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Displaying from Tuesday, April 30, 2019
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April 2019
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Tuesday 30 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - UniverCities: Investigating the influence of student accommodation on global cities
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A public lecture by Dr Mark Holton, Lecturer in Human Geography, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth and UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
Accommodating university students has become one of the most pervasive forms of (...)
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May 2019
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Wednesday 01 |
A public lecture by Dr Nicolo Zingales, Deputy Director, Centre for Information Governance Research, University of Sussex and Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
Personal Data Stores aim to help individuals and communities to be the beneficiaries of insights from their data (...)
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Thursday 02 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Humanitarianism, �Aboriginal Protection� and the Politics of Reform in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire : The 2019 Tom Stannage Memorial Lecture
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The 2019 Tom Stannage Memorial Lecture by Amanda Nettelbeck, Professor in History, University of Adelaide.
The desire for humanitarian reform had multiple targets in the post-abolitionist British Empire, and its impacts on imperial policy have been subject to considerable recent interest (...)
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Thursday 09 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Microbes, Minds and Selves: exploring microbiome-gut-brain connections
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A public lecture by Maureen O’Malley, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University of Sydney and UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
Microbes in the gut (‘microbiomes’) are thought to play a major role in producing disorders such as autism, anxiety and (...)
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Tuesday 14 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Venice and the Ottomans: a visual artistic journey between the Serenissima and Istanbul : Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of Italian Studies at UWA
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A public talk by Dr Stefano Carboni, Director, Art Gallery of Western Australia.
The celebrated Venetian painter Gentile Bellini was sent by the Serenissima Republic to spend two years at the court of Mehmet II the Conqueror in Istanbul in 1479. This important moment in the cultural and (...)
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Wednesday 15 |
A public lecture by Jon Blundy, Professor of Petrology, University of Bristol and 2019 UWA Robert and Maude Gledden Senior Visiting Fellow.
In this public lecture Professor Blundy will discuss how our concept of volcanic systems has evolved in the light of recent geophysical and (...)
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Wednesday 22 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Great Impressions � Rembrandt and the History of Printmaking
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A public lecture by Dr Susanne Meurer, School of Design (History of Art), UWA.
Rembrandt features amongst a select group of artists whose work proved influential across various media. He was never “just” a great painter, but also a prolific and innovative printmaker. Over four (...)
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June 2019
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Tuesday 04 |
A public lecture by Alex Edney-Browne, International Relations, University of Melbourne.
Imagine living under the eerie "bnng" of an armed drone circling overhead. Imagine if that was the sound you heard immediately before the explosion that killed your brother or blasted off (...)
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Wednesday 05 |
A public lecture by Margaret Beavis, GP and secretary of the Medical Association for Prevention of War.
In the last few decades there has been an inexorable rise in military themes and influence in Australian society. Anzac Day commemorations have morphed from solemn respectful marches (...)
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Thursday 06 |
A public lecture by Dr Mark Engel, Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Cape Town and 2019 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
Elimination of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Africa is a continental priority, given the great morbidity and mortality associated with the (...)
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Tuesday 11 |
A public lecture by Dr Daniela Liggett, Centre for Antarctic Studies and Research (Gateway Antarctica), University of Canterbury and 2019 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
A mere few centuries ago, the icy continent to our South was the subject of speculation and (...)
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Tuesday 18 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Missing Magnificence: tracing Catherine de Medici�s hidden cultural legacy : Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of Italian Studies at UWA
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A public talk by Professor Susan Broomhall, History, UWA.
2019 is also the 500th anniversary of the birth of Catherine de Medici. As queen consort, regent and queen mother, Catherine dominated sixteenth-century French political life. Embracing her Medici heritage, her cultural projects (...)
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Wednesday 19 |
A public lecture by Arvi Wattel, School of Design (History of Art), UWA.
A recurring image of Rembrandt is that of the solitary painter, retreating ever further into the privacy of his studio over the course of his career. Yet, the opposite could be said as well: Rembrandt was thoroughly (...)
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Tuesday 25 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Russian Media Landscape, 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall
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A public lecture with journalist Yevgenia Albats.
Join us for a special public lecture by Russian journalist Yevgenia Albats, editor-in-chief of the Russian political weekly 'The New Times', who will discuss the changing landscape of the Russian media over last 30 years.
Accord (...)
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July 2019
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Tuesday 09 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Right to Food: A reflection of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Right to Food
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A public lecture by Professor Hilal Elver, Global Distinguished Fellow, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy, UCLA Law School and UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food and 2019 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
71 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human (...)
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Thursday 11 |
A public lecture by Professor Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University; Professor, Orfalea Center of Global and International Studies, University of California Santa Barbara; and previous-UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian (...)
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Tuesday 23 |
A public lecture by Jessica Meeuwig, Professor of Marine Science, The University of Western Australia and 2019 Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering Eminent Speaker.
Oceans are fundamental to life on planet “earth”. Over 72% of the planet’s surface is water; every 2nd (...)
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Wednesday 24 |
A public lecture by Dr Susan Broomhall, School of Humanities (History), UWA.
This lecture explores how the character of Rembrandt van Rijn is interpreted through place, gender and emotions in museums and heritage sites in the Netherlands today. It focuses on the cities of Leiden and (...)
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Wednesday 31 |
A public lecture by David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, School of Natural Sciences,The University of Tasmania.
There is increasing recognition that a focus on understanding wildfire as a narrow physical phenomenon, and the associated pursuit of better predictions (...)
A public lecture by Barry Godfrey, Professor of Social Justice, University of Liverpool and Russell Ward Visiting Professor, University of New England and 2019 UWA Fred Alexander Fellow.
Which worked best, the system of convict transportation or the British home convict service? Between (...)
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