What's On at UWA

Part of the Power of Music seminar series, this seminar focuses on 19th Century opera dissemination and performance practices in the British Empire.

Happy Birthday Liszt! Adam Pinto presents a recital of solo piano works by Franz Liszt, celebrating 200 years since the composer’s birth.

This presentation examines Uyghur subjective class status in Ürümchi, China. Existing studies have identified socioeconomic status and psychological well-being measures as two major determinants of class identification. This study shows that Uyghur ethnic consciousness also affects their choices of class labels. This is partly because Uyghur ethnic consciousness is related to Uyghur-Han inequalities and Uyghurs compare themselves with Han Chinese unfavourably while defining their class positions. Data are drawn from a mass survey (N = 900) conducted in Ürümchi in 2007.

Xiaowei Zang worked in Singapore, Australia, and Hong Kong before joining the University of Sheffield as the Head of the School of East Asian Studies in 2008. His research interests lie in the fields of Chinese politics, ethnicity, gender, and social networks. He has received a number of research grants from the University of California at Berkeley, Flinders University of South Australia, City University of Hong Kong, and the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.

Professor Zang is the book series editor for Routledge Studies on Ethnicity in Asia and a member of the Editorial Boards of Sociological Focus and The Open Political Science Journal in the USA.

Join Perth-based artist and writer Dr Christopher Crouch, and local indigenous artist and Bibbullmun elder Toogarr Morrison, for a thought-provoking discussion about some of the political and creative issues surrounding the representation of landscape in Australian art.

International visiting researcher, Lissa May, talks about research in Music Education.

What did the first printing press look like? How did the early printers set their type? What did their type look like? We do not know how the first printers printed - we can only deduce. This illustrated lecture will show how faults and errors made by the first printers in their editions can provide clues to some of their printing methods.

Trinity Piano Trio

The award-winning trio Trinity returns to UWA to present Beethoven’s celebrated Archduke trio.

The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery and the Young Lawyers Committee of the Law Society of Western Australia invite you to this special collaborative event, in which members of the arts and law community contemplate a range of human rights and social justice issues in the context of this exhibition. RSVP by Monday 28 March to (08) 6488 3707 or email [email protected]

Professor Victoria Burbank will outline the experiences that accompany the considerable mortality gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. She will share some of the history of people living in the remote Arnhem Land community of Numbulwar. Her research has identified the physical and social aspects of the environment that stress and otherwise compromise mothers and their children. In this talk Professor Burbank will discuss the manner in which environmental factors may have intergenerational consequences for health.

Victoria Burbank is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Western Australia. Her publications include Aboriginal Adolescence (Rutgers University Press 1988), Fighting Women (University of California Press 1994) and An Ethnography of Stress (Palgrave Macmillan 2011). She has engaged in anthropological research in the remote community of Numbulwar in southeast Arnhem Land since 1977.

Bring your lunch and enjoy this informative and stimulating talk.

The Institute of Advanced Studies and the School of Music invite you to a free public lecture by Dr Richard Mills AM, composer, conductor, and Artistic Director of West Australian Opera.

Does the work of Australian composers have currency in the national debate? How do publicly funded performance organisations perceive the notion of creating a space and context for the production and dissemination of new Australian work? Has there been a failure of imagination by both composers and support networks in relation to the field of possibilities for the creation of new work? These and similar questions will be examined via references to the rich tapestry of musical creativity and its place in the social milieu – both in our own time and in historical contexts which may illuminate and clarify perceptions of prevailing circumstances for a working composer in contemporary Australia.

**Seating is limited and RSVP essential by 25 March to: [email protected] or 6488 1340.**

Light refreshments will be served after the lecture.

This is the first in a series of free Power of Music public lectures in 2011. Richard Mills appears courtesy of West Australian Opera.

Celebrate the return of Paul Wright to the School of Music and join a staggering array of exceptional staff and illustrious graduates in world-class performances of exquisite chamber music.

Tickets available from BOCS: www.bocsticketing.com.au / 9484 1133

UWA Staff offer: Quote the codeword CELEBRATE and receive 2 tickets for the price of 1!

Composers’ Concert

This concert will feature new works by composition students from the UWA School of Music.

The judges for the 2011 City of Albany Art Prize will bring their expertise, technical skill and judgement to the topic of art collection management, development and promotion. Art collections are a cultural asset which can reflect the owner's history, identity and aspirations. The City of Albany is fortunate to have a much loved art collection which started in 1949 when the Town of Albany received a donation of paintings by Australian artists from Sir Claude Hotchin. This collection is added to each year with the winning painting from the City of Albany Art Prize. In this panel discussion, the three judges will share their experiences in working with collections in a wide range of sectors, from national galleries with substantial resources to managing a collection without a dedicated gallery.

Early Music Concert

Join the MSS for an evening of exquisite solo and chamber music, as UWA Music students perform lesser-known works from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Tickets: FREE for MSS members / $10 for non-members and are available at the door

A free public lecture by Professor Antonia Finnane,School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne and 2011 Fred Alexander Fellow.

In Chinese history, the 1950s occupies a position not too different from its place in the history of the Western world. It was the time after the war, and the time before the storm of the sixties. People of a certain age are capable of looking back to it with nostalgia. There were no white picket fences in China, but there was rice in the bowl, a roof over the head, and an atmosphere of hope associated with national re-unification and re-building as the People’s Republic of China took shape. Or so it seems in retrospect, not least to historians concerned to salvage the reputation of the Chinese revolution from the charnel-house of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.

The lecture is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

Senator Kate Lundy was first elected to the Senate for the Australian Capital Territory in 1996. Following the 2010 Federal Election, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Citizenship. Following the launch of The People of Australia policy her title was updated to Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multicultural affairs in February 2011 reflecting her additional responsibilities associated with the implementation of the government’s multicultrual policy.

Prior to the 2010 election, Senator Lundy was Chair of the Joint Standing Committee for the National Capital and External Territories, a long-standing member of the Senate Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee and one of the Federal Parliament’s representatives on the Advisory Council of the National Archive of Australia. She has held many portfolios in Opposition including Information Technology, Sport and Recreation, Manufacturing, Consumer Affairs, Local Government and Health Promotion. Senator Lundy is an active sportswoman, participating in hockey, soccer and rowing when time permits. Her love of sport includes being patron for the Canberra Rowing Club and co-patron of Majura Junior Soccer Club.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

The Winthrop Singers trace a key theme in Western Art: the depiction of the role of common people and farm animals in the Nativity. Their program includes art music by Victoria, Guerrero and Verdi alongside carols from the Mediterranean lands.

Amnesty UWA presents an evening for anyone who wants to pursue social justice. Hear Malcolm McCusker speak about his career, and meet representatives from NGOs and government departments who can give practical advice.

Enjoy food, champagne, a social justice art exhibition and great company.

Tickets are $20 from www.trybooking.com/9319 - get in quick before the sell out!

This workshop will look at how applications are assessed and who assesses them. There will be an opportunity to receive feedback on your draft applications (submitted prior to the session), by UWA ARC assessors.

The session will include some handy hints from Dan Murphy and a reminder list of things to include in your application - a checklist for when you think you've finished!

Please send your draft application in to [email protected] by Friday 15th April, if you would like it reviewed.

This presentation will explore the signs of intoxication, harm reduction strategies and what to do if someone becomes acutely intoxicated.