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 April 2012
Saturday 21
14:00 - GUIDED TOUR - UWA Historical Society, Crawley Park Walk : Explore the history of the Crawley Park House and site More Information
Crawley Park House (now known as Shenton House) is significant as a rare surviving Colonial house dating from 1846 and as the initial element of the fabric of the University of Western Australia Crawley Campus in 1914.

The place is historically and socially significant for its origins as a farming property purchased in 1831 and developed by Henry Sutherland, and later owned by George Shenton Jnr.

Assistant Surveyor General Captain Currie had selected the land in 1829 at the time the official party was proceeding to the site selected for the Foundation of Perth. Crawley Park is the name adopted by Sutherland in memory of his mother Maria Crawley. The name changed to Shenton House in 1963, reflecting the long association with the Shenton family.

Crawley Park House has been used by the (former) School of Mining and Engineering, Education, and since 1988 by the School of Indigenous Studies.

The Walk led by Historical Architect, Ron Bodycoat, will explore the history of the site and the house from the 1830s to 2012.

Cost: UWA Historical Society members $5, non-members $10

RSVP by Monday 16 April to Ron Bodycoat.
Thursday 26
10:00 - WORKSHOP - Masterclass: Endoscopic optical imaging technologies : Integrating endoscopic confocal and OCT imaging technologies into biomedical research Website | More Information
The focus of this IAS Masterclass will be on advances in instrumentation for biomedical optical imaging. We will see how improvements in fibre optics, wavelength-swept lasers and miniature optical components improve the resolution, acquisition speed and signal to noise ratio of single fibre endoscopy, confocal micro-endoscopy and optical coherence tomography.

We will begin with a case-study, demonstrating how these imaging technologies can be integrated into research projects in the fields of laryngology and head and neck surgery. We will then review the basic principles behind optical imaging and investigate how each component may be optimized to allow successful translation from the optics lab to the operating room. Participants will have the opportunity to present their research, and explore how to integrate endoscopic confocal imaging and optical coherence tomography into their projects. This class will be of interest to students from any discipline in the physical, biological or medical sciences who wish to understand the new opportunities in high resolution endoscopic optical imaging.

Caroline Boudoux, PhD, Ing. Jr., received a BSc in Engineering Physics from Université Laval (2001). She then pursued graduate studies in biomedical optics at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. She obtained a PhD (2007) for her work on spectrally encoded confocal microscopy under the joint supervision of Brett E. Bouma and Guillermo J. Tearney. She then moved to Paris to study coherent control applied to nonlinear microscopy at École Polytechnique (France) under Emmanuel Beaurepaire and Manuel Joffre before joining the Engineering Physics department of École Polytechnique of Montréal in 2007 as an assistant professor. She is a faculty member of the Biomedical Engineering Institute as well as a researcher at Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal’s Mother and Child Hospital.

13:10 - PERFORMANCE - Lunchtime Concert : UWA Vocal Students Website | More Information
Come along and listen to some of UWA's senior Vocal Students

16:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Moral Pragmatism:Thin Universals and Thick Practices : Second in the 2012 series of the Three Universities Lectures Website | More Information
Given there is no consensus, in the history of philosophy or theology, about how a rational agent ought to solve complex moral dilemmas, Dr. Matthews will advocate that the thick theoretical differences that separate us are not as significant as the thin universals that unite us as rational moral agents. Dr Philip Matthews is Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Coordinator of Philosophy at the School of Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle

18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - The Experience of Combat: Terror and Trauma Website | More Information
A public lecture by Joanna Bourke, Professor of History, Birkbeck College and 2012 UWA Fred Alexander Fellow.

War is atrocious. In this this talk, Professor Joanna Bourke will explore the changing ways in which stories of murderous violence in wartime been told, reflecting on the terror and the trauma.

In conflicts from the First World War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the “body as spectacle” has been central to politics. She will examine the politics of wartime killing and atrocity within so-called progressive societies, unpicking the ways that “our” acts of spectacular cruelty have been narrated. Furthermore, talk of terror, which has a long and familiar history, has become confused with talk of trauma. Finally, she will explore the problems of talking about the experience of meting out state-legitimatised violence in the immediate aftermath of war.

18:00 - PERFORMANCE - ANZAC Service for Peace : Service for Peace with the Winthrop Singers and instrumentalists from the UWA School of Music Website | More Information
A Service for Peace,

featuring

Readings of West Australian war poets

HAYDN's 'Nelson' Mass

performed by the UWA Winthrop Singers with an orchestra made up of members of the School of Music,

led by Winthrop Professor Paul Wright
Friday 27
9:00 - SEMINAR - Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series: Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: immune restoration disease 20 years on More Information
Martyn French will give a talk on "Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: immune restoration disease 20 years on" in the Microbiology & Immunology Seminar room, Friday, 27 April 2012 at 9:00am. Martyn French is a Clinical Immunologist at Royal Perth Hospital and a Winthrop Professor in Clinical Immunology in the School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of the University of Western Australia.

