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Displaying from Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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September 2011
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Wednesday 14 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Sarah Bowdich Lee (1791-1856) - the Arts of Pioneering in Nineteenth-Century Natural Science
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A public lecture by Professor Mary Orr, Professor of French, University of Southampton, UK.
The website of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences offers a rare glimpse of Sarah’s exquisite drawings and her life devoted to natural science:
‘Sarah Bowdich (1791-1856) (...)
18:00 - FREE LECTURE - Masdar, World's First Carbon Neutral City? : Free lecture by Sasha Ivanovich
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Sasha Ivanovich has travelled to the UAE to study the amazing city of Masdar, hailed to be the world's first carbon neutral city.
The lecture will be followed by drinks.
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Thursday 15 |
A three day event bringing together early modern theatre historians to discuss and perform 'old emotions on the New Fortune stage'. It includes a free performance of Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV, directed by Dr Rob Conkie (La Trobe), at 2pm on Friday 16th September on the New Fortune stage.
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14:00 - EVENT - Talk and poetry reading: As is Painting, so is Poetry. : Discussion on the perceived relationship between painting and poetry by leading WA poets.
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Assoc. Prof. Glen Phillips (ECU) and John Ryan, PhD candidate (ECU) examine the relationship between painting and poetry through a discussion of two works from the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery's current exhibition, Recent Part: Sydney Nolan's 'The Snake' and 'Flower panels [Paradise Garden]' (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - St Thomas More College Chair of Jesuit Studies Lecture : Miracles - The Resurrection in the 21st Century
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A public lecture by Father Gerald O’Collins, SJ, AC, Emeritus Dean of Theology, Gregorian University of Rome.
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, bible scholars, novelists, philosophers, scientists, and theologians have continued to probe the story of the resurrection (...)
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Friday 16 |
9:00 - SEMINAR - Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series: Live H. pylori for vaccine delivery: Evaluation of candidate recipient strains in humans
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13:00 - SEMINAR - DVCR Lunchtime Seminar Series : Socialising your Research
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Dear Colleagues,
You are all invited to the next in the series of the DVCR Prof Robyn Owens’ Lunchtime Seminars.
Title: Socialising your Research - publishing a paper is just the start…
Guest Speakers:
Prof Stephan Lewandowsky – Professorial Fellow, School of Psychology
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13:00 - SEMINAR - Guest Seminar: Prof Gerald O'Collins SJ : 'The Case of Philip Pullman'
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This year's St Thomas More College Chair of Jesuit Studies, Professor Gerald O'Collins SJ AC, will examine the impact of Philip Pullman's popular adaptations of the life of Christ. Professor O'Collins is widely regarded as one of Australia's leading theologians, having taught at the Gregorian (...)
15:00 - Colloquium - Different attentional blink tasks reflect distinct information processing limitations: An individual differences approach
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To study the temporal dynamics and capacity-limits of attentional selection and encoding researchers often employ the attentional blink (AB) phenomenon: subjects’ impaired ability to report the second of two targets in a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) stream they appear within 200-500ms (...)
15:00 - Colloquium - Different attentional blink tasks reflect distinct information processing limitations: An individual differences approach
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To study the temporal dynamics and capacity-limits of attentional selection and encoding researchers often employ the attentional blink
(AB) phenomenon: subjects’ impaired ability to report the second of two targets in a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) stream they appear within 200-500ms (...)
17:15 - SEMINAR - UWA BUSINESS SCHOOL PANORAMA SERIES : Global, National and WA Banking Perspectives
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This seminar will introduce the ideas and concepts of:
1)Economics – interest rates, exchange rates, loan markets
2)Banking and the resources industry
3)Banking and diversity in the workplace
Presenters:
Damon Goodall - Senior Dealer, Global (...)
18:30 - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - SECOND ORDINARY MEETING OF CONVOCATION 2011 : SECOND 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
SECOND ORDINARY MEETING
to be held on Friday, 16 September 2011 at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start in Banquet Hall, University Club, UWA
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Shakespeare and Song: Depictions of Shakespearean Emotions in Arias and Song Artistry!
This exciting program draws on verse by Shakespeare presented both in spoken and sung recitation to explore early modern as well as contemporary understandings of human emotion: passion, hate, joy (...)
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Monday 19 |
12:00 - EVENT - Lung Institute of WA Medical Research Seminar : The molecular pathology of the innate immune system in treated HIV infection.
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Prof French is a physician/scientist who holds the positions of Winthrop Professor of Clinical Immunology in the School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UWA and Consultant Clinical Immunologist at Royal Perth Hospital and PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Perth.
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Tuesday 20 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - 2011 Warren Jones Oration : “The Decade Ahead – Challenges for Australian Health and Medical Research”
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The Warren Jones Oration is given annually by an esteemed speaker of international significance, to inspire us to follow in Warren Jone’s footsteps and contribute to a better world. Enrty is free, but bookings are essential, via Jacky Jarrett.
Professor Douglas Hilton PhD FAA FTSE (Dir (...)
A public lecture by William Forde Thompson, Professor and Head, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, NSW
Professor Bill Thompson is one of the world’s foremost scholars in the area of music psychology. Together with other researchers he has demonstrated that emotional (...)
18:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - School of Music presents International Research Seminar - An Institute of Advanced Studies Power of Music Public Lecture
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Emotional communication in song and speech
Professor Bill Thompson is one of the world’s foremost scholars in the area of music psychology. Together with other researchers he has demonstrated that emotional communication is a multimodal process that operates similarly in both music and (...)
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Wednesday 21 |
Recent decades have seen a rapid increase in urban development throughout
Perth. Such expansion has resulted in the unfortunate removal of large
amounts of endemic vegetation.
The vegetation that is retained is often already predisposed to premature decline, and is further impacted (...)
18:30 - PRESENTATION - Engineering Information Evenings : If your passion is to become an engineer, then give yourself a great career start and study engineering at UWA.
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A UWA engineering qualification combines practical and theoretical learning in an exciting and engaging environment that will make you a sought-after graduate, with an internationally recognised education.
To find out more about how to become an engineer, come along to one of our free (...)
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Thursday 22 |
18:30 - FREE LECTURE - The Making of Hong Kong: From Vertical to Volumetric : A free public lecture by Professor Tom Kvan.
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This lecture examines one of the most intense cities in the world. Hong Kong's irregular coastline and steep terrain has resulted in built-up areas that are compact. rich in spatial experience, all parts close to hills and water and connected by an exceptional public transport system.
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