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Displaying from Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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August 2013
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Wednesday 21 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : An Impressionist Account of Water Pollution in China with Allusions to Mel Gibson’s Apocalyto.
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After presenting a brief introduction and overview (based mainly on journalistic and secondary source articles), I rapidly show a succession of mostly web images picturing China's water pollution.
Stills from Mel Gibson's movie Apocalyto are gradually introduced to weave a comparison (...)
A public lecture by Katie Glaskin, Associate Professor of Anthropology, The University of Western Australia.
In Western thought, we generally understand dreams to occur ‘in the mind’. Anthropological studies show that what are understood as dreams in Western culture may be (...)
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Thursday 22 |
13:10 - PERFORMANCE - FREE Lunchtime Concert : Patricia Alessi (mezzo soprano) & Marian Nelson (soprano)
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Free 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - From Continental to Regional: transforming the scales of climate projection : The 2013 Joseph Gentilli Memorial Lecture
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A lecture by Professor Andrew J. Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, University of New South Wales.
The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in 2007, stated that there is “considerable confidence that climate models provide (...)
18:00 - EVENT - Raine Lecture: Professor Dr Eric Sijbrands : Cardiovascular genetics: clinical entity or just science?
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Eric Sijbrands is Professor of Internal Medicine at the Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He heads the disciplines of pharmacology, vascular and metabolic diseases, and cardiovascular genetics.
After obtaining his qualification as a medical doctor in 1990 (...)
19:00 - PUBLIC TALK - UWA Extension - How we can shape our minds : Presented by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
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Barbara Arrowsmith-Young is recognised as the creator of one of the first practical treatment applications utilising the principles of neuroplasticity. She will share with you her personal journey of discovery, driven by her hunt for a solution to her own debilitating learning disorders.
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Friday 23 |
Be part of this special performance featuring Australia’s own mezzo-soprano Caitlin Hulcup, who returns to Perth as part of a unique UWA Artist in Residency program. Based in Vienna, Caitlin has appeared at leading opera houses including Wiener Staatsoper, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Royal Opera (...)
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Saturday 24 |
10:00 - SEMINAR - History Professional Development Sessions for Teachers : For Primary and Secondary Teachers
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The seminars are designed to assist primary and secondary school History teachers in navigating the transition from the Western Australian Curriculum to the Australian Curriculum.
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Monday 26 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Medical Research Seminar Series : Regulator of G protein Signalling 5 and Vascular Remodelling
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LIWA invites you to a free seminar on: "Regulator of G protein Signalling 5 and Vascular Remodelling" by Prof Ruth Ganss, Head of Angiogenesis and Tumor Immunology Research, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research. A light lunch will be served from 12.00pm with a 12.30pm – 1.30 (...)
"This coming week AIESEC UWA is bringing four days of culture, food and entertainment onto the UWA campus!
The Global Fair aims to give students an opportunity to experience cultures from around the world and promotes a willingness to continue discovering and understanding different cultures.
13:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - What Good is Christianity? : A UWA Chaplain's International Lecturer, Dr Mangalwadi brings experience and research to shed light on western culture.
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What GOOD is Christianity?
How would Australia look without it?
Dr Vishal Mangalwadi: international author, philosopher and social reformer
Vishal grew up in India, surrounded by Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic influences. In his teens he became a Christian, attracted to the life and (...)
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Tuesday 27 |
12:30 - EVENT - Raine Lecture: The Diabetic Foot in 2013: The Global State of Play : Professor David Armstrong, University of Arizona College of Medicine
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Professor David Armstrong is a US trained Podiatric Surgeon and is a Professor of Surgery at The University of Arizona College of Medicine. His clinical area of interest is in preventing foot amputation in the diabetic and high-risk foot. He holds an MSc in Tissue Repair and Wound Healing from the (...)
13:00 - Colloquium - Predicting Self-Harm Among Psychiatric Inpatients in Real Time: An Example of Practice-Based Evidence : Psychology Colloquium
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Despite suicidal ideation exhibiting variability, limited research has examined the short-term course of suicidal ideation. We hypothesised first, that distinct patterns of suicidal ideation could be identified by tracking daily ratings of suicidal thinking, and second that a predictive model based (...)
17:00 - SEMINAR - School of Music presents International Research Seminar - Lucas O�Brien: Studies for the preparation of violin performance in solo and chamber music
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Lucas O’Brien: Studies for the preparation of violin performance in solo and chamber music.
The UWA School of Music Tuesday Seminar series runs every week in the Tunley Lecture Theatre (G5) at 5.00 pm. The series mixes visiting lecturers and presenters with presentations by the School' (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Searching for Wanamuchoo: Researching and returning Aboriginal photographs from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
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A public lecture by Christopher Morton, University of Oxford.
Wanamuchoo was an Aboriginal man brought by a police trooper to Adelaide for trial in March 1893 for the murder of another Aboriginal man in Innamincka, some 850 miles away. After trial, he was photographed at the City (...)
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Wednesday 28 |
7:00 - SEMINAR - Meeting Industry Challenges Through Innovation - FLNG and shale gas : Doug Buckley, VP Commercial Shell Australia and BHP Billiton Chair Peter Hartley discuss
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As the Australian LNG sector continues to grapple with productivity challenges, Doug Buckley, VP Commercial Shell Australia, will talk about the role innovation has to play in keeping Australia competitive in the global gas market, and attracting future investment.
Peter Hartley, BHP (...)
This seminar will give an overview of the water supply planning in Western Australia. There are two main components of planning water supply systems:
SOURCE PLANNING
Source planning involves the selection of a water source to supply an area. From a technical point of (...)
With a thriving community of composers and celebrated staff mentoring their progress, this evening promises to be quite special. In this concert, new compositions for chamber ensemble and voice will be performed as finalists compete in the annual Dorothy Ransom prize in Composition. This event (...)
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Thursday 29 |
Free 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm
A public lecture by Angela Wanhalla, University of Otago.
Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, were a popular subject of the photographic trade in the colonial era. As in other colonial societies where indigenous peoples were captured by the camera, photographs of Maori were (...)
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