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Displaying from Wednesday, September 19, 2018
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September 2018
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Wednesday 19 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Explorer�s Self-discovery: Matthew Flinders� Correspondence with Mauritian friends during, and after, his imprisonment on Isle de France (1803-1814)
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A public lecture by Professor Serge Rivière, 2018 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
Throughout seven years of exile, which was marked by frustration and hope, followed by disillusionment and anger born of an inability to influence events and an increasing sense of (...)
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Thursday 27 |
The City of Perth Library, UWA Institute of Advanced Studies and Boffins Books, are delighted to present Gillian Triggs on 'Speaking Up'.
As president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs advocated for the disempowered, the disenfranchised, the marginalised. She withstood (...)
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October 2018
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Monday 01 |
This symposium will highlight the potential of the environmental humanities in Western Australia today by bringing together a diverse group of scholars to exchange ideas about interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary ecological research in the Southwest region, the State and internationally. < (...)
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Tuesday 02 |
A public lecture by Michael Corballis, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Auckland.
From the Bible to Chomsky, language is a miracle, unique to humans, and emerging as a single event, initially in a single individual, within the past 100,000 years.
In this lecture (...)
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Thursday 04 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - A Scandalous Empire : The 2018 Fred Alexander Lecture by Professor Kirsten McKenzie
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The 2018 Fred Alexander Lecture by Kirsten McKenzie, Professor of History, University of Sydney.
A serial imposter swindles his way through the colony of New South Wales claiming to be a British lord. An activist lawyer is lauded for exposing illegal slave dealing – until he is (...)
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Friday 05 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Happily Single? It May Depend on Where You Live: how families shape single women�s well-being in three East Asian cities
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A public lecture by Lynne Nakano, Professor, Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and 2018 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
The age of first marriage has been rising around the world but nowhere more rapidly than in East Asia. In contrast to patterns of (...)
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Wednesday 10 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - A day in the life of Sinead � how technology makes all the difference
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A public lecture by Sinead Quinn, Occupational Therapist / Assistive Technology Consultant.
Come and listen to how Sinead, an Occupational Therapist and a person who has low vision, is using technology to make everyday life easier. When it comes to every day activities such as accessing (...)
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Thursday 11 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Living Flesh: splendour, sex and sickness on the surface of the skin : Presented by the UWA Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, the Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group, the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, and the IAS.
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A public lecture by Lisa Beaven, Lecturer in Art History, La Trobe University and 2018 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
Presented by the UWA Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, the Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group, the ARC Centre of Excellence for the (...)
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Friday 12 |
The City of Perth Library, UWA Institute of Advanced Studies, Perth Festival and Boffins Books, are delighted to present Leigh Sales on 'Any Ordinary Day'.
As a journalist, Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of the media (...)
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Tuesday 16 |
A public lecture by Andrea Gaynor, Associate Professor of History at The University of Western Australia.
Community gardens, school vegetable gardens, apiaries and micro-farms are popping up in cities and towns at unprecedented rates, as communities worldwide seek better food security (...)
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Wednesday 24 |
A public lecture by Rodney Lokaj, Chair of Italian Philology, University of Enna “Kore”, Sicily.
The lecture will seek to promote understanding of Dante’s Comedy (ca.1307-1321) as an attempt at reconciliation. A poetic text largely conceived and written in exile, reconciliation was (...)
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Thursday 25 |
An 'All at Sea' public lecture by Professor Christophe Gaudin, Head of Oceans Graduate School and Director Wave Energy Research Centre.
Energy security is a critical issue in the 21st century and marine renewable energy resources are an important component of the blue economy agenda in (...)
A public lecture by Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne and 2018 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
Concept meanings refuse to stand still. They move around over time reflecting changes in culture and society. In this talk, Professor Haslam will (...)
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Monday 29 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Mobile Museum: botanical exchanges between the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Australia
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A public lecture by Mark Nesbitt, Curator and Senior Research Leader in economic botany at Kew Gardens.
The Museum of Economic Botany opened at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1847. As a display of useful plants and their products, it met two very Victorian aims: to be a bridge between (...)
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Tuesday 30 |
A film screening followed by a panel Q&A with Professor Carmen Lawrence (UWA School of Psychological Science), Professor Dawn Bessarab (UWA Medical School), Professor Patricia Dudgeon (UWA School of Indigenous Studies), and Dr Nicholas Bannan (UWA Conservatorium of Music)
Paul (...)
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November 2018
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Thursday 08 |
The Institute of Advanced Studies, City of Perth Library and Boffins Books are delighted to present Kerry O'Brien on his recent book 'A Memoir'.
Join us for this talk with Walkley award winning ABC journalist, Kerry O'Brien, who will reflect on the social and political upheavals he has (...)
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Monday 12 |
A public lecture by Jane Barratt, Secretary General of the International Federation on Ageing (IFA).
In our rapidly ageing world, loneliness is quickly becoming a public health crisis with significant consequences that will impact every Australian in one way or another. Improved life (...)
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Saturday 17 |
9:30 - EVENT - Renovation of a Nation : The Manning Clark House Day of Ideas presented by Holmes à Court Gallery@ No.10
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Many Australians today know little about the history of their nation. This lack of knowledge contributes to discord and unsettled relationships within our country. It is time to address the past in order to create a better future, not only for our ourselves but for generations to come. The interest (...)
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Wednesday 21 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Happily Single? It May Depend on Where You Live: how families shape single women�s well-being in three East Asian cities
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This talk will examine why the experience of singlehood differs in the three cities of Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo. Professor Nakano will argue that as the state has stepped back from control over the intimate spaces of family life, families have become the primary medium through which singlehood (...)
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Monday 26 |
A public lecture by Professor Olivier Vanderhaeghe, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse 3 and Adjunct Director of the Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET) laboratory and 2018 UWA Robert and Maude Gledden Senior Visiting Fellow.
Mountain belts have always intrigued human beings (...)
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