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Displaying from Friday, September 30, 2016
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September 2016
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Friday 30 |
Steve Reich has been described by the New York Times as our greatest living composer and this performance marks the 40th anniversary of his 1976 work Music for 18 Musicians; a wonderfully joyous work that significantly influenced developments in music in the twentieth century.
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October 2016
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Tuesday 04 |
UWA School of Music is a vibrant centre for research in music and music education, where a thriving community of scholars is engaged in exploring the frontiers of knowledge, working on a wide range of research projects with diverse outputs.
A free weekly seminar series, with presenters (...)
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Wednesday 05 |
16:30 - SEMINAR - Religion, State and Society seminar: Winning and losing Indonesia's parliamentary seats, stories from women
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Studies on women's political representation in various parliaments in the world had offered explanations as to why women are far less successful than men in winning legislative seats. This presentation will elaborate four major factors often cited as key impediments for women in legislative (...)
In July of this year the Western Australian Government released Transport @ 3.5 Million, the Perth transport plan for 3.5 million people and beyond. The plan outlines a vision for investment in road, rail and active transport infrastructure. The most important measure used to appraise new transport (...)
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Thursday 06 |
19:00 - RECITAL - School of Music presents- Philip Murray- Doctor of Musical Arts Recital 1 : Music for Flute by Claude Debussy and Toru Takemitsu
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Philip Murray – Flute
with guest artists
Bronwyn Wallis – Harp
Sally Boud – Viola
Ethan Dorrian – Guitar
Bradley Gilchrist – Piano
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Friday 07 |
Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.
Co-Lab is an annual commissioning project that brings together the composition and percussion departments within the School of Music that (...)
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 (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Adjusting Our Lenses to Make Gender Visible : CMEMS/PMRG Public Lecture by Professor Merry Wiesner-Hanks (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
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The oldest surviving examples of eyeglasses in the world, dating from around 1330, were discovered hidden beneath the floorboards of the nuns’ choir in the Cistercian Kloster Wienhausen near Celle in northern Germany. Several pairs were stashed there, along with prayer books, small pictures (...)
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Saturday 08 |
9:00 - SYMPOSIUM - Gender Worlds, 500-1800: New Perspectives : UWA Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies & Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group Conference
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Gender is a powerful and flexible analytical tool that has profoundly influenced scholarship over the past few decades. It is widely recognised as a necessary category of analysis, and exciting opportunities to integrate it more fully into scholarly practice continue to emerge. This conference (...)
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Tuesday 11 |
9:00 - EVENT - Bupa Health Insurance Consultations : A free 30 minute telephone consultation with a Bupa representative
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A free 30 minute telephone consultation to understand what a Bupa Health Insurance package can offer. You can make arrangements to join or transfer.
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Histories of Gender, Families and Children: what do we still want to know?
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A public lecture by Stephanie Tarbin, School of Humanities and ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, UWA.
The lives of medieval people are far in the past and were often unrecorded. Nonetheless, in recent decades, gender and social historians have made enormous (...)
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Wednesday 12 |
20:00 - RECITAL - School of Music presents- Philip Murray - Music for Flute by 20th Century French and Japanese composers
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The Doctor of Musical Arts in performance involves a combination of thesis and creative work.
In this, his second recital, DMA Candidate Philip Murray, will present Music for Flute by 20th Century French and Japanese composers.
The program will include:
Claude (...)
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Thursday 13 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Crafting country Exploring a Nyiyaparli taskscape
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A common complaint is that data collected by archaeology consultants too often remains buried in the 'grey literature'. This project was developed with funding from Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) to research the archaeological evidence recorded in the course of developing the Christmas Creek-Cloudbrea (...)
Centre for Muslim States and Societies, UWA, and
Australian Institute of International Affairs WA present
ISLAM TODAY: POLITICS, STATE AND SOCIETY
The conference will explore Islam’s role in shaping the lived experiences of Muslims in the contemporary globalised world. This (...)
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Friday 14 |
Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.
This week talented UWA piano students perform some of their repertoire for two pianos, ahead of Friday night's Waveney Wansborough (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - ANTHROPOLOGY / SOCIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES : Voices of young Yemeni Women after the mirage of the Arab Spring
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The wave of optimism that swept across Yemen amongst progressive and globally minded
youth in 2011 had turned into a drowning despair by 2014. Young women who were at the
forefront of nationwide protests demanding the ‘fall of the regime’ are now amongst the
most disillusioned of Yemenis. Hopes (...)
17:30 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Fridays@5: Waveney Wansborough Prize (Piano)
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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 15 |
11:00 - EVENT - Let's Talk About Mental Health and Suicide: Reducing Stigma and Embracing Life : This free public event aims to provide education on mental health issues and promote community organisations
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This free public event hosted by the School of Psychology at UWA aims to reduce stigma, provide education on mental health issues, and promote community mental health organisations.
Postgraduate clinical psychology/neuropsychology students and researchers from the School will be (...)
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Sunday 16 |
The exceptional ability of young emerging artists is celebrated as three young performers compete in the finals of the coveted VOSE Memorial Prize, performing their chosen concerto movements with the UWA Symphony Orchestra.
In the concert finale, the Orchestra will be joined on stage by the (...)
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Monday 17 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - 'GAME OF THRONES! History, Medievalism and How it Might End' : A Lecture by Carolyne Larrington
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In this lecture Professor Larrington will talk about watching and writing about HBO’s Game of Thrones as a medieval scholar. She will explain some of the medieval history and literature from which George R. R. Martin chiselled the building blocks for the construction of his imaginary world. Game (...)
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