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Displaying from Tuesday, May 09, 2017
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May 2017
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Tuesday 09 |
9:00 - EVENT - Statistics Short Course: Spatial Point Patterns : Analysis of spatial data using R and spatstat
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Spatial point pattern datasets are becoming common across many fields of research. However, statistical methodology for analysing these data has not been easily accessible. This course is a practical introduction to the analysis of spatial point patterns with a strong focus on hands-on exercises (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - The respiratory health effect of electronic cigarettes : School of Human Sciences (APHB) Seminar Series
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The Seminar: Electronic cigarettes (“e-cigarettes”) heat and aerosolise a liquid solution (“e-juice”) producing an aerosol which is inhaled. They are a new technology and their use is widespread and increasing rapidly. In many countries, the number of people regularly using e-cigarettes is (...)
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Wednesday 10 |
This workshop is for the academics interested in discussing how the learning outcomes of their units can be best aligned with various assessment tools.
Humans are really good at moving in time. Our knack for rhythmic synchronisation sets us apart from much of the animal world, aside from a few notable exceptions (parrots, sea lions, dolphins and possibly some other primates). Evolution is a tough business, and specialised cognitive abilities (...)
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Thursday 11 |
17:30 - LECTURE - AJ Herman Fellowship Lecture : Morbidity and mortality resulting from oral disease and dentistry: potential associations with systems far far away......
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The School of Dentistry at the University of Western Australia is delighted to host Dr Tim Hodgson as the 2017 AJ Herman Fellowship Lecturer.
Dr Tim Hodgson is a consultant in Oral Medicine, Honorary Senior Lecturer and Clinical Director at the Eastman Dental Hospital University College (...)
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Friday 12 |
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA School of Music Presents - Free Lunchtime Concert : The Winthrop Singers
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Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School. Now in their 10th year, the Winthrop Singers, under the direction of Dr. Nicholas Bannan perform in this free Lunchtime Concert.
13:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series, Seminar 1 2017 : Peace Building and Literature in Indo-Pakistan Relations
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The heritage of the novel as ‘the dominant form of narrative literature in the West’ was instrumental in the seminal work entitled ‘The Nature of Narrative’ by Robert Scholes and Robert Kellogg published in 1966. Their exploration of the meaning, character, plot and the point of view in (...)
14:30 - EVENT - ANTHROPOLOGY / SOCIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES, SEMESTER 1, 2017 : Relational losses in South African migrant families: Can communication technologies help fill the void?
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Emigration from one’s country of birth is an inherently life-changing event which requires uprooting from all that is familiar. It is a complex and far-reaching phenomenon affecting all members of a specific social network – both those who leave and those who stay behind.
The bulk of (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar, 16:00 Friday 12/05/2017 in Weatherburn LT: John Bamberg (UWA)
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Speaker: John Bamberg (UWA)
Time and place: 16:00 Friday 12/05/2017 in Weatherburn LT
Title: m-ovoids of regular near polygons
Abstract: In this talk, an introduction to the basics of regular near polygons will be given together with a summary of the work of Bart (...)
17:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA School of Music Presents - Fridays@5 : New Studies for Piano: Nicholas Bannan
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Now in its third season, Fridays@Five is the ideal way to kick-start your weekend! Each session offers a unique musical experience to delight all music lovers, from young artist led concerts to informal musical drinks on the famous grassy knoll, behind the scenes workshops to lectures and (...)
19:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA School of Music Presents - Voice! Salon Series : Frauenliebe und -leben
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In a collaboration of performance and research, Head of Vocal Studies Andrew Foote leads staff and students, in presenting a series of intimate and cozy salon style performances to delight every concertgoer.
In a collaboration between Music and German Studies, UWA students and their (...)
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Tuesday 16 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - 'Bite-Sized Austen: New interpretations in doctoral research' : A UWA Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies/Institute of Advanced Studies Public Lecture
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This event consists of two lectures:
1) Parody and Prejudice: Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and the Literary Gothic Tradition
A public lecture by Colin Yeo, Doctoral student, English and Cultural Studies, The University of Western Australia.
"Novels are so (...)
Parody and Prejudice: Jane Austen's 'Northanger Abbey' and the Literary Gothic Tradition by Colin Yeo, Doctoral student, English and Cultural Studies, The University of Western Australia.
The late eighteenth century saw a proliferation of popular women writers of Gothic fiction. In the (...)
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Wednesday 17 |
“I wish I still played” is a chorus oft heard by those who make music. But recent scientific evidence has demonstrated that you take your music experience with you for your entire life. From a better connected brain, better numeracy and literacy, and increased physical development, we now know (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Time capsules from deep within the Himalayan Mountains: how tiny crystals record the evolution of Earth's largest mountain belt
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A public lecture by Stacia Gordon, Associate Professor, University of Nevada-Reno.
The Himalayan mountain belt began to form as a result of the collision of India with Asia ~50 million years ago. This mountain belt continues to grow today, and has resulted in the largest mountains on (...)
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Thursday 18 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series 2017 : Should I stay or should I go now? Fire, Water, and Intensive Seed Use in the Australian Arid Zone
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Contemporary Martu rarely harvest grass seeds but inadvertently foster patches of grass when they burn to hunt burrowed monitor lizards, demonstrating that grass seeds need only be by-products, rather than intended crops, of firestick farming. Nonetheless, repeatedly setting hunting fires in the (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series 2017 : Music, Performance and Heritage Spaces Investigating the Artillery Drill Hall in Fremantle
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Music and performance are universal human social activities, yet their ephemerality means they are often invisible in the material record. Even venues associated with performance are quickly repurposed for other uses.The heritage of music and performance is specifically tied to cities and towns (...)
17:30 - PUBLIC TALK - The Global Rise of Populism : A public forum and Q&A with academics from the School of Humanities and the School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia
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Nigel Farage’s Brexit, Donald Trump’s presidency and
Pauline Hanson’s comeback to Australian politics
have all been labelled examples of populism. What
was unthinkable a few years ago has become a reality.
The revival of nationalism, xenophobia, economic
and political isolationism and the (...)
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Friday 19 |
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA School of Music Presents - Free Lunchtime Concert : Intercurrent Ensemble
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Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.
Darkened Descent by Intercurrent
Ashley Smith (clarinets), Louise Devenish (percussion) and Emily Green-Armytage (piano) with (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar, Cheryl Praeger (UWA)
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Speaker: Cheryl Praeger (University of Western Australia)
Time and place: 16:00 Friday 19/05/2017 in Weatherburn LT
Title: Edge-transitive oriented graphs of valency four: quotients and cycles
Abstract: I will report on our analysis of the structure of this (...)
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