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Events for the public
 May 2013
Friday 17
7:15 - EVENT - CMSS Breakfast Panel Discussion: Pakistan After the Elections. : CMSS is holding breakfast with a panel discussion to address what challenges may face the new Pakistan Government? More Information
The Pakistan Elections on 11 May 2013 have brought the Pakistan Muslim League (N) back to power with Nawaz Sharif becoming Prime Minister for the third time. What are the challenges being faced by the new government, and how it is likely to respond? The speakers will be:

Winthrop Professor James Trevelyan, Energy Shortage in Pakistan: Issues for thePML-N Government. University of Western Australia. He is an elected member of the Council of the International Federation for the Theory of Machines and Mechanism (IFToMM). He chairs the Engineers Australia National Panel on Mechatronic Engineering.

Mr Muhammad Tariq Moj, Islamic Groups and Elections: PhD candidate at University of Western Australia. His thesis is about the rise of madaris in Pakistan as a counterculture and the comparison of values/ attitudes of students of madaris and mainstream educational institutions.

Professor Samina Yasmeen, Nawaz Sharif: Foreign Policy Directions. Director of the University of Western Australia’s Centre for Muslim States and Societies. The professor of political science and international relations. As a specialist on politico-strategic developments in South Asia.

Cost: Adults- $20.00 and for students/concession $15.00.

15:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Implications of the way we live : Public talk with Professor Jorg Imberger Website | More Information
By way of introduction I will review the legacy of the last 100 years of "progress. Anthropogenic emissions have triggering new carbon emission loops. destruction of habitats is leading to species instabilities with potential impacts on food production, globalization & increasing wealth inequality is leading to economic instabilities, changing food to a commodity is leading to mental and physical health issues and the massive increase in our capacity to destroy has shrunk the time scales of destruction to much less that the time scales required for healing. So what are we to do? I shall explore 10 simple suggestions: 1. Re-establish continuity between generations 2. Seek harmony rather than conflict 3. Learn to how live on a finite planet 4. Re-establish food as part of life 5. Introduce carbon/water neutral living 6. Curb wealth inequity 7. Foster mental and physical well being; curb advertising 8. Subdue technology, re-introduce "Creative Loafing" 9. Foster local diversity of job opportunity 10. Preserve the sources of cultural diversity

Jorg Imberger is the Chairman of the Centre for Water Research and The University’s Professor of Environmental Engineering. Jorg is a winner of two prestigious international awards; the Onassis Prize in the category “Man and the Environment” and the Stockholm Water Prize. Jorg’s expertise has also been recognised in a considerable range of Australian research awards. Jorg established the Centre for Water Research in 1982. Prior to the Centre’s foundation Jorg held a Gledden Fellowship and a Science Fellowship at the University of California. Jorg’s initial objective in establishing the Centre for Water Research was to assess the impact of pollution in the world’s water bodies. The Centre has achieved this major objective through the development of a world leading range of specialised instrumentation. The Centre’s operations now combine three major research objectives: understanding and managing the environment; the development, evaluation and commercialisation of scientific instruments; and support for the water and coastal engineering industries. The combination of these spheres of activity has enabled the Centre to have a worldwide impact.

19:00 - PERFORMANCE - Callaway Series : " Piñata " - UWA Percussion Ensemble Website | More Information
Callaway Series is unreserved and ticketed at the door. All tickets are $10.00. Doors open 15 minutes prior to the event.
Sunday 19
14:30 - PRESENTATION - �Well Versed� Poetry Readings for the UWA Historical Society More Information
Join us for a reading of works by UWA graduates and former staff members including Austin Bibby, Colebatch, Ewers, Hasluck, Hewett, Haskell, Kinsella, Murdoch, O’Brien, Stow, Templeman, Warnock, Zwicky and others. Well versed readers are Faith Clayton, Joan Pope, Valerie Melrose, David Goodall, Rayden James, Phil Mackenzie and Collin O’Brien.

There is a charge of TEN dollars at the door.
Tuesday 21
9:00 - EVENT - Co-op UWA Clearance Sale More Information
The Co-op UWA May Clearance Sale Last days! Clearance stock of fiction, non-fiction and academic reference titles including dental, forensic psychology and Linguistics titles at $10, $5 and $2. Co-op members also receive Member discount off Sale Prices. Selected stationery at 50% off RRP.

Last shipment of grey, navy and black UWA Hoodies on sale @ $39.95

13:00 - SEMINAR - Teaching in a virtual world, Building a virtual school on the UWA campus in Second Life : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series More Information
The Seminar: The Vice Chancellor has called for “a full review of pedagogic purpose and practice in 2013, with the aim of introducing new pedagogies from the beginning of 2015” this aim was subsequently approved by the Academic Board. Unfortunately the primary driver for such change is often how we can do more with less. To plan for the future we need to investigate as many possible new ways of teaching as we can, in an attempt to maintain “pedagogical excellence” in a time of shrinking budgets. In some cases it is to explore new and exciting teaching methods, in others to “know the enemy” and understand the real costs and deficits of alternative teaching methods.

