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Displaying from Sunday, November 01, 2015
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November 2015
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Wednesday 04 |
10:45 - COURSE - Studying China and Asia from the Unique Perspective of Taiwan : Opportunity for UWA undergraduate students to study abroad
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This overseas semester based study program sends students to study the English-taught subjects in the Program of International Affairs and Diplomacy at the International College of Ming Chuan University, one of the most internationalized universities in Taiwan (or Republic of China). All units are (...)
A public lecture by Corioli Souter, Curator, Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Museum and Adjunct Lecturer in Archaeology, The University of Western Australia.
Shipwrecks of the Roaring Forties is an Australia Research Council (ARC) funded project that is making a (...)
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Thursday 05 |
16:00 - TALK - Archaeology Seminar : Why Do Universities Distrust Field Researchers? Indigenous Knowledge and Research Encounters
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The Rethinking Indigeneity project has been running for 22 years amongst the indigenous people of southern Africa's Kalahari. This 7-phase project has examined the nature of research encounters and how indigeneity is constructed through these encounters. This project has recognised some research (...)
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Friday 06 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : Implementation and Evaluation of a text based Korean language course for intermediate and high-intermediate university students
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Teaching Korean language to intermediate and high-intermediate university students presents several challenges. Among these, language material and learner autonomy are among those aspects more in need of a solution. Firstly, classroom material should be not only of interest to students, but at the (...)
14:00 - SEMINAR - ANTHROPOLOGY / SOCIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES : Presentation of the film "Koriam's Law - and the dead who govern" and ensuing discussion
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Koriam's Law - and the dead who govern is a 2005 co-production of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies film unit, Australian National University, Canberra and Arcadia Pictures, New York. Directed and produced by Gary Kildea and Andrea Simon working in association with the anthropologist (...)
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Thursday 12 |
18:15 - PUBLIC TALK - *Sold Out* The Spice of Faith: Jesuits and the Arts and Emotions of 'Accommodation'
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A public lecture by Professor Yasmin Haskell, Cassamarca Foundation Chair of Latin Humanism, The University of Western Australia.
To what extent did early modern Jesuits evince what we might call 'transcultural empathy' for the non-European peoples they encountered in the overseas (...)
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Friday 13 |
Alan Harvey was educated at the University of Cambridge and Australian National University. He has been at UWA since 1984. His laboratory interests are in brain development, neuro-trauma and neuro-therapy, research primarily focussed on the visual system and spinal cord. He is, however, also (...)
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Thursday 19 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Over 50,000 years of Aboriginal occupation in the north-west of Australia
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The third field season of the Barrow Island Archaeology Project has now concluded and the international
team is now analysing myriad cultural assemblages from cave, rockshelter and open sites. In this
presentation Peter Veth presents the chronological framework for the Aboriginal occupation of (...)
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Friday 20 |
Ethan Blue is Senior Lecturer in History at The University of Western Australia, where he teaches United States history. His research examines the American past across multiple scales, from the minute struggles of individuals' lives to the global contexts of geopolitical social and economic forces (...)
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Monday 23 |
8:30 - Course - Model Selection in R : This course focuses on model selection techniques for linear and generalised linear regression
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This course focuses on model selection techniques for linear and generalised linear regression in two scenarios: when an extensive search of the model space is possible as well as when the dimension is large and either stepwise algorithms or regularization techniques have to be employed to identify (...)
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Tuesday 24 |
Social research skills are highly sought after in a wide variety of sectors to identify social, organisational and government needs. This course can open up avenues for improving society, developing the wellbeing of communities and working towards solving the world's problems.
Find out (...)
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Thursday 26 |
19:00 - EVENT - UWA Staff Community Concert : Come and share the excitement of our first UWA Staff Community Choir Concert
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The UWA Staff Community Choir is a partnership initiative of Safety, Health & Wellbeing and the School of Music.
Led by Michael Battersby, the choir will dazzle, delight and entertain you. Come and see the fun.
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December 2015
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Tuesday 01 |
8:30 - Course - Multivariate Analysis : The course is intended as an introduction to some of the more commonly used multivariate statistical methods of data summary and analysis.
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Topics will include Principal Component Analysis, Factor Analysis, Canonical Variate (or Canonical Correlation) Analysis, Discriminant Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling and Ordination. Examples and exercises will be provided using the statistical package IBM SPSS, where possible (...)
Social research skills are highly sought after in a wide variety of sectors to identify social, organisational and government needs. This course can open up avenues for improving society, developing the wellbeing of communities and working towards solving the world's problems.
Find out (...)
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Sunday 06 |
15:00 - CONCERT - Better Together : Violin, Cello and Piano recital
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MMus collaborative piano student, Gaby Gunders, is presenting her recital 'Better Together’ with cellist Louise McKay and violinist Lena Bennett.
Together they will perform sonatas by Bach, Mozart and Brahms, as well as the Four Seasons Trio by Astor Piazzolla.
Admission is (...)
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Thursday 10 |
Dampier Archipelago, located on the sub-tropical northwest coast of Australia, is home to arguably the largest and most dense concentration of petroglyphs in the world. The distinctive geology of this region, characterised by spectacular piles of fractured blocks, provides countless suitable (...)
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Thursday 17 |
The Winthrop Singers perform a traditional service of lessons and carols.
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Entry is free, no bookings required.
18:00 - EVENT - Carol Service: Winthrop Singers : Please join us in the delights of Winthrop Singers
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The Winthrop Singers perform a traditional service of lessons and carols.
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Entry is free, no bookings required.
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Friday 18 |
The Winthrop Singers perform a traditional service of lessons and carols.
Tickets
Entry is free, no bookings required.
18:00 - EVENT - Carol Service: Winthrop Singers : Please join us in the delights of Winthrop Singers
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The Winthrop Singers perform a traditional service of lessons and carols.
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Entry is free, no bookings required.
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