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June 2011
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Thursday 09 |
9:00 - CONFERENCE - 'Emotions in the Medieval and Early Modern World' : This international conference will explore the emotions in the medieval and early modern world, c500-1800, from a range of disciplinary, geographical, historical and cultural perspectives.
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This conference is sponsored and supported by the UWA Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies; the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, the Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group, and the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies.
REGISTRATION: http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/conf/cmems11
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July 2011
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Tuesday 05 |
9:00 - EVENT - Knowledge and Value in a Globalising World : The largest anthropological conference in the southern hemisphere will take place at UWA from 5 - 8th July representing the IUAES (International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences), the AAS (Australian Anthropological Society) and the ASAANZ (Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa / New Zealand).
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Keynote speakers include Professor James Ferguson from Stanford University, and Professor Jean Comaroff from the University of Chicago. Plenary speakers include Distinguished Professor Dame Anne Salmond, Professor Alberto Gomes,and Professor Shiv Visvanathan.
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Wednesday 06 |
From ecstasy to devotion, sublime beauty to moral grandeur, music can convey all this, as well as its opposite – secular pieces for amusement! Rachael talks to the prominent violinist and specialist in French Baroque music, Paul Wright, about the sacred and the profane in music. This event (...)
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Friday 08 |
Aboriginal Health begins with an examination of the impact of historical events on the health of present day Aboriginal communities.
The implications of the intercultural influences of Europeans on Indigenous populations are drawn.
Unit outline
In this five-day unit, students (...)
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Saturday 09 |
Songs are a universal medium of communication, able to cross borders of language, culture and class. As songwriters we can share the personal and the universal, from our own unique perspective. Like other forms of writing, songwriting is both instinctive and reflective, a talent to be released and (...)
Alan Carter's debut crime novel 'Prime Cut' landed him on the shortlist for the prestigious UK Debut Dagger Award and plenty of critical acclaim. He wrote it over 12 months while he was a kept man in Hopetoun on WA's south coast. Find out how and why and pick up a few tips for dipping your own toes (...)
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Sunday 10 |
Australians purchased 14 million digital cameras in the last three years. With auto-focus, auto-exposure and auto white balance, photographers should all be making superb images, but are they? Dale not only simplifies the buttons and knobs on your camera but leads you to discover the joy of (...)
Singing opera is often touted as a great mystery. How does a single voice be heard over the power of an orchestra without amplification? If you've ever wondered why and would love to be an operatic singer for day, come along and learn some technique in this group singing experience. The joy and (...)
Check out the Great Southern's amazing acoustic act, The Pepperjacks! A harmony-laden four piece celebration of some of the classic tunes from the acoustic blues, bluegrass and ragtime traditions, featuring Rod Vervest (guitar), Bob Lipinski (harmonica), Lara Norman (violin) and Craig Sinclair (slid (...)
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Monday 11 |
9:00 - CONFERENCE - AAEH XXII Conference Perth : Conference on the contradictory nature of Europe in modern times
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The history of Modern Europe presents a multitude of disturbing contradictions. The Old Continent has engendered the most uplifting visions of human potential and the darkest dystopias in human experience. It has laboured to produce its colossal social, cultural and artistic heritage and has (...)
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Wednesday 13 |
A delicious luncheon at the University Club of Western Australia will be the setting for a literary discussion with author Ian Reid, who will give an insight into his bitter-beautiful historical novel The End of Longing - a thrilling and lyrical novel about a confidence trickster, a restless woman (...)
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Friday 22 |
14:00 - EVENT - Three Minute Thesis Finals : A competition to find the most engaging 3 minute presentation on a research topic
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The 10 most engaging 3 Minute Thesis presenters selected at the UWA semi-finals on 21st July, will compete for prizes and the opportunity to represent UWA at the Australia-New Zealand 3MT competition in September. Please come along to support the presenters and vote for your "People's Choice&qu (...)
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August 2011
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Tuesday 02 |
17:00 - EVENT - School of Music presents International Research Seminar - Exploring the Politics of Collaboration: Bridging the Scholarly Divide in the Kyrgyz Manas Epic
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Today, the Kyrgyz Manas is one of the most celebrated epic heroic poems in the world. At the turn of the new millennium it was appointed a UNESCO ‘Masterpiece in the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Mankind’, signaling its global importance. It sits alongside Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, or the (...)
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Wednesday 03 |
Music for Cello and Piano with Guest Artists Niall Brown, cello and Isabelle Trub, piano
Following more than ten years of concerts, it has become clear that cellist Niall Brown and pianist Isabelle Trub have created something quite special in chamber music that the press have unanimously (...)
3 - 8 August 2011
A festival of old and new music for 1-12 cellos spanning 3 centuries
Old meets new in an exciting festival of music composed for the cello, ranging from baroque works written in the early 18th century through to world premier compositions by UWA resident (...)
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Thursday 04 |
Specialist performer Geoff Gartner will workshop UWA student composer pieces, as well as presenting select works from the repertoire, and give composers advice about writing for cello.
As a musicologist Gartner specializes in the American experimental scene with a particular emphasis on (...)
Dorothy Ellen Ransom Prize in Composition and Pauline Steel Prize for Solo Cello
Students competing for the Pauline Steel Prize for cello will play newly composed works for solo cello by UWA student composers especially for the Old Cello/New Cello Festival in this combined lunchtime (...)
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Friday 05 |
Accompaniment with Guest Artist Isabelle Trub, piano
Trub has also been closely associated as an accompanist with the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland, Freiburg Hochschule and Villa Musica in Germany, Hindemith Foundation in Switzerland and more recently Youth Music (...)
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Monday 08 |
13:00 - EVENT - Demystify Consulting - Your questions answered by The Boston Consulting Group : The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and the world's leading advisor on business strategy.
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Demystify Consulting
Your questions answered byThe Boston Consulting Group
The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and the world's leading advisor on business strategy.
Join us in an open discussion to find out what it really means to be a Strategy Consultant.
Selected UWA cello students will perform and work with cellist Niall Brown in this public masterclass.
Niall Browns talent was recognised early on by Yehudi Menuhin. Brown has performed as soloist with the Camerata Bern, Camerata Lysy Gstaad, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and the Scottish (...)
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