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April 2016
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Tuesday 26 |
In the 400 years since his death in 1616, Shakespeare has stirred at least as many emotions among his publics. This event will present highlights from the research of scholars working in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (1100-1800), exploring some of (...)
18:30 - PUBLIC TALK - Paris in Winter - The COP21 Climate Change Conference and the Future of the Planet
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This talk looks at the history of climate change negotiations and how everything has changed as a result of the Paris climate change negotiations in Paris. It examines the outcomes of the talks and what they mean for Australia and the world. In particular, David Hodgkinson and Rebecca Johnston (...)
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Wednesday 27 |
Professor David Lawrence from the Telethon Kids Institute and the Faculty of Education will present key results from Young Minds Matter, and will also draw on findings from Student Attendance and Educational Outcomes: Every Day Counts and the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey to (...)
16:00 - FREE LECTURE - Ambassadors' Dialogue with His Excellency Mr Navdeep Suri, High Commissioner of India to Australia : India-Australia Ties: Insights from a Diplomat's Diary
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The Perth USAsia Centre in collaboration with KPMG are delighted to invite you to participate in our Ambassadors' Dialogue with His Excellency Mr Navdeep Suri, High Commissioner to India. Mr Suri will discuss India-Australia Ties: Insights from a Diplomat's Diary.
Mr Suri joined the (...)
18:00 - FREE LECTURE - Shann Memorial Lecture with Professor Mary Morgan : “Economic Models: Facts, Artefacts or Fictions?”
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The 55th Shann Memorial Lecture with Professor Mary S. Morgan (Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics, London School of Economics) is co-hosted by the UWA Business School and The Economic Society of Australia, WA.
Mary S. Morgan is Professor of History and Philosophy of (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Whatever it Takes: legal and sport science perspectives on the 'Essendon Saga'
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The Essendon Football Club doping scandal involves a biochemist, a high performance manager, a club doctor, a favourite son of the club as coach, elite footballers, the Australian Crime Commission, politicians, AFL and club administrators, the Australian Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA), the World (...)
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Thursday 28 |
The UWA Homeward Bound team invites you to join us at the UWA Homeward Bound Cocktail Reception at 6pm on Thursday 28th April, 2016 in the Atrium of the Bayliss Building, UWA.
We are very fortunate to have Dr Michael Chaney AO CitWA give an address at our reception, as well as Prof Lyn (...)
A public lecture by Norimitsu Nakata, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University and 2016 Gledden Short-Stay Visiting Fellow.
In this lecture, Dr Nakata will discuss data mining techniques that he uses to retrieve subsurface information, the discovery of post-earthquakes relaxation (...)
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Friday 29 |
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Free Lunchtime Concert: Vagabonds at the Opera
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Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.
This week, Ensemble Vagabond takes the audience on a journey through both the classics and lesser-known works of the operatic repertoire (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology / Sociology Seminar Series : Climate Changing High Himalaya: Production of Vulnerabilities and the Shifting Nature of Conflict on the India-China Frontier
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The Climate Change discourse generates a certain level of political consensus amongst the Indian and Chinese policy makers about an urgent need to preserve the high Himalaya, also recognised as the ‘water towers of Asia’, for the sake of South Asian security. Contrary to such dominant and (...)
An extension program for talented Young Musicians aged 14-17
Led by Helpmann Award Winner Andrew Foote, over the course of 8 weeks participants will work with UWA School of Music staff, students and guests on aural and musicianship training, music history, choral study, performance and (...)
The ideal way to start your weekend, Fridays@Five offers unique musical experiences to delight all music lovers. See young artists be inspired through a variety of masterclasses, workshops, pre-concert talks, lectures and Q&A sessions. Delve deep into music or simply enjoy a free informal (...)
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Saturday 30 |
Take a peek inside the exclusive world of Versailles, a lavish palace complex that housed the cream of the French aristocracy during the ancien regime. Discover the history, politics, the intrigues, and the garden and palace spaces where monarchs, elites and commoners mingled. We will explore the (...)
14:30 - EVENT - Literary High Tea: Julian Bolleter : Julian Bolleter talks urban design and city planning at UWA Publishing's next Literary High Tea.
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Professor Julian Bolleter talks on the topic of his book, Take me to the River: The Story of Perth's Foreshore, at UWA Publishing and the University Club's next Literary High Tea.
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May 2016
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Sunday 01 |
Featuring performances and open workshops by local specialists and internationals guest artists from Africa and the USA in drumset, orchestral percussion, percussion theatre and gesture, marimba technique, Zimbabwean mbira (thumb piano), African sabre drumming, Balinese gamelan and more.
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Tuesday 03 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - The Detection of Gravitational Waves : The Detection of Gravitational Waves
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The quest for gravitational waves began with Einstein’s prediction exactly 100 years ago. The first experimental search began in 1960. From 1970 onwards the gravitational wave spectrum was mapped out theoretically. Misunderstandings and false claims of detection have created scepticism and (...)
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Wednesday 04 |
A public lecture by Guy Houlsby, Professor of Civil Engineering, Oxford University.
Wind, wave and tide are all potential sources of renewable energy, and the industries to exploit them are at different stages of maturity. Offshore wind is already well developed, with the UK for instance (...)
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Thursday 05 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Homo cantans; Reverse-engineering the evolution of the human singing voice
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Developments in several disciplines over the last few decades have initiated a re-examination of Darwin’s conjecture, arising from both his theories of natural and sexual selection, that a capacity for vocal music evolved in humans prior to language and, indeed, presented the articulatory and (...)
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Friday 06 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : The (Re)Construction of Western Conceptions of Outdoor Leisure in Post-Mao Urban China
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Drawing on three months of fieldwork in the cities of Guangzhou, Chengdu and Xuchang, this presentation explores a Chinese version of outdoor leisure called huwai xiuxian. Outdoor leisure has been booming over the last three decades, not only as a new form of holiday making among the urban middle-cl (...)
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Free Lunchtime Concert: UWA Winds & Brass
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Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.
Featuring the UWA Brass Ensemble directed by Liam O'Malley (WASO) and the UWA Wind Orchestra directed by Head of School Dr Alan Lourens.
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