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April 2018
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Friday 27 |
Facilitated by an experienced Learning Designer, this one-day workshop is a great practical opportunity for new and current teaching staff at UWA to experience the unit design process.
You and your colleagues will participate in a number of sequential collaborative tasks which will allow (...)
18:30 - EVENT - We�ve been here before - An Evening in Conversation with Nyoongar Elder Dr Noel Nannup and Professor Fiona Stanley, with Professor Carmen Lawrence as MC
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We’ve been here before - An Evening in Conversation with Nyoongar Elder Dr Noel Nannup and Professor Fiona Stanley, with Professor Carmen Lawrence as MC.
We find ourselves at a crossroads.
'Business as usual' is no longer sufficient to address the interconnected crises of (...)
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May 2018
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Tuesday 01 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Collective Power and Potential of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women and girls: recognising their human rights in achieving gender equity : The 2018 Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture by June Oscar AO, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.
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In April 2017, June Oscar AO became the first woman to be appointed as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). Commissioner Oscar has made the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls a (...)
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Wednesday 02 |
The stance of Islam regarding certain issues relating to women has remained a hot subject of debate, especially in the last few centuries. Although Islam does not support the basic tenets of the feminist movement, it must be conceded that this movement has served to create awareness in the educated (...)
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Thursday 03 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar : A Suite of Sweeping Changes in Late Prehistory: an Interdisciplinary-Archaeological Approach to Pastoral Adaptations in Northern Mongolia's Darkhad Depression
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Ongoing research in the Darkhad Depression of Huvsgul Province has helped to illuminate the changing settlement patterns, economic strategies, and socio-political developments that took place as the hunter-gatherers of the region began to incorporate pastoralism into their traditional lifeways (...)
A public lecture by Giuliana Costa, Associate Professor of Sociology, Politecnico di Milano, Italy and 2018 Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
A great many of us will be in need of care during our lifetime, mainly when we grow old. It is likely we will have to gather together (...)
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Friday 04 |
9:00 - EVENT - Conference on Radicalisation and De-radicalisation: Post-ISIS
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Three years ago, ISIS claimed a cross-border caliphate stretching over vast swathes of north-western Iraq and eastern Syria. Fascinated by its rise, Muslim youths from all corners rapidly joined its cause. After three years of shocking violence, ISIS has faced major setbacks and has been in retreat (...)
9:00 - CONFERENCE - Radicalisation and de-radicalisation: Post-ISIS? : A CMSS Conference
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Three years ago, ISIS claimed a cross-border caliphate stretching over vast swathes of north-western Iraq and eastern Syria. Fascinated by its rise, Muslim youths from all corners rapidly joined its cause. After three years of shocking violence, ISIS has faced major setbacks and has been in retreat (...)
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : Reading Hokusai’s Manga in Nineteenth-Century France
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This presentation examines the early reception and popularity of Katsushika Hokusai’s Manga in late nineteenth-century Paris. A multi-volume series of diverse illustrations, the Manga arrived in France during a moment of cultural transition, and this talk will examine how the French (...)
14:30 - EVENT - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar : Buying the nation and beyond: discursive dilemmas in debates around cosmopolitan consumption
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This paper (a chapter from a recent edited collection on Cosmopolitanism, Markets and Consumption) explores the question of how people articulate (and challenge) the notion of ‘buying national’, and the extent to which they express a preference for cosmopolitan consumption. After an overview of (...)
We launch the next season at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery with the opening of three new exhibitions.
Stewart Scambler: Fragment presents a new body of work, a striking assembly of large-scale sculptural forms and murals inspired by potter Stewart Scambler's recent journey through the (...)
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Saturday 05 |
10:00 - EVENT - Perth Upmarket : Perth’s premier quarterly market for original and handcrafted wares.
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Calling all brides-to-be...
If you’re getting married in Perth, put Wedding Upmarket in your diary now as we will be showcasing more than 50 handpicked local designers to help you create a bespoke celebration.
Western Australia is home to hundreds of creatives, but sometimes (...)
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Tuesday 08 |
A public lecture by Andrew Lynch, Professor of English and Cultural Studies, UWA.
The middle ages acquired a higher cultural prestige in nineteenth-century ideas of English national heritage. Literature exemplifying the spirit of medieval ‘chivalry’ was called on to offer behavioural (...)
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Wednesday 09 |
17:30 - CANCELLED - BOOK LAUNCH - Book Launch and Garden Opening: The New Fortune Theatre : Help celebrate the launch of The New Fortune Theatre and opening of The Shakespeare Garden
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Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.
This event has been cancelled due to scheduled works that affect the site.
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UWA Publishing and The Centre for the History of Emotions warmly invite you to the book launch of The New Fortune Theatre: That (...)
17:30 - MASTERCLASS - UWA Music presents Converge | Guitar Masterclass with Jonathan Fitzgerald
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Join us each week for a delightful musical surprise! From young artist-led concerts to informal musical drinks on the famous grassy knoll, behind-the-scenes workshops, lectures and masterclasses, these free weekly musical experiences will delight all music lovers.
Masterclasses are an (...)
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Friday 11 |
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents Free Lunchtime Concert | The Winthrop Singers and Pi�ata Percussion
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Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.
This week, be transported by the divine voices of the Winthrop Singers, supported by special guests Piñata (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar : Monsters, dogs, blackfellas, and whitefellas: An ethnographic riddle about seeing and unseeing from central Australia
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The main aims of this paper are to (1) familiarise you with some diverse strands of my research, and (2) start a discussion about how they interface. Since 1994, I have been undertaking research with Warlpiri people, in the town of Yuendumu in central Australia. Yuendumu is one of four Warlpiri (...)
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Monday 14 |
8:00 - COURSE - Practical Rock Mechanics in Mining Short Course : This course is designed to develop specific open pit and underground mining geomechanics competencies for mine geologists and engineers so their contribution to mine site geomechanics programmes is enhanced.
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This course is designed to develop specific open pit and underground mining geomechanics competencies for mine geologists and engineers so their contribution to mine site geomechanics programmes is enhanced. The course could be of particular benefit to geomechanics personnel with limited practical (...)
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Tuesday 15 |
12:30 - DISTINGUISHED VISITOR - Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series: UWA Visiting Professor Dame Jill Macleod-Clark : Imagine a different future - is the time up for traditional Health Professional roles?
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The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences welcomes UWA Visiting Professor Prof. Dame Jill Macleod-Clark from the University of Southampton, to present 'Imagine a different future - is the time up for traditional Health Professional roles?'
Join us for light refreshments at the conclusion of the (...)
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Wednesday 16 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Savonarola and Botticelli: the visionary prophet and the penitent painter
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A public lecture by Arvi Wattel, School of Design, The University of Western Australia.
After the French invasion in 1494, the Florentine people revolted against its de facto rulers and exiled the Medici family from Florence. Subsequently, the followers of the Dominican preacher Girolamo (...)
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