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April 2016
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Tuesday 19 |
8:30 - Short course - Introduction to statistics using Microsoft Excel : The course is open to anyone and is designed for those who have little or no experience with statistics or Microsoft Excel but who would like to learn more.
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This course aims to provide you with an introduction to the facilities available in MS Excel from a statistical point of view. As well as an introduction to Excel, spreadsheet functions and graphics, it concentrates on performing basic statistical methods, producing charts and tables, and discusses (...)
Following a dazzling international career specialising in the virtuoso repertoire for the harpsichord, Virginia has come full circle and returned to her roots as a pianist. She has been delighting audiences in recent recitals in England and Europe and will continue to enchant our Keyed Up! (...)
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Friday 22 |
17:00 - RECITAL - School of Music presents - Fridays@5: Gesture and Theatre in Percussion : A lecture-recital by percussionist Thea Rossen
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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 26 |
In the 400 years since his death in 1616, Shakespeare has stirred at least as many emotions among his publics. This event will present highlights from the research of scholars working in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (1100-1800), exploring some of (...)
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Wednesday 27 |
16:00 - FREE LECTURE - Ambassadors' Dialogue with His Excellency Mr Navdeep Suri, High Commissioner of India to Australia : India-Australia Ties: Insights from a Diplomat's Diary
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The Perth USAsia Centre in collaboration with KPMG are delighted to invite you to participate in our Ambassadors' Dialogue with His Excellency Mr Navdeep Suri, High Commissioner to India. Mr Suri will discuss India-Australia Ties: Insights from a Diplomat's Diary.
Mr Suri joined the (...)
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Friday 29 |
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Free Lunchtime Concert: Vagabonds at the Opera
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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, Ensemble Vagabond takes the audience on a journey through both the classics and lesser-known works of the operatic repertoire (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology / Sociology Seminar Series : Climate Changing High Himalaya: Production of Vulnerabilities and the Shifting Nature of Conflict on the India-China Frontier
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The Climate Change discourse generates a certain level of political consensus amongst the Indian and Chinese policy makers about an urgent need to preserve the high Himalaya, also recognised as the ‘water towers of Asia’, for the sake of South Asian security. Contrary to such dominant and (...)
An extension program for talented Young Musicians aged 14-17
Led by Helpmann Award Winner Andrew Foote, over the course of 8 weeks participants will work with UWA School of Music staff, students and guests on aural and musicianship training, music history, choral study, performance and (...)
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 (...)
18:00 - EXHIBITION OPENING - Exhibition opening: HERE&NOW16 / GenYM
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The UWA Cultural Precinct and the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery invite you to the opening of
HERE&NOW16/GenYM
Curated by Hamida Novakovich.
Presenting nine contemporary artists whose work is tied together by their diverse experiences of growing up Muslim in Australia. < (...)
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May 2016
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Sunday 01 |
Featuring performances and open workshops by local specialists and internationals guest artists from Africa and the USA in drumset, orchestral percussion, percussion theatre and gesture, marimba technique, Zimbabwean mbira (thumb piano), African sabre drumming, Balinese gamelan and more.
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Monday 02 |
10:00 - SEMINAR - Fatal falls and broken bones: an anthropological analysis of skeletal trauma using post-mortem computed tomography : Forensic Science Seminar
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Abstract: Falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury and death globally. They are a form of vertical deceleration where each type of fall is a unique and complex event that produces an inimitable form of skeletal blunt force trauma (BFT). Understanding these unique skeletal traumas (...)
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Tuesday 03 |
16:00 - EVENT - Psychology Colloquium: Prof Richard Ryan (U Rochester and ACU)
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Psychology colloquium
Tuesday 3rd May in Bayliss MCS G.33, with post-talk drinks in the Psychology Courtyard (or in bad weather, the Psychology Common Room on the 2nd floor of the main psychology bldg.)
Presenter: Prof Richard Ryan
Richard M. Ryan is a clinical (...)
This illustrated lecture will examine one of the more popular images of the Vikings, that of stridently pagan thugs deliberately targeting and destroying Christian churches. Following a look at the evidence for paganism and attacks on English churches, the lecture will concentrate on the period (...)
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Thursday 05 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Homo cantans; Reverse-engineering the evolution of the human singing voice
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Developments in several disciplines over the last few decades have initiated a re-examination of Darwin’s conjecture, arising from both his theories of natural and sexual selection, that a capacity for vocal music evolved in humans prior to language and, indeed, presented the articulatory and (...)
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Friday 06 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : The (Re)Construction of Western Conceptions of Outdoor Leisure in Post-Mao Urban China
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Drawing on three months of fieldwork in the cities of Guangzhou, Chengdu and Xuchang, this presentation explores a Chinese version of outdoor leisure called huwai xiuxian. Outdoor leisure has been booming over the last three decades, not only as a new form of holiday making among the urban middle-cl (...)
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Free Lunchtime Concert: UWA Winds & Brass
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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.
Featuring the UWA Brass Ensemble directed by Liam O'Malley (WASO) and the UWA Wind Orchestra directed by Head of School Dr Alan Lourens.
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Saturday 07 |
12:00 - EVENT - 2016 Chinese Bridge_Chinese Speaking Competition : The “Hanyu Qiao” (Chinese Bridge) Chinese Proficiency Competition is an annual world-wide Chinese speaking and performance competition.
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The “Hanyu Qiao” (Chinese Bridge) Chinese Proficiency Competition is an annual world-wide Chinese speaking and performance competition. The competition is organised by the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban). The theme for this year’s competition is “Dreams Enlighten the Future” (...)
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Tuesday 10 |
17:45 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Public Lecture: WA's Heritage of European Emotions : Examine the long history of emotional contact with Professor Sue Broomhall, Centre for the History of Emotions
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Professor Susan Broomhall, from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, examines the long history of emotional contact between our continent's western edge and Europe, stretching back well before British settlement in 1829. From medieval maps to early (...)
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Wednesday 11 |
9:30 - EVENT - Ambassadors' Dialogue with Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider and the Hon. Kim Beazley, AC : Will the real USA and Australia please stand up?
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The Perth USAsia Centre in collaboration with the Australian American Leadership Dialogue are delighted to invite you to participate in our Ambassadors' Dialogue with Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider and the former Ambassador to the U.S., The Hon. Kim Beazley on Wednesday, 11 May from 9.30am – (Lig (...)
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