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March 2015
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Friday 06 |
11:00 - FREE LECTURE - Ambassadors' Dialogue with Mr Patrick Suckling, High Commissioner to India : Free Public Event
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You're invited to attend a free public event with Mr Patrick Suckling, High Commissioner to India. 2014 was an important year for Australia - India relations with Prime Minister Tony Abbott's visit to India in September and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic address to Parliament during his (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar Series 2015: A tale of two songlines: Aboriginal production values in the twilight of self-determination
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The current sea change in Aboriginal funding represented by the Indigenous Advancement Strategy cements the reorientation of national policies from self-determination toward "closing the gap." At the same time, Aboriginal media is in the midst of a golden era. As of February in Broome (...)
14:30 - LECTURE - Lena Dunham�s GIRLS: Can-Do Girls, Feminist Killjoys and Women Who Make Bad Choices: Dr Anna Backman Rogers
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Lena Dunham's series GIRLS is a cultural phenomenon. Dunham herself writes the majority of the show, has directed some of the episodes and plays the main character Hannah Horvath. She has stated that she wants to investigate a neo-liberal and postfeminist world in which young women are coming of (...)
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Tuesday 10 |
18:00 - PRESENTATION - Year 12 Information Session 10 March 2015 : Learn how to make the most of your WACE results and achieve your study and career goals.
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If you're a Year 12 student (or a parent of a Year 12 student), this session will provide information about UWA's courses, admission requirements and how to achieve your study and career goals.
UWA Prospective Students Office staff will be on hand to answer your queries following the (...)
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Thursday 12 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Political Science and International Relations Seminar Series - Power, Interests, and the 'Ideational Turn' in Political Science: Professor Graham Brown
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The recent 'ideational turn' in political science has seen some scholars working with positivist and rational choice approaches taking the role of ideas more seriously in their analytical frameworks. While this openness to considering the role of ideas in political processes is an important advance (...)
13:10 - CONCERT - Lunchtime Concerts : Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.
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Pinata Percussion
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Curators, critics and academics have various approaches to framing exhibitions of Aboriginal art and material culture, their review and critique.
Join Dr Vanessa Russ, Associate Professor Darren Jorgenson of ALVA, The University of Western Australia and Glenn Iseger- Pilkington, Curator (...)
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Friday 13 |
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar Series 2015 - Multiculturalism at home: Negotiating European/Asian/Australian interculturality within the family: Maki Meyer, PhD Candidate Anthropology and Sociology School of Social Sciences, UWA
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One consequence of globalization is the mixing of people of different cultures and races through migration, tourism, study abroad, and trade and business relations. One of the results of global population mobility is a rise in intermarriage, forming partnerships among people from different (...)
17:00 - CONCERT - Voice! Fridays@Five : The UWA Voice program aims to celebrate our emerging young artists and their mentors in a series of vocal performances, workshops and masterclasses throughout 2015
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Under the leadership of Helpman award winner Andrew Foote, Fridays@Five showcases the UWA voice students. From the Vocal Consort, solo song in recitals, public workshops, mixed instrumental and voice ensembles, or public Masterclasses with Q&A, Fridays@Five are an ideal way to start your (...)
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Thursday 19 |
13:10 - CONCERT - Lunchtime Concerts : Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.
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School of Music is proud to present: Andrew Foote (baritone) and Caroline Badnall (piano) present Schumann's "Dichterliebe"
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Friday 20 |
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar Series 2015: Is there any such thing as research ethics? Towards a professional ethics of social scientific researchers - Nathan Emmerich, Visiting Research Fellow, Politics, International Studies, and Philosophy, Queen�s University Belfast
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As the work of Schrag and Stark has demonstrated, the need for a specific ethics of research arose in response to the perception that the professional ethics of medical practice and practitioners might conflict or even be incompatible with the forms of biomedical research - including research (...)
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Thursday 26 |
13:10 - CONCERT - Lunchtime Concerts : Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.
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School of Music is proud to present: UWA Piano
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16:00 - EVENT - Archaeology Seminar Series : Towards a research methodology for Aboriginal heritage advocacy: the experience of the Aboriginal Heritage Action Alliance
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In this collaborative presentation, the Aboriginal
Heritage Action Alliance's (AHAA) four cofounders share their differing perspectives on the role research has played in Aboriginal heritage campaigns in Western Australia, and present some findings on the evolving Aboriginal heritage legislative (...)
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Friday 27 |
The University of Western Australia Berndt Museum holds a number of important collections including a significant collection of Australian Aboriginal cultural material. It includes donated and acquired paintings, artefacts, photographs, archives, and audio-visual records.
Join Berndt (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : Colour and Culture in China: Tradition, revolution and globalization
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Cultural traditions in China go back 7,000 years. With that long history, and in such a large country, colours have accumulated a great richness of meanings. Meanings can be subtly different in different parts of the country and in different strata of society. And the meanings of colours in China (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar Series 2015: Charmaine Lim and Ashleigh Louise Haw, PhD candidates Anthropology and Sociology UWA
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Two pre-fieldwork seminars:
Charmaine Lim, PhD Candidate, Anthropology and Sociology, UWA
Imagining home and constructing identity: Transnationalism and diaspora amongst Filipino migrants in Australia and Singapore
This project aims to understand how men and women of Filipino (...)
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April 2015
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Tuesday 14 |
18:00 - PRESENTATION - Mature-age Information Session : Find out more about UWA's entry pathways and admission requirements for mature-age students
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Find out which of our undergraduate mature-age entry pathways are most appropriate to you based on your individual study history, and learn more about what to expect from student life.
Our staff will also be on hand to answer any questions you have about studying at UWA.
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Thursday 16 |
11:00 - EVENT - Study Abroad Fair : Come along to the annual Study Abroad Fair to see where you or your students can study overseas!
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Representatives from UWA's Exchange Partner institutions, returned students and faculty representatives will be there to tell you all about the fantastic opportunities they have available. Make sure your students come along to the Oak Lawn to check it out!
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Site-un-seen: an understanding of sacred landscapes
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Publicised amends to the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 and in information supplied by the administrating department
has stated that the legislative proof of an Aboriginal sacred site (ethnographic place) is that of "active religious use". It is no longer good enough for the place to have a (...)
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Friday 17 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : Beauty, Ageing and Cosmetic Surgery in South Korea
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Ageing is a significant political and social issue in South Korean public discourses, and current demographic projections suggest that without significant intervention South Korea will become an aged society within the next two decades. Unsurprisingly, then, in much of current research on ageing (...)
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