived on creativity, challenge of literature study
20 Apr | Prestigious political internship an 'amazing' experience for graduate
20 Apr | Brain injury failed to stop Elizabeth from achieving her dreams
17 Apr | How a desire to help led Lachlan to the law
16 Feb | Language study opened world of travel, work opportunities to graduate
14 Feb | Worlds Collided: how a collision with disability changed the course for Shawn Burns
15 Jan | The (he)art of UOW: building cultural capital
12 Jan | Collaboration brings University’s journalism knowledge to the world
LHA in the News
- Mexico's next president likely to defy Trump on immigration, Luis Gómez Romero, The Conversation
- Mexico seeks to become 'country of refuge' as US cracks down on migrants, Luis Gómez Romero, The Conversation
- Australia's deal with Timor-Leste in peril again over oil and gas, Clive Schofield, The Conversation
- Amnesty for drug traffickers? That's one Mexican presidential candidate's pitch to voters, Luis Gómez Romero, The Conversation
- The power of the Placebo, David Neil, News.com.au
- UOW team to investigate the value of web series' like The Horizon and Katering Show, Sue Turnbull, Illawarra Mercury
- The Importance of Tea Rooms, Claire Wright, ABC News
- As Wentworth slips quietly onto the ABC, the series still asks tough questions about gender politics, Sue Turnbull, The Conversation
- 'I was treated as a leper': Former commando Mick Bainbridge takes on Defence, ABC News
- What's next for Timor-Leste's Greater Sunrise?, Clive Schofield, The Diplomat
- Beyond passengers: The history of women and cars, Georgine Clarsen, The Detroit News
- Can the Liberal Party hold its 'broad church' of liberals and conservatives together?, Gregory Melleuish, The Conversation
- Murder Monday: Sex and violence on Australian TV, Sue Turnbull, ABC Radio
- Revealed: the extent of job-swapping between public servants and fossil fuel lobbyists, Adam Lucas, The Conversation
- A record 29,000 Mexicans were murdered last year – can soldiers stop the bloodshed?, Luis Gómez Romero, The Conversation
Research Events
Legal Intersections Research Centre (LIRC)
LIRC is known for its leading edge interdisciplinary research in law, social sciences and the humanities. Each year LIRC hosts a range of seminars, symposia and other academic events which are presented by UOW Law and visiting academics. Everyone is warmly invited to attend. A full list of LIRC events are available on the LIRC website.
For a list of events held by Research centres, networks and initiative in LHA, refer to individual sites linked from the Faculty Research page.
