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November 2019
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Thursday 28 |
17:00 - SEMINAR - Centre for Muslim States and Societies Seminar Series 2019- Event Cancelled : Islamic Revivalism and Politics in Malaysia: Problems in Nation Building
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In this lecture, Dr Bob Olivier explains the Islamisation process that has unfolded in Malaysia over the last fifty years. Based on his forthcoming book published by Palgrave Macmillan, Dr Olivier will present the findings from in-depth interviews with 100 of Malaysia’s “educated classes”, or (...)
A public lecture by Richard Vokes, Associate Professor in Anthropology, The University of Western Australia.
Over his eight years as president of Uganda, Idi Amin was the subject of hundreds of thousands of photographs. A team of photographers under the Ministry of Information followed (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar Series : The Unseen Archive of Idi Amin
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Over his eight years as president of Uganda, Idi Amin was
the subject of hundreds of thousands of photographs. A
team of photographers under the Ministry of Information
followed Amin around, taking pictures of the many
occasions when he appeared before the public. For decades
it was thought that (...)
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Friday 29 |
11:00 - EVENT - Linguistics Seminar Series 2019 : Does a Mixed Language always have only two souce languages?
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It is conventionally thought that one of the distinguishing characteristics of a mixed language is that this type of language is derived from a combination of only two source languages. Other distinguishing features include the ways in which the source language components are distributed in the (...)
12:00 - SEMINAR - Linguistics Seminar Series 2019 : How to Take a Complement in the Eastern Caribbeans?
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In early creole studies, variation in the form of the complementiser was taken as a diagnostic of a speaker’s position on the (post-)creole continuum (e.g. Bickerton 1971; Washabaugh 1977). With the exception of relative clause markers, complementisers have received little attention since then (cf (...)
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December 2019
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Tuesday 03 |
8:30 - SEMINAR - "Climate Change and Future Child Health" : Workshop on the effects of climate change on future child health
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The workshop on Tuesday 3 December is for those interested in research and collaboration on the effects of climate change on future child health. The symposium on Wednesday 4 December aims to provide the latest information on climate change, environmental degradation and population dynamics on the (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Bazm-e-Sarfraz Annual Public Lecture : Muslim Youth in America
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The Centre for Muslim States and Societies invites you to Bazm-e-Sarfraz annual event commemorating the contributions made by Begum Sarfraz Iqbal (1939-2003) towards promoting Urdu literature and championing the cause of inter-communal harmony.
At this year’s event, Dr Ghazala Hayat (...)
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Wednesday 04 |
9:00 - SYMPOSIUM - "Climate Change and Future CHild Health" : Symposium on the effects of climate change on future child health
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The symposium on Wednesday 4 December aims to provide the latest information on climate change, environmental degradation and population dynamics on the current and future health of children and the importance and potential of future child health research globally and in Western Australia
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Friday 06 |
This is your night! Gather your family and friends and join Santa for the 2019 UWA Christmas Concert in support of Lifeline WA. The UWA Conservatorium of Music, national artists and community choirs will perform all your favourite Christmas songs.
Hosted by Nadia Mitsopoulos (ABC and (...)
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Tuesday 10 |
10:00 - WORKSHOP - Quantum Simplicity: Introduction to Complexity Science in a Quantum World : A masterclass with Assistant Professor Mile Gu, Nanyang Technological University and UWA IAS Visiting Fellow.
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Complexity and quantum science appear at first to be two fields that bear little relation. One deals with the science of the very large – seeking the understand how unexpected phenomena can emerge in vast systems consisting of many interacting components. Quantum theory, on the other hand, deals (...)
A public lecture by Dr Ron Kikinis, Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
During the last decade, results from basic research in the fields of genetics and immunology have begun to impact treatment in a variety of diseases. Checkpoint therapy, for instance has fundamentally (...)
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Wednesday 11 |
10:00 - WORKSHOP - Anatomy Above the Shoulders : A Masterclass with Dr Ron Kikinis, Surgical Planning Laboratory, Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
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Human anatomy is a foundation of medicine and therefore important for anybody who is active in the medical field. This master class will review the anatomy of the head and neck using an engineering perspective. Topics discussed will include the biomechanics of the neck, thermal stabilization of the (...)
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Thursday 19 |
14:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium : A Tour of the Mandelbrot Set
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The beautiful and complicated Mandelbrot set has captivated
mathematicians since the first computer images of the set were drawn in the 1970s and 1980s. In this talk we’ll take a walk around the infinite intricacies of the Mandelbrot set, exploring the spirals, finding Fibonacci, and answering (...)
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January 2020
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Saturday 18 |
9:00 - COURSE - Gold Standard GAMSAT Live Courses Perth Day 1 : 8-hour Non-science Review, Strategies and PBL:Section 1 and 2
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Learn, review and address your weaknesses and develop your GAMSAT-level reasoning skills in Section 1 and 2.
9:00 - COURSE - 4 - day GAMSAT Course on Campus : Problem-based Learning GAMSAT Course (Section 1, 2 and 3)
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Develop your GAMSAT-level knowledge, skills and strategies for 4 full days through the problem-based learning approach to teach the most frequently tested GAMSAT topics in all three sections.
The speaker is the author of the Gold Standard GAMSAT textbooks.
17:00 - TUTORIAL - Free GAMSAT Strategy Session : 1 hour problem-based learning GAMSAT seminar with Dr Ferdinand
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Learn & review the skills, as well as the scope of subjects, being assessed in each test section of the GAMSAT. Practice answering GAMSAT-level questions (including essays!) to get insights into exam strategies.
Experience high-quality teaching from an experienced teacher and author (...)
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Wednesday 29 |
18:30 - TALK - Climate Change: the facts : A free public talk hosted by Extinction Rebellion on the climate crisis. Come and explore the latest climate science and learn what action you can take to make a difference.
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Join us at our free introductory talk to learn more about the climate & biodiversity emergency, Extinction Rebellion's history and principles, and how Extinction Rebellion is taking non-violent direct action to tackle the crisis head-on.
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February 2020
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Thursday 13 |
9:00 - CONFERENCE - The Fifth AP-PPN Annual Conference : Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education will be hosting The Fifth AP-PPN Annual Conference
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Conference theme: Research, Evidence, and Public Policy in Asia-Pacific. The conference theme encourages papers that examine the changing dynamics of research, evidence and public policy.
Call for papers and panels Proposals for both individual papers and thematic panels on all topics relevant to (...)
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Friday 14 |
12:30 - SEMINAR - A preliminary typology of Australian interjections:results and methodological insights
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In this seminar I will present a preliminary typology of the interjections documented in 37 languages of diverse genetic affiliation across the Australian continent. I will spell out the results concerning Australian interjections themselves, which for most of them raise the question of whether (...)
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Monday 17 |
8:00 - SYMPOSIUM - Recent Advances in Economic Geology Symposium : This 4 day symposium will showcase some of the CET's most recent research advances.
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The Centre for Exploration Targeting and the School of Earth Sciences are pleased to announce the "Recent Advances in Economic Geology Symposium" which will be held from 17th - 20th of February 2020, at The University of Western Australia. This has been very successful in the past and (...)
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