What's On at UWA

Australian-born pianist Cameron Roberts is recognised as an artist of great distinction and originality. He performs in Australia, England, and Spain as soloist and chamber musician whilst gaining growing success as a composer and arranger. Roberts opens the Keyed Up! season with a performance of Beethoven's beloved Moonlight Sonata.

*Applications have now closed*

Have you ever wanted to know what it's like to be an Arts student at UWA?

"A Day in the Life of an Arts Student" gives year 11 and 12 students the opportunity to explore the different types of Arts majors currently available at UWA.

Students will participate in a wide range of hands-on activities that will be interactive, fun and very rewarding.

Note: times shown are a guide only and are subject to change. Refer to the respective event brochure/application form for detailed information.

Open to UWA Staff Teams. Teams do not have to be representative of faculties and/or departments. Competition will consist of 30 minute games each week during one of four lunch time slots between 11am and 1pm.

Have you ever wanted to know what it's like to be a Music student at UWA?

"A Day in the Life of a Music Student" is a great opportunity for you to discover what a typical day at university is like.

The School of Music is offering WA secondary school students the chance to take part in a wide range of hands-on activities that will be interactive, fun, and allow you to experience some of the classes available as a Music student.

Places are strictly limited and bookings are essential. Applications close 21 March 2012.

Note: times shown are a guide only and are subject to change. Refer to the respective event brochure/application form for detailed information.

We invite you to listen and engage in a lunch time conversation with members of the UWA community on the topic of ‘what matters to me and why’. The next session is Friday 20th April 2012, 12-1.30pm at the seminar room on the 3rd floor of the Science Library.

At each session an invited guest will speak about ‘what matters to me and why’ and then there will be an opportunity for questions and conversation. The speaker on the next occasion is John Kinder, Associate Professor of European Languages.

Bring your own lunch and you can make a tea or coffee at the kitchenette at the meeting room if you wish. At the request of the library, please don’t carry coffee from the café through the science library

For a flyer see the following link…

http://www.student.uwa.edu.au/life/health/spiritual/events

We invite you to listen and engage in lunch time conversation with members of the UWA community on the topic of 'what matters to me and why'. Bring your own lunch!

Professor Nick Evans, Head of Department of Linguistics at the ANU. Topic: Puzzles of Aspect in Nen. Nen is a langauage of the Morehead-Maro family (Nambu branch) spoken in just one village (Bimadbn) in the Trans-Fly region of PNG. Friday, April 20, 2.15pm SSCI:2.29, Social Sciences Building

Come along and listen to some of UWA's senior Vocal Students

Given there is no consensus, in the history of philosophy or theology, about how a rational agent ought to solve complex moral dilemmas, Dr. Matthews will advocate that the thick theoretical differences that separate us are not as significant as the thin universals that unite us as rational moral agents. Dr Philip Matthews is Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Coordinator of Philosophy at the School of Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle

Given there is no consensus, in the history of philosophy or theology, about how a rational agent ought to solve complex moral dilemmas, Dr. Matthews will advocate that the thick theoretical differences that separate us are not as significant as the thin universals that unite us as rational moral agents.

Dr Philip Matthews is Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Coordinator of Philosophy at the School of Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle.

This lecture is part of the Three University Lecture Series, a cooperative venture of Notre Dame, Murdoch and UWA. The lecture will be about one hour duration, with opportunity for questions/conversation, followed by drinks/snacks. FREE event. Please RSVP to [email protected].

A public lecture by Joanna Bourke, Professor of History, Birkbeck College and 2012 UWA Fred Alexander Fellow.

War is atrocious. In this this talk, Professor Joanna Bourke will explore the changing ways in which stories of murderous violence in wartime been told, reflecting on the terror and the trauma.

In conflicts from the First World War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the “body as spectacle” has been central to politics. She will examine the politics of wartime killing and atrocity within so-called progressive societies, unpicking the ways that “our” acts of spectacular cruelty have been narrated. Furthermore, talk of terror, which has a long and familiar history, has become confused with talk of trauma. Finally, she will explore the problems of talking about the experience of meting out state-legitimatised violence in the immediate aftermath of war.

In a special partnership with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, emerging artists take to the stage with their mentors to present a program of some of the best-loved music of the classical period. The Winthrop Singers will also join the ensemble in heavenly music. Lead by Paul Wright and Alan Lourens, experience the unique dynamism of this occasion.

