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Displaying from Thursday, August 09, 2018
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August 2018
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Thursday 09 |
A panel discussion presented by the UWA School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science) and the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies.
Why Tamper? Understanding the aerodynamics of a cricket ball - Professor Andrew Cresswell, Head, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences and (...)
A public lecture by Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience, Senior Fellow Brasenose College, University of Oxford and 2018 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
Our internal 24 hour biological clock (circadian clock) and daily sleep processes interact to play (...)
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Friday 10 |
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert | Suzanne Wijsman (cello) and Martina Liegat (piano)
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Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.
This week, Head of Strings Suzanne Wijsman joins forces with Martina Liegat to perform some beautiful works for (...)
15:00 - EVENT - MAN v FAT Soccer UWA: Registrations open : Love Soccer? Hate being overweight? You've come to the right place.
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UWA Sport and the Psychology of Active, Healthy Living (PAHL) group at The University of Western Australia have partnered with a successful weight-loss program from the United Kingdom (UK) that is designed specifically for men.
MAN v FAT Soccer is for overweight and obese men of any (...)
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Sunday 12 |
10:00 - OPEN DAY - UWA Open Day 2018 : Everything you need to know about university, all in one place.
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UWA’s Open Day is the best way to get a feel for life at uni. Everything you could ever want to know is right there for you, from info about our unique course structure and career opportunities to details about student clubs and accommodation.
Our stunning campus will be buzzing with (...)
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Monday 13 |
A public lecture by Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Assistant Professor of Black Diasporic Art, Princeton University.
This talk examines the visual relationship between the cotton trade and the representation of blackness in American culture, using historical case studies and contemporary art (...)
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Tuesday 14 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Political Science and International Relations Seminar : Donald Trump and the ANZUS Alliance: Strategic culture and the politics of path dependence
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An enduring feature of Australia’s strategic policy is the alliance with the United States. Australian policymakers have made major material contributions in support of this relationship over the years, despite an absence of direct strategic threats and the fact that its economic relationship (...)
19:00 - TALK - A Life of Adventure : Friends of the Library Talk
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Cyril, was a journalist on The West Australian for 36 years, 25 of them as crime reporter.
He has covered assignments in Libya's Sahara Desert, Afghanistan, New Guinea, Central Borneo, Nepal and Japan to name but a few.
He searched for and found a lost tribe of Penans in (...)
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Wednesday 15 |
18:00 - EVENT - Going International: The International Student on Campus : Panel presentation covering the international student experience from the 60's & 80's and today
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This panel presentation provides insight into the experiences of 3 UWA overseas students. The first panelist was a Colombo Plan student from Malaysia in the 1960s. The second was from Romania and studied at UWA in the 1980s. The third panelist is a New Columbo Plan Scholar and has recently returned (...)
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Thursday 16 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar : Collecting the West: The Captain Matthew McVicker-Smyth Collection
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‘Collecting the West’ is an ARC funded research project that looks at what’s been collected from Western Australia with a particular focus on collecting practices. This focus enables exploration of the role of collections in identity formation, place making and the production of knowledge (...)
An 'All at Sea' public lecture by Professor Anas Ghadouani, Head, Aquatic Ecology and Ecosystems Studies and Programme Chair, Environmental Engineering, The University of Western Australia.
Do you think you’re water literate? More than 80% of Australians know little about the most (...)
Permittitur tamen - It’s Ok to Grow Artichokes There.
The ‘Civitas Pia’ of Pope Pius IV (1561-1565)
A public lecture by Roger Vella Bonavita, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
The Medici Pope Pius IV (1559-1565) built the suburb now (...)
“As a voyager of the keys, Raineri is courageous. He doesn’t shy away from risk in his drive towards dramatic moments.” Limelight Magazine, 2018
Pianist Alex Raineri is a sought-after recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. He joins us at UWA as a Royal Over-Seas League (...)
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Friday 17 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : Kishi Nobusuke, Moral Re-armament, and Asian Regionalism, 1945-1962
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The origins of political conservatism in Japan are mired in Occupation history, with scholars emphasizing its emergence as a postwar development determined by the alliance between Washington and Japanese elites. This paper re-examines Japanese conservatism as a transwar and transnational project (...)
11:00 - SEMINAR - Linguistics Seminar : Working with communities on language revitalisation: Some Australian experiences
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In this seminar I will discuss issues and challenges around the concepts of language reclamation and language revitalization, especially their relationship to language documentation and description. Discussion will draw on current work with the Dieri Aboriginal Corporation (South Australia) and (...)
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert: Alex Raineri & UWA Woodwinds
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Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.
This week we welcome pianist Alex Raineri, a sought-after recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. He (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar : Extraplanetary Effect : Humans, Technologies and Environments beyond Earth
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The momentum of technological progress has been steadily reaching outside the planet. Grounded in media infrastructure and practices, our conquest of outer space has been absorbing its inhuman expanses into human mores, entangling them into the circuits of capital, knowledge, ideas and affects and (...)
15:00 - EVENT - Save the Children UWA Book Sale : Join us in Winthrop Hall for the University Branch 2018 Book Sale, raising money for Save the Children.
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A huge number of quality donated books in popular and specialist categories; plus CDs, DVDs, LPs and sheet music all at bargain prices!
Friday 17 August 3-9pm / Saturday 18 August 8-5pm / Sunday 19 August 9-6pm / Monday 20 August 9-6pm / Tuesday 21 August 9-7pm / Wednesday 22 August 9-3 (...)
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Saturday 18 |
17:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: The Irwin Street Collective | Brandenburg 5
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BPhil (Hons) student Jonty Coy (Baroque flute) joins Conservatorium staff Shaun Lee-Chen (violin) and Cecilia Sun (harpsichord), plus friends, to present an all Bach program including his Sonata in E minor for Flute and Continuo, Chaconne from Partita No. 2 for Violin, and Brandenburg Concerto No (...)
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Tuesday 21 |
13:00 - FREE LECTURE - FREE Gamsat Essay Writing Workshop : This workshop will help you get a head start on acing Section 2 of the GAMSAT® Exam
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This workshop will help you get a head start on acing Section 2 of the GAMSAT® Exam. Essay writing skills generally take time to develop, which means starting your preparation early is key to success. The workshop facilitator, Robert Callan, has had extensive experience in teaching GAMSAT® Exam (...)
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