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Displaying from Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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May 2013
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Wednesday 22 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Effects of reservoir operations on the biogeochemistry of Deadwood Reservoir, USA
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Deadwood Reservoir was created in 1931 by impoundment of the Deadwood River by Deadwood Dam. It is located in west-central Idaho, USA, at approximately 1600 m above sea level, in an extremely harsh environment where winter temperatures regularly reach 30 degrees below zero. The U.S. Bureau of (...)
A public lecture by Professor Burdett Loomis,
Fulbright Flinders University Distinguished Chair in
American Political Science.
The American political system was not designed to produce speedy or highly responsive policy-making. Given the US’s separation-of-powers structure, a grossly (...)
19:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Information Evening for Prospective Graduate Applicants to Medicine
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The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences will be hosting an evening for university students and graduates interested in studying the Doctor of Medicine (MD)course.
Applicants who have already completed a bachelor degree or those who will complete a bachelor degree in 2013 (...)
20:00 - PERFORMANCE - Six Characters in Search of an Author : Theatre students in English and Cultural present Luigi Pirandello's notorious play.
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A play rehearsal is interrupted by the arrival of a divided family who have been abandoned by their creator and are seeking an author, ‘any author’, to give them a ‘definitive artistic form’ so their stories may be staged. While the first performance of Six Characters in Search of an Author (...)
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Thursday 23 |
Free 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm
Choral Evensong with the Winthrop Singers. Feat. Gabrieli's Magnificat, Holst's Nunc Dimitus and Monteverdi's Beatus Vir.
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Friday 24 |
10:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Around the World with Archaeology and Beyond : Informal day of free lecture presentations in celebration of National Archaeology Week
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Current archaeology staff members will give interesting and entertaining insights into their research projects in Australia and around the world. As a special guest and expert in space archaeology, Dr Alice Gorman (Australian Cultural Heritage Management and Flinders University) will take visitors (...)
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Sunday 26 |
In celebration of the University’s centenary, UWA School of Music joins with UWA Choral society for an extravagant evening of sound. As part of the celebration, an orchestra of over 170 will perform Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring on it’s 100th anniversary before being joined on stage by the (...)
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Monday 27 |
Through the UWA Health & Rehabiliation Clinic a variety of Clinical Pilates options are now available to staff and general public!
Clinical Pilates is a form of physical exercise that focuses on posture, balance, control, strength, flexibility, and breathing. It incorporates mat and (...)
12:00 - SEMINAR - LIWA Medical Research Seminar Series : "A microscope in a needle: New technologies to image disease"
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LIWA invites you to a free seminar on: "A microscope in a needle: New technologies to image disease" by A/Professor Robert McLaughlin, Optical+Biomedical Engineering Lab, The University of Western Australia. A light lunch will be served from 12.00pm with a 12.30pm – 1.30pm presentation.
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Shark in Art: creature vs culture : A lecture by Vivienne Westbrook, National Taiwan University
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Sharks have excited the imagination of literary and visual artists for centuries. There are literally thousands of references to sharks in poetry, drama, novels, painting and sculpture. Since the twentieth century they have been appropriated for film, TV and advertising campaigns, but often in ways (...)
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Tuesday 28 |
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - School of Music presents: Research Seminar Series - Victoria Rogers
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Victoria Rogers: John Blacking, Composer
John Blacking (1928–90) made his mark as an ethnomusicologist and social anthropologist and his enduring reputation stems from his work in these areas. Yet his interests were more far reaching and included cognition and language, dance and (...)
A public lecture by Professor Lyn Beazley AO FTSE, Chief Scientist of Western Australia.
Australia has a reputation for scientific discoveries and engineering innovations that are amongst the best in the world. In this lecture, Professor Beazley will discuss two of them. One is Australia� (...)
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Wednesday 29 |
11:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents: World Music Workshop
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Two world-renowned maestros of Indian classical music – Pundit Kumar Bose (tabla) and Pundit Debojyoti Bose (sarod) – will present a workshop at the UWA School of Music.
This is an amazing opportunity to see some fantastic music from two of India’s best musicians.
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : External and Internal Casualties of War: A Psychological Perspective
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The external casualties of war have an obvious presence to the interested observer and encompass human, environmental and political dimensions. The internal casualties of war are less obvious and more intimately experienced.
Working with the human aftermath of military conflict has (...)
A public lecture by Dr Thomas Scirghi, SJ, 2013 St Thomas More College Chair of Jesuit Studies.
Francis I is the first Jesuit pope in the history of the Catholic Church. Sometimes called the “Pope’s marines,” the Jesuits – formally known as the Society of Jesus – take a special (...)
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Thursday 30 |
11:45 - EVENT - Lunch with Nick Cater: The Lucky Culture : Enjoy lunch with author Nick Cater as he discusses The Lucky Culture and the rise of an Australian ruling class.
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Countries don’t get lucky; people do.
The Lucky Culture tells the story of Australian exceptionalism - the unique national quality that within 200 years of settlement transformed a raw, unbroken continent into the great civilisation of the south.
In the beginning (...)
12:00 - SALE - Autumn Campus Community Sale : Lots of herbs, succulents and other plants are available for purchase
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Bring your friends along to the Propagation Group’s Autumn Campus Community Plant Sale.
Lots of herbs, succulents and other plants are available for purchase. The sale will be held at the Taxonomic Garden on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st May from noon to 2pm.
Please find (...)
Free 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - The Puzzle of Neolifism, the Strange Materiality of Regenerative and Synthetically Biological Things
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An Inquiring Minds lecture by Oron Catts, Director, SymbioticA, Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts, School of Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA.
In 1906 Jacques Loeb suggested making a living system from dead matter as a way to debunk the vitalists’ ideas and claimed to have (...)
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