His clinical and research interests over the last 30 years have focussed on primary and secondary immunodeficiency disorders, particularly HIV-induced immunodeficiency. He has made major contributions to clinical trials and HIV immunology research at a national and international level. He has been the Chair of the Immune Based Therapies Working Group and the Antiretroviral Working Group of the Australian National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research and is currently a member of the International Network for Strategic Initiatives in Global HIV Trials and the Immunology Group of that network.

He has conducted research on various aspects of HIV immunology, particularly immune reconstitution and disorders of immune reconstitution in HIV patients receiving antiretroviral therapy. He first described immune restoration disease and has lead research studies on this problem in Australia, Asia and Africa. He also undertakes research on disorders of immune activation and antibody production caused by HIV infection and is currently a member of a NH&MRC program grant team from four Australian universities undertaking research on HIV and HCV immunopathogenesis and vaccines.

18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - 2012 John Toohey Oration, The Need for Reasons : A free lecture given by His Excellency Mr Malcolm McCusker AC CVO QC More Information
It is an inherent characteristic of humans that we want to know the reason for everything.

That “need to know”, to understand the reasons, is not confined to the physical world. It extends to decisions made by another, especially if they affect us.

Who has not, at some time, asked a child to do (or to refrain from doing) something, to be met with the spontaneous and natural human reaction, “But why?”. And who has not, perhaps in frustration caused by repeated requests for reasons, replied “Because I said so”, to then feel guilty; perhaps because you know that you are being authoritarian, have probably engendered a sense of injustice in the child (“That’s not fair!”).

A society in which decisions affecting its citizens are made, without reasons being given, is in danger of its citizens losing respect for such decisions, and causing those affected by them to believe that they have been treated unjustly.

Yet we live in a society in which not all decisions affecting its citizens (often with very serious consequences) must be accompanied by reasons given by the decision-maker.

This public lecture honours the career and contribution to public life of a very distinguished graduate of UWA, Dr John Leslie Toohey who, after graduating in Arts and Law, went on to become one of the State's outstanding legal practitioners and subsequently one of the country's eminent jurists.

The lecture is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

19:30 - EVENT - Artistry! One: : Sensation Website | More Information
In a special partnership with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, emerging artists take to the stage with their mentors to present a program of some of the best-loved music of the classical period. The Winthrop Singers will also join the ensemble in heavenly music. Lead by Paul Wright and Alan Lourens, experience the unique dynamism of this occasion.
Saturday 28
8:00 - EVENT - Chronic Lung Disease and Smoking Cessation : Educational seminar day with presentations from respiratory specialists including W.Prof. Phil Thompson, Dr Peter Bremner and international smoking cesstion expert Dr Hayden McRobbie. Website | More Information
For all members of the health care team including physicians, GPs, pharmacists, nurses, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals.
Sunday 29
15:45 - STUDENT EVENT - Forget us Not : A tribute to Australian and Pakistani troops Website | More Information
There will be two short movies shown, Sound of silence (story of a Pak armed force personnel) and Life in Siachen (where at the present time 135 Pak armed force personnel have been trapped for last 13 days because of an Avalanche)followed by prayers for Australian and Pakistani troops.
Monday 30
12:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - LIWA Medical Research Seminar Series : Prof Jose Porcel presents "Pleural Fluid Biomarkers" Website | More Information
LIWA invites you to a free seminar on: "Pleural Fluid Biomarkers" by Professor Jose Porcel from Department of Internal Medicine, Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital, Spain. Time: 12 noon for light lunch with 12.30pm – 1.30pm presentation.

17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Shale Gas and Fracking: Environmental Saviour or Devil Incarnate? Website | More Information
A public lecture by Derek Elsworth, Professor of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering at Pennsylvania State University & 2012 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Professor-at-Large.

Shale gas is just one of a variety of approaches that may be taken to reduce the carbon footprint of energy use. Fuel switching to the utilization of low-carbon natural gas has proven a natural and economically driven selection. This is promoted by the new-found abundance of large gas deposits in unconventional reservoirs made accessible by recently-improved methods of recovery from these very challenging environments. However utilization requires “fracking” of the low permeability reservoirs, that by its very nature is disruptive and to related concerns for the protection of the environment.

This talk will explore the broad range of issues related to gas production from unconventional resources in the broadest possible context. This will include discussion of environmental protection, energy security and economics, all writ large, at this important nexus of environment, energy and economics.

 May 2012
Tuesday 01
9:00 - EVENT - Co-op Bookshop May Sale : The Co-op Bookshop UWA May Sale ends Thursday Website | More Information
The Co-op Bookshop May Sale ends Thursday May 31st

All Sale stock half marked price this week only. Wide selection of fiction and non-fiction, academic remainders and children's books.

