|
Displaying from Sunday, May 18, 2014
|
May 2014
|
Sunday 18 |
3:30 - CONCERT - 'Back in the USSR' Concert : Selection of UWA School of Music graduates perform a selection of musical gems.
|
Website |
More Information
|
Former violin lecturer at the UWA and USSR educated violinist Semyon Kobets, mentors young trio members and recent School of Music graduates Osborn Fong (cello) and Siang Ching (piano) to perform a selection of musical gems that were composed during and in anticipation of the Soviet Union.
|
Monday 19 |
19:30 - EVENT - Artistry! Collaboration : The exceptional ability of young emerging artists and their passion for music will always create an extraordinary experience for concertgoers. In 2014 four outstanding orchestral concerts will feature Western Australia's best young musicians.
|
Website |
More Information
|
Conducted by Head of School, Dr Alan Lourens, the School of Music celebrates its community links in a concert at the Perth Concert Hall. The UWA Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus will be joined on stage by the choirs of John Septimus Roe Anglican School as part of their 25th anniversary. A (...)
|
Tuesday 20 |
13:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - India-Pakistan Relations: An Overview : CMSS Presents: A Public Lecture by Dr. Sanu Kainikara
|
Website |
More Information
|
Ever since the birth of Pakistan and India as independent nations after the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947, Indo-Pak relations have been vexed to say the least. The nations have fought three accepted wars; two unacknowledged wars; and is still in the throes of insurgency and counter-i (...)
|
Wednesday 21 |
20:00 - PERFORMANCE - The White Devil : English and Cultural Studies theatre students present John Webster’s 1612 Jacobean revenge tragedy.
|
More Information
|
The White Devil is set in a Renaissance Italian court society of devious Dukes, decadent Counts, murderous malcontents, and corrupt Cardinals. Through this misogynistic milieu moves Webster’s protagonist, the Venetian lady, Vittoria Corombona, seeking opportunities for advancement wherever she (...)
|
Thursday 22 |
13:10 - CONCERT - School of Music Presents FREE Lunchtime Concerts : Ensemble Hackett (UWA New Music Ensemble)
|
Website |
More Information
|
Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.
FREE 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm.
No booking required, just turn up!
14:00 - SEMINAR - 'O, that this too, too pixelated flesh would melt' : The Decade in Digital Shakespeare Studies
|
Website |
More Information
|
A Digital Humanities Research Seminar with Dr Brett D. Hirsch, ARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellow in English and Cultural Studies, UWA.
How has the field of Shakespeare Studies responded to the emergence of exciting new technologies, innovative computational and quantitative (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Anarchaeology of Graffiti - Sven Ouzman, UWA : Archaeology Seminar Series 2014
|
More Information
|
Is Archaeology a tool – or even pathology – of European colonisation? Does it have liberatory potential? Can there be an archaeology of today and of tomorrow?
Increasingly, archaeologists are becoming aware of the discipline’s history and the need to de-colonise much of its theory (...)
18:00 - PRESENTATION - What's Christianity Ever Done for the Law? : This WXED talk uncovers some pioneering persons, values and structures that Christianity has contributed to the Law as we have it, though its track record is stained by times of corruption and assumed privilege.
|
More Information
|
Complex ethical questions, judgements for the crime or the criminal or society? And what place mercy? Much of our talk takes place in a vacuum. So, taking a leaf from "Life of Brian" this WXED talk uncovers some pioneering persons, values and structures that Christianity has contributed (...)
|
Friday 23 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - �Belonging� in the land down-under: insights from three methodologies - Professor Farida Fozdar Professor/Future Fellow Anthropology and Sociology : Anthropology Seminar Series 2014
|
More Information
|
This seminar is a trial run for paper to be presented at the International Sociological Association conference in July. The paper considers differences in articulations of belonging in Australia generated using three different
methodologies among different populations. Results from face to face (...)
