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Displaying from Friday, March 11, 2011
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March 2011
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Friday 11 |
We live in a rapidly changing world. War and global warming mean that thousands of people worldwide are constantly crossing state boundaries or becoming stateless. Some have been stateless for generations. Australians are used to seeing the victims of the latest war or environmental tragedy on (...)
In Korban Lumpur, a recent video work by Susan Norrie and David Mackenzie, the artists have documented the devastating environmental and human tragedy caused by gas and oil drilling in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia. Rarely reported in the mainstream media, the artists will discuss the impact this (...)
Dr Rainer Haas is Professor at the Ludwig Maximilians-University (LMU), München and Head of the Helicobacter pylori Research Unit at the Max von Pettenkofer Institute. Professor Haas is an expert in the field of bacterial virulence mechanisms and has a distinguished record of international (...)
15:30 - PUBLIC TALK - SymbioticA Friday Seminar > A Reflection on Visceral : A look back at SymbioticA's recent exhibition at Science Gallery, Dublin
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SymbioricA Friday Seminar > A Reflection on Visceral
Date: Friday 11th March 2011
Speakers: Oron Catts, Ionat Zurr, Guy Ben-Ary, Tanya Visosevic et al
Location: SymbioticA Room 228, Level 2 , School of Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA
SymbioticA and (...)
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Saturday 12 |
17:00 - EVENT - Astrofest 2011 : A festival of all things astronomy, with telescopes, science shows, astroart and activities for all.
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Astrofest 2011 will take place on Saturday March 12th at Curtin Stadium on the Curtin University campus in Bentley.
A celebration of astronomy, science and the amazing West Australian night sky, this family friendly event will provide a fun, free and engaging educational experience for (...)
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Sunday 13 |
Over the past few years Bob Birch has travelled regularly to the West Bank, using his camera to document the people and events that he has encountered there. In this candid conversation with long-time friend and exhibition curator Dr Annette Pedersen, Bob discusses some of his experiences in the (...)
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Monday 14 |
The Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute, The Neurological Council of WA and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital as part of,
BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK
Present
NEURO EXPO 2011
E Block Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
March 14th � (...)
13:00 - LECTURE - Who owns music and why should you care? : Public lecture
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In this most timely and relevant lecture, Anthony Seeger, Distinguished Professor of ethnomusicology and Director of the Ethnomusicology Archives at UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) will address issues in Intellectual Property and ethics from an ethnomusicological perspective. His (...)
13:00 - FREE LECTURE - School of Music presents: International Research Seminar - 'Who Owns Music and Why Should You Care?' Professor Anthony Seeger, UCLA
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World-renowned enthomusicologist, nephew of famous folk musician, Pete Seeger. The author addresses issues in Intellectual Property and ethics from an ethnomusicological perspective.
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - From Symbolic Mother to Public Protector: women working in corrective services : The Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture 2011
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Criminal justice is a highly gendered arena. As criminal activity is overwhelmingly a male pre-occupation, organisational responses to it have been (though often implicitly) dominated by gender considerations. Women have always played a significant role in both the care and control of offenders (...)
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Tuesday 15 |
Due to unforseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.
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Wednesday 16 |
16:00 - PUBLIC TALK - **CANCELLED** Hype-omics and the Limits of Biological Reductionism
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Due to unforseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.
16:00 - SEMINAR - Centre for Water Research Seminar : Bubbles emerging from a submerged granular bed
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This lecture explores the phenomena associated with the emergence of gas bubbles from a submerged granular bed. While there are many natural and industrial applications, we focus on the particular circumstances and consequences associated with the emergence of methane bubbles from the beds of lakes (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Galaxy Hunters : Public Lecture by by Professor Patricia Henning, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico
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Professor Trish Henning is a Galaxy Hunter. She uses the largest radio telescope in the world to glimpse distant galaxies, which reveal the large-scale structure of the Universe. Why? Because evidence suggests that galaxies including our own Milky Way are being pulled around by the gravity of (...)
Sifnos, a Greek island in the Aegean, is dotted with the remains of more than fifty towers built in various times so that a watch could be kept over the sea, and signals could be sent from one part of the island to another. Dr Ashton has made a special study of these, and has also become a (...)
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Thursday 17 |
Should governments supplement community organisations for their increased costs? Would that reduce the benefits of outsourcing public services? Will the comparative advantages of not-for-profits relative to private sector providers be narrowed? Will smaller, local organisations be less able to pay (...)
17:30 - PUBLIC TALK - Light rail for Metro Perth? : A discussion with Greens Senator Scott Ludlam.
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The UWA Greens proudly present Light rail for Metro Perth?: A discussion with Greens Senator Scott Ludlam at 5.30pm Thursday 17th March, Arts Lecture Room 5, University of Western Australia.
Scott Ludlam, Greens Senator for WA, has been working with local government, industry and (...)
Due to unforseen circumstances this event has been cancelled.
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Friday 18 |
Jon Tarry’s series of prints and drawings, sculptural constructions, and video installation explore a range of geopolitical relationships that exist between Australia and the rest of the world. In dialogue with Julian Goddard, Head of Art at Curtin University, Jon will discuss some of the (...)
18:30 - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - FIRST ORDINARY MEETING OF CONVOCATION 2011 : FIRST ORDINARY MEETING OF CONVOCATION 2011
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CONVOCATION, THE UWA GRADUATES ASSOCIATION
invites all graduates and other members of Convocation to attend its FIRST ORDINARY MEETING to be held on Friday, 18 March 2011 at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start in University Club, UWA
Reports will be presented by the Vice-Chancellor, the (...)
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