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Displaying from Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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August 2012
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Wednesday 22 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Current Knowledge of the Brain of Sharks and Their Relatives: Evolution and Adaptation
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Cartilaginous fishes are comprised of approximately c. 1185 species worldwide and occupy a range of niches and primary habitats. It is a widely accepted view that neural development can reflect morphological adaptations and sensory specializations and that similar patterns of brain organization (...)
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Thursday 23 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - The (mis)use of religion in justification of political violence: a comparative analysis
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A public lecture by Professor Oliver P. Rafferty SJ Heythrop College, London University & 2012 St Thomas More College Chair in Jesuit Studies.
This lecture will look at religiously motivated violence in three historically conditioned phases and the attitude of religious authorities (...)
18:00 - PERFORMANCE - Winthrop Singers Choral Evensong : Evensong at St George's College Chapel
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This week's introit is a preview of the "Earthquake" Mass by Antoine Brumel, a full performance of which will take place on September 13th at St George's, and again alongside Louis Vierne's Symphony No 6 for organ on September 23rd at St Patrick’s Basilica Fremantle.
Introit: (...)
18:00 - LECTURE - St Thomas More College 2012 Chair of Jesuit Studies : Public Lecture
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'The mis-use of religion in the justification of political violence: a comparative analysis'
This year's St Thomas More College Chair of Jesuit Studies is Professor Oliver Rafferty SJ, Lecturer in Irish and Ecclesiastical History at Heythrop College, University of London. A Past (...)
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Friday 24 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Ireland: Church, State and Society, 1800-1870 : Seminar Series
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"Nicholas Wiseman, Ecclesiastical Politics and Anglo-Irish Relations in the Mid 19th Century" Professor Oliver Rafferty SJ, the 2012 St Thomas More College Chair of Jesuit Studies, will present the third in a series of six lectures on nineteenth century Irish history.
With a thriving community of composers and celebrated staff mentoring their progress, aural portraits by some of the finest young composers in Western Australia are revealed amongst two inimitable treasures of the orchestral repertoire.
Ravel Bolero
Emerging Composers
Bartok Concerto for (...)
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Monday 27 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - LIWA Medical Research Seminar Series : W/Prof David Mackey presents "Genome-wide Association Studies Success in Ophthalmology"
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LIWA invites you to a free seminar on: "Genome-wide Association Studies Success in Ophthalmology" by W/Prof David Mackey, Managing Director, Lions Eye Institute. Time: 12 noon for light lunch with 12.30pm – 1.30pm presentation.
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - The Star-Crossed Stone - The Archaeology, Mythology and Folklore of Fossil Sea Urchins
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A public lecture by Dr Kenneth J. McNamara, Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.
On a March day in 1887 the skeletons of a young woman and a child were found on top of a windswept hill in southern England where they had lain in their shallow grave for about 4,000 years (...)
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Wednesday 29 |
Green chemistry is about developing processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and use of chemical products.
The presentation will track the development of green chemistry, as a drive towards getting the planet onto a (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - **SOLD OUT** WA on the threshold...SKA and the new view of the Universe
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UWA’s Institute of Advanced Studies, Research Services and the Centre for Software Practice present the inaugural Inquiring Minds public lecture by Peter Quinn, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UWA and Director, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR).
Professo (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Prof Jeffrey Chipps Smith (Art History) Public Lecture : Jesuit Confraternities in Germany and the Art of Sensual Engagement
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JEFFREY CHIPPS SMITH
Kay Fortson Chair in European Art and Professor of Art History
The University of Texas
Percussion Purity!
Masterworks from the percussion and piano repertoire come together in this extraordinary performance featuring some of West Australia's finest musicians; Paul Tanner, Louise Devenish, Graeme Gilling and Emily Green-Armytage. Works include Luciano Berio's Linea, and George Crumb's (...)
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Thursday 30 |
13:10 - EVENT - Lunchtime Concert : Associate Professor Alan Lourens (euphonium)
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A public lecture by Professor Chris Rapley CBE, Professor of Climate Science, University College London.
In this public lecture Professor Chris Rapley CBE will present a brief overview of the Earth system, and the evidence that human activities, especially our use of fossil fuel energy (...)
18:00 - PERFORMANCE - Winthrop Singers Choral Evensong : Evensong at St George's College Chapel
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Responses: Tomkins
Lord’s Prayer: Stone
Canticles: Tallis Short Service
Anthem: Eslava Jesu dulcis memoria
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Friday 31 |
9:00 - SEMINAR - Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series: One Health - Equality for All?
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Professor Andrew Thompson will give a talk on "One Health - Equality for All?" in the Microbiology & Immunology Seminar room, Friday, 31 August 2012 at 09.00am. Professor Andrew Thompson Heads the Parasitology Section in the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Division of (...)
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September 2012
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Saturday 01 |
6:00 - PERFORMANCE - Dawn Chorus from Winthrop Tower : The Winthrop Singers welcome Spring from the top of Winthrop Tower
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The Winthrop Singers welcome spring from the top of Winthrop Tower at sunrise.
Includes performance with didjeridu.
Free event.
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Monday 03 |
18:30 - PUBLIC TALK - UWA Extension - My turbulent lifelong romance with religion : with Richard Holloway
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At fourteen, Richard Holloway left his working-class home north of Glasgow and travelled hundreds of miles to an English monastery to be trained for the priesthood. By twenty-five, he had been ordained and was working in the slums of Glasgow. In 2000 he controversially resigned as Bishop of (...)
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Tuesday 04 |
12:00 - EVENT - MBA and Postgrad Expo : Come and visit UWA at the MBA and Postgrad Expo at the Parmelia Hilton
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Come and check out our stand at the MBA and Postgrad Expo and discover how UWA can help you achieve your postgraduate study goals.
Now in its 12th year, the MBA & Postgrad Expo is the most comprehensive "one-stop-shop" to evaluate postgraduate certificates, diplomas (...)
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