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Displaying from Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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May 2013
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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 (...)
18:00 - EVENT - Evensong : Choral Evensong with the Winthrop Singers
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Choral Evensong with the Winthrop Singers. Feat. Mereno's Te Deum; choir member Cardell-Oliver's Nunc Dimittis; Britten's Hymn to St Cecilia.
Callaway Series is unreserved and ticketed at the door. All tickets are $10.00.
Doors open 15 minutes prior to the event.
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Friday 31 |
15:00 - PUBLIC TALK - SymbioticA double feature w/ Adelaide Cohalan and Devon Ward : SymbioticA presents two talks from the current roster of Master Biological Arts students
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Sensory Trap: Communication and collaboration with honeybees in the ultraviolet
During this talk Adelaide Cohalan will present ideas that she has been working on as part of her proposal for her final year Masters project, Sensory Trap. Sensory Trap intends to explore the (...)
Callaway Series is unreserved and ticketed at the door. All tickets are $10.00.
Doors open 15 minutes prior to the event.
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June 2013
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Monday 03 |
14:00 - GUIDED TOUR - Crawley Campus Tour - June 2013 : An enjoyable and informative walking tour around UWA's stunning Crawley Campus
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The Prospective Students Office is providing a guided walking tour of UWA's Crawley Campus on the long weekend (3 June 2013).
These tours are for prospective students (and their parents) who would like to find out more about studying at UWA whilst taking in the beautiful gardens and (...)
Callaway Series is unreserved and ticketed at the door. All tickets are $10.00.
Doors open 15 minutes prior to the event.
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Wednesday 05 |
A public lecture by David Simpson, Distinguished Professor of English, UC Davis.
Terror and catastrophe are commonly distinguished as (respectively) man-made and natural phenomena, but there is increasing evidence for seeing them as historically related. There is also a strong case for (...)
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Thursday 06 |
14:10 - EVENT - IOA Postgraduate Showcase 2013: Frontiers in Agriculture : 6 of UWA's best PhD students present their research
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Each year The UWA Institute of Agriculture hosts an annual Postgraduate Showcase where selected postgraduate students in Agriculture and related areas present their research.
The Postgraduate Showcase brings together some of UWA’s best PhD students at an advanced stage of their (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Witness to Disaster: Journalists and Journalism in Hurricane Katrina
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A public lecture by James O’Byrne, NOLA.com.
Katrina brought into high relief the role of journalists as first responders, as integral to disaster response as police, fire and rescue personnel. The unprecedented nature of the collapse of the Federal seawalls protecting New Orleans (...)
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Saturday 08 |
8:00 - EVENT - DIABETES SEMINAR : Multidisciplinary CPD seminar - Diabetes: Priorities, targets & the annual cycle of care
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UWA CPD Health presents a Multidisciplinary CPD seminar on Saturday June 8th 2013.
In association with the Diabetes and Endocrine Health Network and Diabetes WA, UWA CPD Health is presenting a unique education seminar on Diabetes: Priorities, targets & the annual cycle of care.
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Monday 10 |
14:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - CMSS The Arab Spring At Two and a Half: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities. : Visiting Research Professor Dr Emile Nakhleh at New Mexico will highlight the lessons, challenges, and opportunities for the region and major foreign powers.
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“As the Arab Spring enters its third year, new Arab democracies are struggling with a myriad of serious issues, which could impact the future success or failure of democratic transitions in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, and other countries in the region. These issues include governance; Islamic (...)
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