UWA IAS 25th anniversary event - The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge airs nationally across Australia next week on ABC Radio National's Big Ideas. 8pm Wednesday 26 November, repeated midday Thursday 27 November www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Come to Yamaguchi on the the 17th to 19th of October. It will be interesting www.ycam.jp/en/events/20...

viad.co.za/bioart-desig... If you are in Johannesburg (or online anywhere) on Tuesday the 26th, it may be of interest…I will be giving an inaugural Visiting Professor lecutre, titiled “Life is Not What it Used to Mean”, follow link to rsvp

Join us for a public lecture by Luis Campos, Baker College Chair for the History of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Rice University, as he reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Asilomar DNA conference and its relevance to the future of biotechnology. 19 June | 6pm | UWA tinyurl.com/35ymb6r2

PUBLIC TALK Testimony to the Atom Bomb – A Survivor Speaks In 1945 Teruko Yahata was 8 when she was exposed to an atomic bomb at her home in #Hiroshima. She has since devoted herself to sharing her experience, to aid understanding #NeverAgain 12 May, 4–5pm | Fox Lecture Hall tinyurl.com/3ps8tkv8

ARTIST TALK Join Fiona Foley at the UWA School of Design for a special artist talk next week. Fiona is a Badtjala woman who works at the intersections of law, history, Indigenous Knowledges and creative research. When: 9 April, 12noon-1pm Where: UWA ALVA Lecture Room G22

IAS MASTERCLASS Join us on Monday 7th April for a Masterclass with writer and poet Sara M. Saleh 10am -12.30pm 🖋️REGISTER tinyurl.com/43w66vce Sara Saleh is an award-winning writer, poet & human rights lawyer. Her poems, short stories & essays have been widely published in English and Arabic

www.pomconference.org/pom-perth-20... Few more days extended - new Deadline 3rd April 2025 (AWST midnight) - also online presentations are possible under certain conditions

Artists Oron Catts (@oroncatts.bsky.social) and Dr. Ionat Zurr have been working with biological tissue as their art medium for the last 30 years—their projects ask "how will new knowledge about life change the concept of life itself?" Watch the full video: youtu.be/RtpJ_jZSmOM?...

www.pomconference.org/pom-perth-20... Fantastic conference in July! Submit a short abstract - extended deadline until 29th March. Hope to see you in Perth with @oroncatts.bsky.social and get updates on Symbiotica, see Alvin Lucier (or part of him) performing, discuss bio-computers,....

The 5th Politics of the Machines Conference : Synthetic Sentience Call for Abstract Extended Deadline 29th March 2025 The POM-conference will explore the evolving politics of sentience across a wide array of fields. www.pomconference.org/pom-perth-20...

Just putting it here, if you’re interested: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Two films dealing with our 3SDC projects are finalist at the 2024 WA Screen Culture Awards: 3SDC to the Power of 4 Screens - Alternative Content Sunlight: YES- Feature Documentary / Non Fiction wascreencultureawards.com.au/2024-nominees/