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Displaying from Thursday, March 10, 2016
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March 2016
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Thursday 10 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar : Did the Tasmanian Aborigines eat fish?
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The presence or absence of fish in the Tasmanian archaeological record has long been a lightening rod for the broader debates about the level of social and technological impacts within isolated human populations. The narrative has largely been driven by data derived from the Rocky Cape caves, dug (...)
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Friday 11 |
14:30 - SEMINAR - ANTHROPOLOGY / SOCIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES : Human Sentience and Ideas of Empathy: A Neuroanthropological Study of the Sensory Life Worlds of Women With Fibromyalgia and/or Autism Spectrum Condition
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Human Sentience and Ideas of Empathy: A Neuroanthropological Study of the Sensory Life Worlds of Women With Fibromyalgia and/or Autism Spectrum Condition
This proposed ethnographic study poses the question: How are biomedical interpretations of fibromyalgia (FM) and autism spectrum (...)
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Tuesday 15 |
UWA School of Music is a vibrant centre for research in music and music education, where a thriving community of scholars is engaged in exploring the frontiers of knowledge, working on a wide range of research projects with diverse outputs.
Join us each Thursday during semester for a (...)
18:30 - Masterclass - The School of Music and AUSTA present: Masterclass (Brian Finlayson - Chamber Music)
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Masterclass: Brian Finlayson (Chamber Music)
Mastery of Technique and Excellence in Performance International artist and pedagogue Violin/Violist Professor Finlayson will conduct a series of lectures, masterclasses and workshops for students, professionals and teachers. Professor (...)
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Thursday 17 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar/Earth Sciences : The record of past climates in tsunami deposits
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Professor Christophe Lécuyer received his PhD in petrology and geochemistry from the University of Rennes France) in 1989, and also obtained a position at CNRS. He has worked as a Research Associate at the University of Michigan (1990-1991) where his research began on past global climate change (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Critically Engaged Medical Humanities: the model of 'Life of Breath'
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A public lecture by Jane Macnaughton, Professor of Medical Humanities, Durham University, UK and Co-Director of the Durham University Centre for Medical Humanities.
Can the arts and humanities make a real difference to clinical practice and research? This lecture takes up that challenge (...)
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Friday 18 |
2:30 - SEMINAR - ANTHROPOLOGY / SOCIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES : Governmental Discipline and the Limits of Agency: Singapore’s Developing National Identity, New Media, and its Generation Y
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The People’s Action Party, Singapore’s governing political party, has since independence in 1965,imposed strict restrictions on the Singaporean populace. Using direct and indirect measures to manage the city-state, the resultant climate of fear has developed widespread use of out-of-bound (...)
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - The School of Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert (UWA Vocal Consort)
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Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.
This week the UWA Vocal Consort presents Renaissance to Rihanna - a selection of sacred and secular a cappella partsongs that will rock (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : ‘Not-so Anglo’: Representations of Australianness and Migrant Cultural Identities in Contemporary Australian Women’s Fiction
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This presentation will offer an overview of my doctoral research project, which focuses on representations of migrant cultural identities in selected fictional works by second-generation Australian women writers of Asian and Middle-Eastern backgrounds.
My research focuses on an emerging (...)
The ideal way to start your weekend, Fridays@Five offers unique musical experiences to delight all music lovers. See young artists be inspired through a variety of masterclasses, workshops, pre-concert talks, lectures and Q&A sessions. Delve deep into music or simply enjoy a free informal (...)
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Tuesday 22 |
11:00 - EVENT - UWA Student Exchange Fair : Study overseas as part of your UWA degree.
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Find out about exchange opportunities to study overseas as part of your UWA degree including semester long and short term programs. Meet international students from UWA partner universities from all over the world and get advice on how an overseas experience can add to your UWA degree.
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Wednesday 23 |
17:00 - PRESENTATION - Perth USAsia Centre - Election Watch 2016 - Book Presentation by Dr David Smith : "Religious Persecution and Political Order in the United States"
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The Perth USAsia Centre in collaboration with the United States Studies Centre is proud to welcome Dr David Smith to Perth for our inaugural Election Watch 2016 event with a special book presentation.
His book, Religious Persecution and Political Order in the United States, examines why the state (...)
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Tuesday 29 |
The Embassy of Spain in Canberra presents a free rock concert 'Rosendo to Rosendo'. Spanish rock star Rosendo Mercado commemorates the bicentenary of the birth of Rosendo Salvado, the Spanish monk that founded the Benedictine abbey of New Norcia in Western Australia in 1846.
Bookings are (...)
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Thursday 31 |
6:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - China In Conversation: Seeking Harmony - Common Diseases in Chinese and Western Medicine
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Distinguished speakers from Australia and China sharing insight on the Common Diseases in Chinese and Western Medicine.
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : The Archaeology of the Native Mounted Police in Queensland
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The ‘History Wars’ sparked a flurry of research into the nature and extent of Aboriginal-settler frontier violence. While vital, this research has been limited to written records largely excluding Indigenous voices. We argue that in order to attain a more holistic and sophisticated insight into (...)
18:00 - EVENT - China in Conversation : Seeking Harmony: Common Diseases in Chinese and Western Medicine
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China in Conversation is a high-level public forum series presented by Confucius Institute at UWA on hot topics in various aspects of contemporary China, inviting experts from China and Australia to dialogue in order to exchange their views and thus to enhance mutual understanding of different (...)
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April 2016
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Friday 01 |
13:00 - TALK - Stories of the Indian Diaspora: Reflections on Language, Culture and Identity in Australia
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Complementing the themes in the exhibition Bharti Kher: In Her Own Language, Sana Bharadwaj, PhD Candidate in Linguistics who was herself born in the Indian State of Maharashtra, will reflect on how language, culture and identity interact in the sociolinguistics of the Indian diaspora in Australia.< (...)
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Thursday 14 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Holocaust History and Survivor Testimony : the case of the Starachowice factory slave labour camps
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A public lecture by Christopher Browning, Frank Porter Graham Professor of History Emeritus, University of North Carolina.
This lecture will examine three issues: the problems involved in using survivor testimony as the sole or primary source to write on otherwise undocumented aspects of (...)
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Friday 15 |
Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.
This week senior UWA Piano student James Dekleva will present a solo recital, including works by Schubert and Liszt.
Waltzes - (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology / Sociology Seminar Series : The Remote Community Closure Debate
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The Western Australian government’s recent proposal to close up to 150 of the state’s remote Aboriginal communities sparked condemnation from community members including Aboriginal organisations, the state and federal opposition Labor governments, a range of activist groups and the United (...)
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