17:00 - EVENT - UWA School of Music presents Fridays@Five : A new series for 2014, Fridays@Five showcases the Voice students. Whether the Vocal Consort, solo song in recital, public workshop, mixed instrumental and voice ensemble or public Masterclass with Q & A, Fridays@Five are an ideal way to start your weekend.
|
Website |
More Information
|
UWA Voice Consort
19:00 - EVENT - Assembled - Ensemble Hackett (UWA New Music Ensemble) : Music in Similar Motion: works by David Lang, Philip Glass Frederic Rzewski and Martin Bresnick.
|
Website |
More Information
|
New music deserves a place
that is not on the margins, but at the epicentre of how we define, consume, perform and teach classical music. In 2014, Artist in Residence and Freedman Fellowship “Genius” award winner stellar clarinet player Ashley William Smith, takes a community of young artists (...)
|
Tuesday 27 |
18:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA School of Music in The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery - UWA Guitar Ensemble : In 2014, UWA School of Music performs in the beautiful acoustic space of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience a pleasurable evening of music and art.
|
Website |
More Information
|
UWA’s celebrated Guitar Ensemble returns to the gallery for another outstanding performance surrounded by beautiful Korean art and ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints.
|
Thursday 29 |
Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.
FREE 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm.
No booking required, just turn up!
16:00 - SEMINAR - Virtual diving: analysis of the archaeological value in image-based three-dimensional digital reconstructions of underwater shipwreck sites in Western Australia : Archaeology Seminar Series 2014
|
More Information
|
This study proposes to contribute to techniques and methods for recording underwater archaeological sites by testing and refining a methodology for accurate and affordable image-based 3D modelling of shipwrecks in Western Australia (WA). Ultimately, providing a detailed, accurate and informative (...)
|
Friday 30 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Manwurrk narriwurlhkemen (we have to light bushfires): How White people have come to understand the way Arnhemlanders use fire in the landscape : Anthropology Seminar Series 2014
|
More Information
|
In the penultimate chapter of The politics of suffering, Peter Sutton offers some examples of what he considers to be true reconciliation between Aboriginal and White Australians, sharing experiences and entering into the life worlds of each other. His examples are of anthropologists and key (...)
12:00 - SEMINAR - Bridging oral and literary modes in recent Indigenous Australian film and television� : Social Sciences Seminar Series
|
More Information
|
Reconciliation is “a journey”. The destination is a state of being where “understanding, unity, trust and respect” between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is the norm (http://www.icv.com.au/). Reaching this state, however, is hampered by many things including the widespread belief (...)
18:00 - EVENT - The School of Music presents VOICE! : The romantic German song cycle has no relevance to the modern Australian audience. Andrew Foote begs to differ.
|
Website |
More Information
|
Presented in association with the Institute for Advanced Studies, Andrew Foote, Head of Vocal Studies at UWA, explores the transition from solo song to the romantic trio of singer, piano and poet and exposes its relevance to the musicians and audience of today using examples of the songs by (...)
18:00 - FREE LECTURE - The DE & AG Peters Lecture Recital : The Romantic German song cycle has no relevance to the modern Australian audience. Andrew Foote begs to differ.
|
Website |
More Information
|
Presented in association with the Institute for Advanced Studies, Andrew Foote, Head of Vocal Studies at UWA, explores the transition from solo song to the Romantic trio of singer, piano and poet and exposes its relevance
to the musicians and audience of today using examples of the songs by (...)
|
Saturday 31 |
Acclaimed Western Australian artist Pilar Mata Dupont offers an insight into her personal practice as she investigates ideas of nationalism, identity and the triggers of nostalgia.
Mata Dupont was awarded an Asialink Residency at the National Art Studio, Goyang, South Korea in 2013 where (...)
|
|
June 2014
|
Monday 02 |
This symposium is an exploration of how panoramas have been used in historical and contemporary contexts for diverse scientific, artistic and documentary purposes.
Visit the event webpage for more information:
http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/events
FREE to attend. RSVP (...)
|
|
There are
461 more future events
in this calendar
Alternative formats:
XML |
Printer Friendly
|
|
|