Did you know that UWA students can go on exchange to USA, Netherlands, Denmark, Singapore, Chile, Norway, China, UK, Germany, Malaysia, Sweden, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, New Zealand, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Korea, Hong Kong and Spain? The annual Student Exchange Fair has proven to be highly successful in the past in making students aware of the opportunities offered by the Student Exchange Program. Many previous exchange students have gained benefits academically, professionally and personally from their participation in an overseas study experience. Many acquired new perspectives in their field of study, developed personal, social and ethical awareness, and an ability to learn from and communicate about their experience.

This will be a chance for staff as well as students, to get all of the information you need about the UWA Student Exchange Program... Plus the chance to meet some of UWA's international partner universities, UWA students who have been on exchange and international exchange students who are currently studying at UWA! Representatives from the following institutions will be in attendance - Stuttgart University, Germany - Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany - HEC Montreal, Canada - Queen's University, Canada - University College Maastricht, The Netherlands - University of Oslo, Norway - Information Centre of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) - The Canadian High Commission - The French Embassy - The Swiss Embassy

The Symposium organised by the Centre for Muslim States and Societies, commemorates the contribution and services made by Begum Sarfraz Iqbal(1939-2003) to Urdu literature. Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) was one of the leading poets of Pakistan. Listed four times for the Nobel Prize, he is also remembered as an activist for human rights and liberties, a famous journalist, an editor of literary magazines, trade unionist, and a film song writer. He was a close friend and confidant of Begum Sarfraz Iqbal whose book Daman-e-Yusuf celebrates the friendship. Pakistan Government declared 2011 a Centennial for Faiz Ahmed Faiz for the contribution his poetry and ideas have made to progressive thinking in Pakistan. Bazm-e-Sarfraz 2012, held annually to commemorate the contribution and services to Urdu literature by Begum Sarfraz Iqbal (1939-2003) is dedicated to exploring Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s ideas. Moneeza Hashmi, Faiz’s daughter, a TV Producer/Director and the soul behind Faiz Foundation Trust set up for the promotion of Faiz progressive and humanistic ideas will give the keynote address.

Dr Una Mcllvenna of the ARC Centre of Excellence for History of Emotions will explore emotional responses to public execution in the early modern period, looking specifically at the use of song and verse in broadside and pamphlet accounts of crime and execution across Europe.

2011 Flora Bunning Memorial prize winners Riley Skevington, Elena Phatak, Eunise Cheng and Jeremy Huynh present and exciting program for string quartet, featuring Schubert's "Death and the Maiden"

Visiting Scholar Professor Emeritus Timothy Earle, from Northwestern University, Illinois, and supported by the Society of Antiquaries of London presents a seminar bringing together case studies from his many years of research in the Pacific.

The development of chiefdoms was a political act, concerning the elemental powers derived from the political economy, from warrior might, and from religious ideology. Three prehistoric cases from the Pacific (the Lapita, Vanuatu, and Hawai’i) are used to construct a model of how chiefs come to power. The necessary conditions for their emergence rested on an ability to control specific economic bottlenecks, such as a long-distance trade, complicated technologies, or highly productive lands. Resources, including both subsistence foods and prestige goods, could then be mobilized to support the chiefly strategies that involved their power specialists, who included land managers, captains, warriors, and priests.

What happens when you have a show needing a chorus of men and five major male leads, but only five men and not a tenor in sight, too many women who are all suitable to sing the two major women leads, no budget, no sets, no props, a bare music auditorium and a grand piano?

Answer. UWA Vocal Students condensed version of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado. Arguably the most popular Gilbert & Sullivan opera of all time, this is a Mikado with a difference. Watch as the Mikado never appears. Be stunned at the multi-personalities of Yum Yum, Nanki Poo, as you've never seen him before, Pooh Bah from Glasgow, and Katisha "the cougar". Be amazed at how great the men's chorus sounds ... with women. Look out for the next Lord High Executioner - will it be you? Witty dialogue, new narration, stunning music, and fresh and eager young voices. Why haven't you booked your seat already? A Mikado not to be missed.

Artistic Director Andrew Foote Accompanist and Coach Caroline Badnall

Price - Unreserved Tickets at door Standard: $15 Concession: 10 Students: Free