I will be describing the advantages and disadvantages of the strange 3D world that is “Second Life”; its transition from a den of iniquity where fortunes were made and lost on gambling, prostitution and dodgy banking deals (just like real life really) to a mature Web 2.0 environment used for educational and social purposes. I will cover the pros and cons of the environment for teaching, the implications of “virtual IP” and a “virtual economy” our plans for the “Virtual School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology” being built by Jay Jay Jegathesan and his team, and our links with the online medical school run by the University of Kentucky.

Participants are encouraged to attend in real life or, if they cannot attend through geographical or time constraints, to attend as their avatars in Second Life at Slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/13/9/28

The Speaker: Stuart Bunt is one of the last Professorial Fellows, Teaching and Learning left on campus. With Neville Bruce he introduced digitisation to histology, (taken so much further by Geoff Meyer) founded (with Miranda Grounds and Sarah Dunlop) the Image Analysis lab in APHB and (with Oron Catts and Miranda Grounds), SymbioticA, where he was scientific director for nearly a decade, he is CEO of the spin-off company Paradigm Diagnostics. A believer in universities as a catalyst for social justice and independent thought, Stuart is WA Division President of the NTEU, Vice president of UWAASA and was a senate member for 12 years. His research revolves around medical imaging, bioengineering and neuroscience with occasional forays into the theory and practice of bioart, pioneering, with the SymbioticA research group, the integration of “wetware” (fish neurons) with “hardware” (circuitry) to produce a prototype drawing cyborg known as “Fish and Chips”.

17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - School of Music presents: Research Seminar Series - Eva-Marie Middleton Website | More Information
Eva-Marie Middleton: Choral Performances of the Past

The archive of recorded music available for academic study now extends back for over a century. One of the avenues of study provided by this resource is a stark portrayal of differences in performance style over that period. This seminar will look specifically at changes in the performance practice of early choral music. Six recordings of Tudor music made in the 1920s will be analysed for their stylistic features and contrasted with the performance approaches of today's choirs.

19:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Information Evening on the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admissions Test (UMAT) : This test is required for domestic School Leaver pathways to medicine and dentistry Website | More Information
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) will conduct a UMAT information session for Year 12 students sitting the UMAT in 2013. This test is required for the domestic School Leaver Pathways to medicine and dentistry. Faculty staff will also be attendance.

Year 12 students who are intending to sit the UMAT in 2013 are encouraged to attend. Due to limited seating, this event is restricted to students only. We will not be able to accommodate parents or teachers.

BOOKING IS REQUIRED (see URL below). After booking a seat, you will be sent email confirmation. Please bring a copy of the email confirmation to the information session.
Wednesday 22
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Effects of reservoir operations on the biogeochemistry of Deadwood Reservoir, USA Website | More Information
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 Reclamation (BOR) has historically operated the reservoir for irrigation water supply, flood control, and limited hydroelectric power production. More recently, the reservoir has also been used to augment stream flows for out-migrating salmon.

In 2005, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completed a Biological Opinion that required BOR to investigate flexibility in its operation of Deadwood Reservoir to improve conditions for bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in the Deadwood River and Reservoir. In response, a 5-year investigation of reservoir operations flexibility for Deadwood River and Reservoir was instituted, including a holistic watershed assessment, coupled with adaptive management. One of the important management tools developed by the investigation was a coupled three-dimensional hydrodynamic-ecological model of Deadwood Reservoir (ELCOM-CAEDYM) that was used to simulate changes in reservoir operations in order to assess conformance to the terms and conditions of the Biological Opinion. The complexity of ELCOM-CAEDYM required collection and evaluation of substantial amounts of physical, chemical, and biological data from Deadwood Reservoir and its tributaries.

This talk will give an overview of the main physical and ecological characteristics of Deadwood Reservoir under historical dam operations and illustrate the environmental changes in response to different operational scenarios simulated with ELCOM-CAEDYM. The results show how reservoir operations can potentially affect habitat conditions and energy sources for bull trout, as listed in the Biological Opinion.

Short Bio,

Dr. Leticia Chamelete de Vilhena is a Research Associate at the Centre for Water Research at the University of Western Australia. She completed her undergraduate studies in Biological Sciences at the University of São Paulo in Brazil and has recently finished her Ph.D. at the Centre for Water Research, which explored the effects of climate change on the physics and biology of diverse aquatic systems. Leticia’s main research interests include climate change, physical-biological coupling, and the structure of phytoplankton populations in aquatic bodies.

PS* This seminar is free and open to the public & no RSVP required.

