Laugh, cry and enjoy the magic of mythical Labyrinth creatures at the third Latin American Film Festival next month.

2 October 2009

The University of Queensland today (Friday, October 2) – one day after the 60th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China – formalised arrangements to establish a Confucius Institute in partnership with Tianjin University.

2 October 2009

A UQ lecturer has guided a Brisbane-based band to glory at the recent 2009 Classical Music Awards.

25 September 2009

New programs at The University of Queensland will provide more opportunities for students to study languages and add an international focus to their degrees.

16 September 2009

A collaborative language learning alliance between three of Queensland’s top universities provides greater choice and flexibility for students.

16 September 2009
Thomas Keneally

A free public lecture by Australian literary legend Thomas Keneally headlines a page-turning program of UQ events at this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival.

4 September 2009
Oliver She

It has been called “The Super Bowl” of piano pieces and was immortalised in the movie Shine, and now Rachmaninov’s famous Concerto No. 3 will take centre stage for another reason in Brisbane on Friday.

26 August 2009
Dr Liam Viney

Dr Liam Viney has a truly international view of music, studying with a famous Russian teacher at Yale, teaching in California and performing in Europe.

20 August 2009

Award-winning novelist and UQ alumnus Amy Barker will return to Emmanuel College in September to help launch her novel Omega Park.

17 August 2009

Greek Cafes were once the social hubs of western Queensland towns and next week (August 18) UQ PhD student Toni Risson will board the Q150 train to embark on a journey of multicultural discovery.

11 August 2009

Romance fiction will ignite discussion at The University of Queensland this week as part of Australia’s first annual conference on popular romance studies.

11 August 2009
Performers Emily Tomlins and Angus Grant

Of all the productions on show at the 2009 Brisbane Festival, only one suggests that the less you know about it, the better.

10 August 2009
Professor Bille Brown at the opening ceremony of the VIII World
Shakespeare Congress, hosted by UQ in 2006

When Bille Brown was honoured at the 2009 Helpmann Awards at the Sydney Opera House recently, he was in fine company.

6 August 2009

An upcoming University of Queensland public lecture will take you back to the drama of the early seventeenth century as it explores cultural geography in William Shakespeare’s and Ben Jonson’s theatres.

6 August 2009
Cross of the Order of Civil Merit

UQ Professor Alfredo Martínez Expósito has received recognition from the Spanish Crown for his work in promoting Spanish language and culture in Australia.

6 August 2009

A University of Queensland public seminar in August will focus on a popular science comic strip of the 1960s and 1970s.

29 July 2009

UQ’s new concurrent Diplomas in music and languages are set to strike a chord with students looking to further their qualifications while studying a bachelor degree.

28 July 2009

In researching for her PhD thesis, The University of Queensland’s Dr Jessica Harriden battled gender inequity and military rule in Burma (Myanmar), but now her war is won.

27 July 2009

Six of Australia’s best writers and musicians have put forward their predictions for Queensland’s future in Presidentsland, a production which sees UQ’s Dr Veny Armanno pen the third and final act.

24 July 2009

He has reached the pinnacle of Australian investigative journalism thanks to his work on crooked cops and public figures, and now Chris Masters will receive acknowledgement of a different kind at a UQ graduation ceremony on July 24.

23 July 2009