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November 2010
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Monday 01 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - DVCR Lunchtime Seminar Series : Commercialisation and ARC Linkage
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Gain useful insight into the ARC Linkage Projects scheme and Commercialistation.
The speakers will discuss:
1) Support available at UWA when applying for Linkage;
2) IP Commercialisation via different routes such as licensing, spin-outs, and research contracts;
3) Their personal (...)
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Tuesday 02 |
An IAS public lecture By Dr Betty McLellan, Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Community Welfare at James Cook University, Townsville.
The principle of Freedom of Speech is much valued in democratic societies, but is it free for all?
Do all (...)
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Wednesday 10 |
Our Generation is a powerfully provocative film that clearly outlines the undeniably devastating effects of the NT intervention, as told by the Galiwin’ku people in the remote far north east Arnhem Land, NT.
It looks at Australia’s ongoing policies of paternalism and assimilation (...)
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Thursday 11 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CMCA Seminar Series: Egg-ceptional ancient DNA preservation : How fossil DNA can provide insights into the extinction process
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Fossil eggshell has widely been regarded as being 'devoid' of DNA, however Charlotte Oskam from the Ancient DNA Laboratory at Murdoch University, with the help of microscopy techniques at CMCA, has isolated fossil avian DNA from eggshells. Charlotte will discuss insights into extinction processes (...)
17:00 - WUN Virtual Seminar - China business: Green opportunities - the challenge of growth and green : We will examine the development of China’s economy- where do environmental / green issues sit amongst other priorities; identify gaps in China’s needs and internal expertise; look at opportunities and challenges presented to UK businesses, and the process of transferring technology.
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This talk will:
•Examine the development of China’s economy since the Cultural Revolution, and look at where environmental / green issues sit amongst other priorities, and what is likely to happen in future.
•Consider China’s needs and internal expertise, identifying gaps and (...)
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Wednesday 17 |
19:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Framing the Image: Anglo-Saxon Sculpture and the Early Christian Icon : CMEMS / PMRG / AEMA Public Lecture
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Presented by Dr Jane Hawkes, University of York. Dr Hawkes is visiting UWA to attend the Australian Early Medieval Association Conference, "Courage and Cowardice".
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/histart/hawkes.html
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Thursday 18 |
9:00 - CONFERENCE - Courage and Cowardice : Australian Early Medieval Association Conference
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This symposium will explore the subject of courage and cowardice in the early medieval world, c.300-1100, across a range of disciplines.
17:00 - WUN Virtual Seminar - China business: Green opportunities - Capitalism and Climate Change: Implications for China : The speaker is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. His research interests are primarily focussed on the role of transnational economic actors, particularly multinational corporations, and the interaction between them and states, international organisations and civil society.
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Capitalism is not monolithic. States' historical trajectories of development mean that the institutional basis for capitalist relations of production varies between them. The Varieties of Capitalism approach suggests that this variation is systematic, so that capitalist states fall within a (...)
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Wednesday 24 |
16:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - The Significance of Puritan Social Networks in Caroline England : CMEMS / PMRG Public Lecture
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Dr Jared Van Duinen is Lecturer in History in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Charles Sturt University.
His research focuses on Puritans in the earlier decades of the seventeenth century, in particular the involvement of moderate Puritans as a coherent faction in the long-term (...)
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Friday 26 |
17:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Skywest Public Lecture : What makes us tick? The ten desires that drive us
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Why do we talk as if we're rational and act as if we're not? Why do we fall out of love? What is the point of religion? As a social researcher, Hugh Mackay has spent a lifetime listening to people talk about their dreams, fears, faith, hopes, disappointments, frustrations, and fantasies. In 'What (...)
The UWA Italian Club wants to help you celebrate the end of the 2010 Academic year with a river cruise of the Swan.
There will be tickets sold around the Oak Lawn and Arts Courtyard in weeks 12 and 13, but as numbers are tight, get in quick to avoid missing out! If you want tickets (...)
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Monday 29 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Health within the West Australian prison system. Findings of the 2010 Department of Corrective Services Report. : Light lunch from 12noon with a 12.30pm start.
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In 2009, Dr Stevens was seconded to the Department of Corrective Services by the Director General of Health to undertake a review of the Prison Health Service. This Service sits within the DCS and provides clinical care to a population of around 5,000 prisoners located in 15 adult prisons and two (...)
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December 2010
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Tuesday 07 |
16:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Absolutism from Below? The Remarkable History of Argenis : CMEMS / PMRG Public Lecture
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Listed in catalogues of aristocratic, burgher and parish libraries, translated by Martin Opitz and Ben Jonson, and quoted by Cardinal Richelieu and Thomas Hobbes, the Latin novel Argenis by John Barclay ranked among the bestselling books in 17th–18th century Europe. Though officially marketed as (...)
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January 2011
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Friday 21 |
17:00 - STUDENT EVENT - Arts Pre-enrolment Information Evening : Information sessions for students wanting to enrol in an Arts course
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Information evening for future students to find out more about studying, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (including music) at UWA. Individual booths on all the different majors and well as general overview information sessions at 5.30pm, 6.30pm and 7.15pm.
17:00 - STUDENT EVENT - Arts Pre-enrolment Information Evening : Information sessions for students wanting to enrol in an Arts course
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Information evening for future students to find out more about studying Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (including music) at UWA. Individual booths on all of the different majors as well as general overview sessions at 5.30pm, 6.30pm and 7.15pm.
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February 2011
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Sunday 06 |
From the beginning of the twentieth century—when the great Australian novel, Such is Life, was first published—Australia has been transformed, with vast changes to society, culture and our sense of ourselves in an ever more international world.
In this lively afternoon seminar, four (...)
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Wednesday 23 |
19:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - "In each town I find a triple harmony': Utopian Dimensions in Early Modern Urban Historiography" : CMEMS / PMRG Public Lecture
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In referring to the history of ideas,"the Begriffsgeschichte“ and literary studies the paper examines the parallels between the pre-1800 urban historiography and the literary genre of early modern utopia as introduced and developed by Thomas More, Francis Bacon, Johann Valentin Andreae and/or (...)
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Friday 25 |
9:00 - SEMINAR - Creative Industries Business Clinic : Free Business Clinic for Creative Industries
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Businesses operating in WA’s creative industries will be able to discuss their challenges in a free 1hour session with a senior creative industries adviser.
The CIIC Biztro is an initiative of the Creative Industries Innovation Centre (CIIC), and will be available for the first time in Perth (...)
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March 2011
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Thursday 03 |
13:00 - TALK - UWA CAREERS CENTRE - McKinsey & Company - Employer Recruitment Talk 2011 : Want to know what it is like to work for a management consulting company? Arts, Science, Law, Computer Science, Maths, Economics, Commerce or Engineering students are welcome to attend.
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Are you an Arts, Science, Law, Computer Science, Maths, Economics, Commerce or Engineering student seeking a job in management consulting?
Launch a career in Management Consulting with McKinsey & Co, build matchless expertise, work with leading corporations around the world, and have (...)
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Tuesday 08 |
12:00 - WORKSHOP - AIESEC UWA presents learn how to 'Make an Impression' in the workforce with the UWA Careers Centre and Wood Recruitment : Learn how to increase your employability
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If you've ever wondered how you can make a positive and lasting impression in the workforce, then this is the workshop for you. AIESEC UWA is proud to host the 'Make an Impression' workshop with the UWA Careers Centre and Wood Recruitment. If you're lost on how to behave at a networking event or in (...)
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