****All Welcome****




18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Stalemate in American Politics: Sorting Out the Culprits Website | More Information
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 malapportioned Senate, and a powerful Supreme Court, American presidents have often found it difficult to enact their policy agendas or to respond quickly to major policy problems. Stalemate in US politics has become increasingly problematic over the past thirty years. The polarization of party politics is often seen as the major cause of this impasse, and the post-1980 growth in partisanship has certainly played a significant role. At the same time, interest group scholars argue that the proliferation of groups and the growth of lobbying has rendered policy-making more difficult, especially given the advantages found within the American system that favor those opposed to change.

This lecture examines the roles played by parties and organized interests in producing stalemate, as well as introducing the idea that American voters may well play an important part.

Cost: Free, but RSVP essential. Book via http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/loomis

19:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Information Evening for Prospective Graduate Applicants to Medicine Website | More Information
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 or 2014 are encouraged to attend.

BOOKING IS REQUIRED (via the URL below). After booking a seat, you will be sent email confirmation. Please bring a copy of the email confirmation to the information session.

20:00 - PERFORMANCE - Six Characters in Search of an Author : Theatre students in English and Cultural present Luigi Pirandello's notorious play. More Information
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 to a Rome audience in May 1921 was almost booed off the stage it has gone on to have many successful seasons and is still a major part of the theatrical repertoire. The play, in part, is Pirandello’s attack on the Italian theatre of the time, with its actor-managers and star-systems, its stock characterisations, and its standard repertoire of romantic melodramas. However, it is a play on many levels. It raises questions about the nature of reality, of what constitutes identity, and how we can gauge what is truth. On another level it is a hysterical romantic melodrama about a warring family who live out their emotions on the skin. And, it is also a deeply tragic revenge narrative – a tale of betrayal, adultery, suicide and death. Students enrolled in theatre studies at UWA present this very physical, at times comedic, and often provocatively philosophical play, virtually uncut and unlike many productions, we choose not to attempt to modernise it into the contemporary world of electronic media. DOLPHIN THEATRE, UWA FROM WED, MAY 22 TILL SAT. MAY 25 AT 8PM. $20 FULL; $15 CONCESSION. Tickets at door or book online at ticketsWA.com
Thursday 23
13:10 - PERFORMANCE - FREE Lunchtime Concert : UWA Broadening Unit Ensembles Website | More Information
Free 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm

18:00 - EVENT - Evensong : Choral Evensong with the Winthrop Singers Website | More Information
Choral Evensong with the Winthrop Singers. Feat. Gabrieli's Magnificat, Holst's Nunc Dimitus and Monteverdi's Beatus Vir.
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 More Information
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 beyond earth itself on an archaeological journey to the edge of the solar system.
Sunday 26
15:00 - PERFORMANCE - Artistry! Collaboration Website | More Information
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 combined forces of the UWA Symphonic Chorus, UWA Choral Society and soloists for the exuberant Rachmaninoff composition, The Bells. This is a concert of epic proportions. For tickets, please visit: http://www.music.uwa.edu.au/concerts/artistry
Monday 27
7:00 - COURSE - Clinical Group & Studio Pilates Available on Campus!! Website | More Information
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 equipment based exercises to optimise function, improve fitness and aid the management or rehabilitation following pain or injury. Using the experitse of Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology trained staff to tailor exercises, Clinical Pilates is able to ensure optimal gains whilst minimising risk of injury or aggravation.

Initial assessment may be required prior to starting classes. Sessions are available Mon-Fri at various times between 6am-6pm. Private Health Rebates May Apply.

12:00 - SEMINAR - LIWA Medical Research Seminar Series : "A microscope in a needle: New technologies to image disease" Website | More Information
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 Website | More Information
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 that have increased the perception of sharks as monstrous man-eaters.

An unconscious elision of the real shark, about which we still know relatively little, and the shark within human culture, about which we all know something, has generated many misconceptions about real sharks. Those who work with them closely often refer to them with admiration and affection. They are acutely aware of the fact that it is the cultural representation of sharks that has facilitated their exploitation, some species of which are now on the verge of extinction.

This lecture will draw attention to the distinction between the monster that we have created and the real shark. It will explore some of the many representations of sharks in a variety of artforms as a means of understanding the complex role of sharks in culture, the human emotions that they evoke, and the impact of representation on their existence.

Vivienne Westbrook is an Associate Professor at National Taiwan University. Her project 'Shark in Art' brings her to UWA this semester, where she is researching the cultural responses to and emotional contexts for sharks with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.

Cost: Free, but booking essential http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/westbrook
Tuesday 28
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - School of Music presents: Research Seminar Series - Victoria Rogers Website | More Information
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 movement, the biology of music making, music psychology, and – perhaps surprisingly – composition. The very existence of Blacking’s compositions raises a number of enticing questions. What was the nature of his musical language? What might a study of his compositions tell us about his ethnomusicology? What might his ethnomusicology tell us about his compositions? These questions give rise to the central focus of this article: the intersection of Blacking’s composition and ethnomusicology. The article concludes that Blacking’s conceptualisation of music as an expression of social processes and cultural values extended beyond non-Western musics, infusing the compositions which he himself created within the musical paradigm of his own culture.

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