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Displaying from Friday, May 17, 2013
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May 2013
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Friday 17 |
7:15 - EVENT - CMSS Breakfast Panel Discussion: Pakistan After the Elections. : CMSS is holding breakfast with a panel discussion to address what challenges may face the new Pakistan Government?
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The Pakistan Elections on 11 May 2013 have brought the Pakistan Muslim League (N) back to power with Nawaz Sharif becoming Prime Minister for the third time. What are the challenges being faced by the new government, and how it is likely to respond?
The speakers will be:
Winthrop (...)
15:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Implications of the way we live : Public talk with Professor Jorg Imberger
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By way of introduction I will review the legacy of the last 100 years of "progress. Anthropogenic emissions have triggering new carbon emission loops. destruction of habitats is leading to species instabilities with potential impacts on food production, globalization & increasing wealth (...)
Callaway Series is unreserved and ticketed at the door. All tickets are $10.00.
Doors open 15 minutes prior to the event.
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Sunday 19 |
14:30 - PRESENTATION - �Well Versed� Poetry Readings for the UWA Historical Society
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Join us for a reading of works by UWA graduates and former staff members including Austin Bibby, Colebatch, Ewers, Hasluck, Hewett, Haskell, Kinsella, Murdoch, O’Brien, Stow, Templeman, Warnock, Zwicky and others.
Well versed readers are Faith Clayton, Joan Pope, Valerie Melrose, David (...)
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Tuesday 21 |
The Co-op UWA May Clearance Sale Last days!
Clearance stock of fiction, non-fiction and academic reference titles including dental, forensic psychology and Linguistics titles at $10, $5 and $2. Co-op members also receive Member discount off Sale Prices.
Selected stationery at 50% off RRP.
13:00 - SEMINAR - Teaching in a virtual world, Building a virtual school on the UWA campus in Second Life : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Seminar: The Vice Chancellor has called for “a full review of pedagogic purpose and practice in 2013, with the aim of introducing new pedagogies from the beginning of 2015” this aim was subsequently approved by the Academic Board. Unfortunately the primary driver for such change is often (...)
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - School of Music presents: Research Seminar Series - Eva-Marie Middleton
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Eva-Marie Middleton: Choral Performances of the Past
The archive of recorded music available for academic study now extends back for over a century. One of the avenues of study provided by this resource is a stark portrayal of differences in performance style over that period. This (...)
19:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Information Evening on the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admissions Test (UMAT) : This test is required for domestic School Leaver pathways to medicine and dentistry
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The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) will conduct a UMAT information session for Year 12 students sitting the UMAT in 2013. This test is required for the domestic School Leaver Pathways to medicine and dentistry. Faculty staff will also be attendance.
Year 12 students (...)
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Wednesday 22 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Effects of reservoir operations on the biogeochemistry of Deadwood Reservoir, USA
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Deadwood Reservoir was created in 1931 by impoundment of the Deadwood River by Deadwood Dam. It is located in west-central Idaho, USA, at approximately 1600 m above sea level, in an extremely harsh environment where winter temperatures regularly reach 30 degrees below zero. The U.S. Bureau of (...)
A public lecture by Professor Burdett Loomis,
Fulbright Flinders University Distinguished Chair in
American Political Science.
The American political system was not designed to produce speedy or highly responsive policy-making. Given the US’s separation-of-powers structure, a grossly (...)
19:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Information Evening for Prospective Graduate Applicants to Medicine
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The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences will be hosting an evening for university students and graduates interested in studying the Doctor of Medicine (MD)course.
Applicants who have already completed a bachelor degree or those who will complete a bachelor degree in 2013 (...)
20:00 - PERFORMANCE - Six Characters in Search of an Author : Theatre students in English and Cultural present Luigi Pirandello's notorious play.
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A play rehearsal is interrupted by the arrival of a divided family who have been abandoned by their creator and are seeking an author, ‘any author’, to give them a ‘definitive artistic form’ so their stories may be staged. While the first performance of Six Characters in Search of an Author (...)
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Thursday 23 |
Free 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm
Choral Evensong with the Winthrop Singers. Feat. Gabrieli's Magnificat, Holst's Nunc Dimitus and Monteverdi's Beatus Vir.
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Friday 24 |
10:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Around the World with Archaeology and Beyond : Informal day of free lecture presentations in celebration of National Archaeology Week
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Current archaeology staff members will give interesting and entertaining insights into their research projects in Australia and around the world. As a special guest and expert in space archaeology, Dr Alice Gorman (Australian Cultural Heritage Management and Flinders University) will take visitors (...)
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Sunday 26 |
In celebration of the University’s centenary, UWA School of Music joins with UWA Choral society for an extravagant evening of sound. As part of the celebration, an orchestra of over 170 will perform Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring on it’s 100th anniversary before being joined on stage by the (...)
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Monday 27 |
Through the UWA Health & Rehabiliation Clinic a variety of Clinical Pilates options are now available to staff and general public!
Clinical Pilates is a form of physical exercise that focuses on posture, balance, control, strength, flexibility, and breathing. It incorporates mat and (...)
12:00 - SEMINAR - LIWA Medical Research Seminar Series : "A microscope in a needle: New technologies to image disease"
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LIWA invites you to a free seminar on: "A microscope in a needle: New technologies to image disease" by A/Professor Robert McLaughlin, Optical+Biomedical Engineering Lab, The University of Western Australia. A light lunch will be served from 12.00pm with a 12.30pm – 1.30pm presentation.
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Shark in Art: creature vs culture : A lecture by Vivienne Westbrook, National Taiwan University
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Sharks have excited the imagination of literary and visual artists for centuries. There are literally thousands of references to sharks in poetry, drama, novels, painting and sculpture. Since the twentieth century they have been appropriated for film, TV and advertising campaigns, but often in ways (...)
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Tuesday 28 |
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - School of Music presents: Research Seminar Series - Victoria Rogers
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Victoria Rogers: John Blacking, Composer
John Blacking (1928–90) made his mark as an ethnomusicologist and social anthropologist and his enduring reputation stems from his work in these areas. Yet his interests were more far reaching and included cognition and language, dance and (...)
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