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Displaying from Friday, July 01, 2016
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July 2016
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Tuesday 19 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Bridging the Measurement Scale Gap in Seismic and Rock Physics Characterization of Unconventional Plays
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A public lecture by Dr Kyle Spikes, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas, Austin and 2016 UWA Gledden Visiting Fellow.
Seismic and rock physics characterization of unconventional oil and gas plays requires the integration of data from nanometer and micron scales to (...)
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Tuesday 26 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Evolution at the End of the World - stories of plant resilience in the southwest Australian biodiversity hotspot
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The 2016 George Seddon Memorial Lecture by Professor Kingsley Dixon, Director, ARC Centre for Mine Restoration, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University.
Western Australia and the southwest in particular is blessed with one of the richest floras on earth - in fact we (...)
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Thursday 28 |
Public lecture by Professor Jane Lydon, Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History at The University of Western Australia.
Conceptions of Australian national identity have emphasized the nation’s collective youth and innocence, federated only in 1901. The Australian national anthem reminds (...)
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August 2016
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Tuesday 02 |
18:30 - EVENT - Reading and Interpreting Brecht : Q&A with Dr Wang Xiaoying, Director of Black Swan Theatre's 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle'
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The UWA Cultural Precinct, the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies and the Black Swan State Theatre Company are pleased to host a special Q&A event as part of The Caucasian Chalk Circle season presented by Black Swan State Theatre Company, in collaboration with the National Theatre of China. (...)
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Wednesday 03 |
A public lecture by Ben H. Shepherd, 2016 Fred Alexander Fellow and reader in History at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland.
The German army is widely regarded as having been the most skilled and effective land-based fighting force of World War II, but also one whose reputation is (...)
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Wednesday 17 |
Lions Eye Institute (LEI) is giving you an opportunity to speak to and hear from some of the best eye doctors and researchers at an event organised during the National Science Week. This event will be divided into two sessions. In the first session you will be able to have a round-table discussion (...)
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Thursday 18 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - SELF MADE CITY: New Urban Development Strategies and Housing Typologies
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The Annual Dean’s Lecture, (Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts) by Kristien Ring, architect, curator and author.
With more and more people moving to urban centres worldwide, new solutions for growth are needed: strategies for densification that actually improve and (...)
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Monday 22 |
In this public lecture, sleep physician and researcher Matthew Naughton will highlight the importance of quality sleep and the health consequences of sleep deprivation.
Sleep is a crucial ingredient for a healthy life, in addition to a sensible diet and regular activity. In this current (...)
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Tuesday 23 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Use of the Term "Freedom" in Diplomatic Discourse of the Renaissance Dubrovnik : Part of the 'What's new in the Medieval?' lecture series
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A public lecture by Valentina Zovko, Australian Government Endeavour Fellow, based at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, UWA.
This lecture analyses the appearance and usage of the term "freedom" in speeches given by the Dubrovnik's Renaissance ambassadors (...)
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September 2016
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Monday 05 |
Visit UWA from 5 – 9 September for UWA Research Week and imagine what is possible when we showcase UWA research and its impact on local and global communities.
With over 50 events it is a great opportunity for people to come and see the sorts of problems we are working on, the (...)
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Wednesday 14 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Water for Western Australia's Future : 2016 ATSE Eminent Speaker Series
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A public lecture by Sue Murphy, CEO, Water Corporation of Western Australia and the 2016 ATSE Eminent Speaker.
Southwest WA has been hit by climate change harder and faster than nearly anywhere else on the planet.
Since the 1970's, Perth's rainfall has reduced such that last (...)
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Monday 19 |
The 2016 Rio Tinto Lecture by Adjunct Professor Bruce Harvey BSc(Hons), MBA, MAusIMM, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, and Director of 'resolution88’.
Social Performance considerations in the extractive sector include securing social consent to access (...)
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October 2016
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Tuesday 11 |
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 19 |
A public lecture by Lino Pertile, the Carl A. Pescosolido Professor of Romance Languages and Literature, Harvard University.
Is there a degree of suffering and degradation beyond which a man or a woman ceases to be a human being? A point beyond which our spirit dies and only pure (...)
18:15 - FREE LECTURE - School of Music presents - The 2016 Callaway Lecture: Martyn Evans : Music, embodiment and the imagination – for good or ill
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The Callaway Lecture is one of the most prestigious events on the School of Music calendar. Over the last two decades, a host of distinguished speakers have taken to the podium to deliver their thoughts on subjects as broad ranging as the effects of music on the mind, and the place of music in the (...)
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Monday 24 |
The 2016 Manning Clark House Day of Ideas will focus on the theme ‘Framing the West’.
Hosted by the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies, ‘Framing the West’ will address the ways in which understandings, ideas and imaginings about Western Australia have been shaped and framed by (...)
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Wednesday 26 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The How and the Why of Live Cells Imaging in the Retina : current trends in the clinical and basic research
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A public lecture by Robert J. Zawadzki, Assistant Research Professor, Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis.
Routine imaging of live cells in the human eye is one of the great achievements of modern Optical Engineering that has been just recently accomplished in both clinical (...)
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November 2016
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Wednesday 09 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Theories of Art/Theories of Terror. Avant-garde, Totalitarianism, and Post-Structuralist Epilogue.
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A public lecture by Professor Anatoly Rykov, St Petersburg State University and 2016 Institute of Advanced Studies Short Stay Visiting Fellow.
In this public lecture Professor Anatoly Rykov will address the convergence between totalitarian (proto-fascist) discourses and early avant-garde (...)
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Wednesday 16 |
A public lecture by Kishan Dholakia, Professor of Physics, University of St Andrews and 2016 Institute of Advanced Studies Short Stay Visiting Fellow.
Light is incredible. It has formed the basis of so many advances in the world around us, including revolutionising the way we communicate (...)
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Wednesday 23 |
A public lecture by Ben Derudder, Professor of Human Geography, Ghent University and 2016 Institute of Advanced Studies Short Stay Visiting Fellow.
In this public lecture, Dr Ben Derudder will use the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network’s state-of the-art methodology (...)
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