|
Displaying from Sunday, May 06, 2018
|
May 2018
|
Tuesday 08 |
A public lecture by Andrew Lynch, Professor of English and Cultural Studies, UWA.
The middle ages acquired a higher cultural prestige in nineteenth-century ideas of English national heritage. Literature exemplifying the spirit of medieval ‘chivalry’ was called on to offer behavioural (...)
|
Wednesday 09 |
17:30 - CANCELLED - BOOK LAUNCH - Book Launch and Garden Opening: The New Fortune Theatre : Help celebrate the launch of The New Fortune Theatre and opening of The Shakespeare Garden
|
Website |
More Information
|
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.
This event has been cancelled due to scheduled works that affect the site.
-----------------
UWA Publishing and The Centre for the History of Emotions warmly invite you to the book launch of The New Fortune Theatre: That (...)
17:30 - MASTERCLASS - UWA Music presents Converge | Guitar Masterclass with Jonathan Fitzgerald
|
Website |
More Information
|
Join us each week for a delightful musical surprise! From young artist-led concerts to informal musical drinks on the famous grassy knoll, behind-the-scenes workshops, lectures and masterclasses, these free weekly musical experiences will delight all music lovers.
Masterclasses are an (...)
|
Friday 11 |
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents Free Lunchtime Concert | The Winthrop Singers and Pi�ata Percussion
|
Website |
More Information
|
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, be transported by the divine voices of the Winthrop Singers, supported by special guests Piñata (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar : Monsters, dogs, blackfellas, and whitefellas: An ethnographic riddle about seeing and unseeing from central Australia
|
More Information
|
The main aims of this paper are to (1) familiarise you with some diverse strands of my research, and (2) start a discussion about how they interface. Since 1994, I have been undertaking research with Warlpiri people, in the town of Yuendumu in central Australia. Yuendumu is one of four Warlpiri (...)
|
Monday 14 |
8:00 - COURSE - Practical Rock Mechanics in Mining Short Course : This course is designed to develop specific open pit and underground mining geomechanics competencies for mine geologists and engineers so their contribution to mine site geomechanics programmes is enhanced.
|
Website |
More Information
|
This course is designed to develop specific open pit and underground mining geomechanics competencies for mine geologists and engineers so their contribution to mine site geomechanics programmes is enhanced. The course could be of particular benefit to geomechanics personnel with limited practical (...)
|
Tuesday 15 |
12:30 - DISTINGUISHED VISITOR - Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series: UWA Visiting Professor Dame Jill Macleod-Clark : Imagine a different future - is the time up for traditional Health Professional roles?
|
Website |
More Information
|
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences welcomes UWA Visiting Professor Prof. Dame Jill Macleod-Clark from the University of Southampton, to present 'Imagine a different future - is the time up for traditional Health Professional roles?'
Join us for light refreshments at the conclusion of the (...)
|
Wednesday 16 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Savonarola and Botticelli: the visionary prophet and the penitent painter
|
Website |
More Information
|
A public lecture by Arvi Wattel, School of Design, The University of Western Australia.
After the French invasion in 1494, the Florentine people revolted against its de facto rulers and exiled the Medici family from Florence. Subsequently, the followers of the Dominican preacher Girolamo (...)
|
Thursday 17 |
8:00 - COURSE - Managing Seismic Risks in Underground Mines Short Course : This course is designed to introduce mine geotechnical engineers to basic mine seismology concepts and their application in mining.
|
Website |
More Information
|
Hard rock mines in deep and high-stress environments
often require the use of seismic systems to enable
operators to manage seismic risk posed to the workforce,
the mining investment and the environment. Seismic
data is also used in assessing the rock mass response to
mining activities where (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar : When, why and by whom was the controversial ‘ship motif’ painted at walganha (Walga Rock)?
|
More Information
|
For nearly 100 years people have wondered who painted a European ship with two masts, a row of gun ports and an apparent funnel at walganha, the most profusely decorated, ceremonially and mythologically significant, pictogram site known in southern Western Australia. Is the ship meant to be VOC (...)
17:30 - VISITING SPEAKER - 2018 Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture : 2018 Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture with speaker Cr Tony Briffa
|
Website |
More Information
|
The Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture is an annual collaboration between the Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia and the University of Western Australia to honour the work and achievements of the late Ms Isabelle Lake, a young trans rights activist, former employee of the Commission, and (...)
A public lecture by Professor Daniel Pauly, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia and 2018 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
One of the expected responses of marine fishes to ocean warming is decrease in body size, as supported by (...)
The exceptional ability of young emerging artists and their passion for music will always create an extraordinary experience for concertgoers.
In this concert, the UWA Wind Orchestra directed by Paul de Cinque perform some exciting repertoire for winds, before the UWA Symphony Orchestra (...)
Since 2012 the Conservatorium of Music has offered a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduates studying at UWA.
From humble beginnings in 2014, there are now 6 Ukulele ensembles running each week on campus and in the Enrich! Ukulele sensation, the (...)
|
Friday 18 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : Bamboo or Banksia? Exploring plants, spaces and design for the Chinese garden in Perth
|
More Information
|
Classical scholar gardens of Suzhou date back to the Wu Kingdom (6BCE). Their designs had developed and matured by the Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644). Nine of these gardens are listed as UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation) World Heritage Sights which signify their (...)
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, quartets from the UWA Conservatorium Guitar Studio will perform movements from Phillip Houghton’s (...)
|
Wednesday 23 |
17:15 - FREE LECTURE - Peace or Peril in Pyongyang: Dr Dino Patti Djalal on his Recent Visit to North Korea : Free Public Discussion
|
Website |
More Information
|
In this exclusive event, the Perth USAsia Centre will host Indonesia’s former Deputy Foreign Minister Dr Dino Patti Djalal, who in April 2018 led a delegation of Indo-Pacific scholars and academics to North Korea. Dr Dino Patti Djalal initiated the visit to through his think-tank, the Foreign (...)
Join us each week for a delightful musical surprise! From young artist-led concerts to informal musical drinks on the famous grassy knoll, behind-the-scenes workshops, lectures and masterclasses, these free weekly musical experiences will delight all music lovers.
Come and hear music (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Duties to One's Own Population and Combatants in War: is there an "Internal" Humanitarian Law?
|
Website |
More Information
|
A public lecture by Frédéric Mégret, Associate Professor of Law and Dawson Scholar, Faculty of Law, McGill University and 2018 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
International humanitarian law is traditionally about the "other" side in the war, whether (...)
|
Thursday 24 |
12:00 - Open to staff, students, and the public! - Plant Sale! with Friends of the Grounds : JOIN US! herbs, succulents, and more - plants typically $3 to $5 each
|
Website |
More Information
|
UWA Friends of the Grounds are holding a May Plant Sale on Thursday 24 May 2018 (and Friday 25 May 2018 if remaining stock)
Find herbs, succulents, and more - plants typically $3 to $5 each. Great finds! Open to staff, students, and the public.
Please bring a carry bag or (...)
|
|
There are
892 more future events
in this calendar
Alternative formats:
XML |
Printer Friendly
|
|
|