The University Co-operative Bookshop Limited Guild Village, UWA, Nedlands Campus

Opening Hours: 8.45am-5.30pm Mon – Fri and 10.00am-4.00pm Sat

11:45 - EXPO - UWA Student Exchange Fair : A showcase of the Student Exchange Program's partner universities More Information
Did you know that UWA students can go on exchange to USA, Netherlands, Denmark, Singapore, Chile, Norway, China, UK, Germany, Malaysia, Sweden, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, New Zealand, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Korea, Hong Kong and Spain? The annual Student Exchange Fair has proven to be highly successful in the past in making students aware of the opportunities offered by the Student Exchange Program. Many previous exchange students have gained benefits academically, professionally and personally from their participation in an overseas study experience. Many acquired new perspectives in their field of study, developed personal, social and ethical awareness, and an ability to learn from and communicate about their experience.

This will be a chance for staff as well as students, to get all of the information you need about the UWA Student Exchange Program... Plus the chance to meet some of UWA's international partner universities, UWA students who have been on exchange and international exchange students who are currently studying at UWA! Representatives from the following institutions will be in attendance - Stuttgart University, Germany - Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany - HEC Montreal, Canada - Queen's University, Canada - University College Maastricht, The Netherlands - University of Oslo, Norway - Information Centre of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) - The Canadian High Commission - The French Embassy - The Swiss Embassy

19:00 - EVENT - The Australian String Quartet : Exclusive performance by the Australian String Quartet Website | More Information
You will not want to miss the magical experience of the internationally acclaimed Australian String Quartet as they play exclusively for you at the Club.

Established in 1985, the Australian String Quartet has had a major impact on the musical life of Australia, touring widely to capital centres and regional communities and commissioning many works by leading Australian composers. One of Australia’s finest music exports, the Quartet has appeared at international music festivals and toured extensively throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, New Zealand and Asia in recent years. The Quartet is broadcast frequently on ABC Classic FM and regularly records for commercial release.

Don’t miss seeing this intimate performance in the Theatre Auditorium which will be complemented by a sumptuous selection of canapés and the award-winning wines of Fraser Gallop Estate.

Members / Guests $75 Price includes exclusive performance by the Australian String Quartet followed by a canape reception featuring wines by the award-winning Margaret River winery, Fraser Gallop Estate.
Wednesday 02
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents: : An integrated system for high quality water recovery and wastewater treatment Website | More Information
An integrated system for water recovery from most known water resources has been developed.

It is innovative, standard, more economical and simpler than the current operating systems in use for wastewater treatment coupled with water recovery and it uses presently available technologies.

The system is the culmination of more than 25 years of practical and research work in the water & wastewater treatment and hydrometallurgy, with the desire of making the water and wastewater treatments more effective and streamlined.

It suggests a departure from today’s approach to wastewater treatment, by advocating for a shift of the prime purpose of the water treatment from pollutant removal to water recovery, giving a new interpretation to the existing technologies and consolidating existing established engineering advancements and expertise.

PS* This seminar is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

****All Welcome****

18:00 - SYMPOSIUM - Bazm-e-Sarfraz 2012 Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Progressive Thinkers in Pakistan : This year, the Centre for Muslim States and Societies at UWA is celebrating Faiz Ahmed Faiz's centennial year by organizing a symposium on his poetry. This symposium is unique because anyone can participate in a poetry recital/singing competition based on Faiz poetry. Faiz's daughter Moneeza Hashmi will be the judge. More Information
The Symposium organised by the Centre for Muslim States and Societies, commemorates the contribution and services made by Begum Sarfraz Iqbal(1939-2003) to Urdu literature. Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) was one of the leading poets of Pakistan. Listed four times for the Nobel Prize, he is also remembered as an activist for human rights and liberties, a famous journalist, an editor of literary magazines, trade unionist, and a film song writer. He was a close friend and confidant of Begum Sarfraz Iqbal whose book Daman-e-Yusuf celebrates the friendship. Pakistan Government declared 2011 a Centennial for Faiz Ahmed Faiz for the contribution his poetry and ideas have made to progressive thinking in Pakistan. Bazm-e-Sarfraz 2012, held annually to commemorate the contribution and services to Urdu literature by Begum Sarfraz Iqbal (1939-2003) is dedicated to exploring Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s ideas. Moneeza Hashmi, Faiz’s daughter, a TV Producer/Director and the soul behind Faiz Foundation Trust set up for the promotion of Faiz progressive and humanistic ideas will give the keynote address.
Thursday 03
9:00 - EVENT - Careers, Education and Employment Expo : Come and see UWA at the Careers Expo Website | More Information
Come and check out our stand at the Careers, Education and Employment Expo and discover how UWA can help you achieve your study and career goals.

Wondering what's out there after school? Ready to take your job further but not sure where to start? Want to make a new beginning and need some direction? The Careers Expo is for you!

DATES: Thursday 3 - Sunday 6 May 2012

TIMES: Thursday 9:00am - 3:00pm Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm

VENUE: Perth Convention Exhibition Centre

Admission is free for everyone, everyday.

13:10 - PERFORMANCE - Lunchtime Concert: Belinda Callaway (flute) : Belinda Callaway and Adam Pinto present a selection of works for flute and piano, including Prokofiev's Flute Sonata in D major, Op. 94. Website | More Information

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