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March 2018
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Saturday 24 |
10:00 - WORKSHOP - Urban Sketching at UWA (Workshop 2) : Quick on the Draw: Speed-Sketching Techniques with Line and Colour
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Quick on the Draw: Speed-Sketching Techniques with Line and Colour
A full-day workshop with Lynne Chapman
The Workshop:
‘Capturing the moment’ is what urban sketching is all about, but one of the most tricky challenges with this, is the need to work quickly. There are many practical (...)
Celebrate Banchieri’s 400th anniversary in a unique concert experience featuring the Conservatorium’s newest voice ensemble – Concordia Vocalis.
Joined by percussion, guitar and brass students, with narration by Italian Studies students, Banchieri’s Festino (Festival for the (...)
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Sunday 25 |
10:00 - EVENT - Perth Upmarket : Perth’s premier quarterly market for original and handcrafted wares.
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Perth Upmarket is Perth’s premier quarterly market for original and handcrafted wares. The market brings together over 180 of Perth’s most talented artists, designers, craftsmen and gourmets all under one roof at the University of Western Australia’s Winthrop Hall. Incorporating a dedicated (...)
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Monday 26 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Encountering: The Conceptual Body, or a Theory of When, Where, and How Art �Means�
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A public lecture by Amelia Jones, the Robert A. Day Professor, Roski School of Art and Design, University of Southern California.
In this lecture, Professor Jones will argue that, from our current point of view, in which we are rethinking the value of the radical rights movements of the (...)
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Tuesday 27 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Gulf Politics: The Emergence of Saudi-Iranian Rivalry
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The current Saudi-Iranian Cold War presents one of the most significant and destabilizing dilemmas in the Middle East today. In this talk Dr. Ben Rich will discuss the current hegemonic competition occurring in the Persian-Arabian Gulf between these two great powers, exploring its basis (...)
18:00 - BOOK LAUNCH - Free Event: North Korea's Missile Stand-off: Prepare For War : The Perth USAsia Centre and Black Inc. will be launching the second issue of Australian Foreign Affairs - Trump in Asia: The New World Order.
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This second issue brings together some of this country's best minds to examine the United States' sudden shift from the "Asia Pivot" to "America First". It provides insights into Donald Trump's White House and explores how his unpredictable approach to international affairs is (...)
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Wednesday 28 |
17:30 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Converge | Improvisation : Nicholas Bannan & James ledger
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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.
This week (...)
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Thursday 29 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar : The Application of 2D Morphometrics on Ceramic Assemblages: An Example from Călineşti-Oaş, an Early Neolithic Site in Northwest Romania
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The present study is centred on the analysis of ceramic breakage and alteration approached through 2D morphometric computational techniques. Just like sediment particles, the size and shape of a fragment is altered under conditions of abrasion and breakage. While some of these conditions can occur (...)
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April 2018
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Wednesday 04 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Resisting the Orientalization of the Enemy: Korean Americans, Japanese American Incarceration, and Moral Imagination on the Homefront during World War II
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A public lecture by Lili M. Kim, Associate Professor of History and Global Migrations, School of Critical Social Inquiry, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA and 2017-2018 Fulbright Senior Scholar, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea.
World War II, often referred (...)
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Thursday 05 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Allegories for Meditation and Self-Reflection in the Elite Renaissance Home
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A public lecture by Dr Elizabeth Reid, Researcher in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.
The paintings that decorated the Renaissance home were not solely intended for aesthetic appreciation, but for moral instruction. This talk will take a small selection of the (...)
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Friday 06 |
7:15 - PUBLIC TALK - Business Strategies for the Indo-Pacific Era : This exclusive breakfast will focus on assisting Western Australian businesses to develop a comprehensive business strategy to be a part of the unprecedented economic rise of ASEAN, India and the wider Indo-Pacific region.
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In collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Perth USAsia Centre and the Australian Institute of International Affairs WA, please join us to hear from senior policy, business and industry leaders, for a business breakfast focused on the opportunities for Western Australia to (...)
UWA Music and the WA Music Teachers' Association (WAMTA) are delighted to welcome London based Australian classical pianist Victor Sangiorgio back to WA.
With his London debut described by The Times as “poetic perfection”, Sangorgio is sure to enchant.
The program will (...)
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Sunday 08 |
10:00 - OPEN DAY - UWA Health Campus Open Day : Come along to the UWA Health Campus Open Day on Sunday 8 April to find out all about the health related courses on offer. Meet staff and current students, and discover courses available in areas like medicine, biomedical engineering, sports science and psychology.
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Are you interested in studying health care or pursuing a career in the fast-growing and in-demand health industry? UWA is holding a Health Campus Open Day on Sunday 8 April for prospective students to find out all about the health related courses on offer in areas like medicine, biomedical (...)
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Tuesday 10 |
Sri Lanka: Legacies of nationalism, national identity and the future of Sri Lankan Muslims
The Sri Lankan Muslims are the descendants of Arab traders who began visiting Sri Lanka during the 7th-century. Since their early settlements, the Sri Lankan Muslims have lived in harmony among (...)
A public lecture by Bob White, Professor of English and Cultural
Studies, UWA.
The subject of war in Elizabethan literature, and Shakespeare’s plays in
particular, has attracted sustained attention from a variety of
perspectives. However, it is usually treated in the light of military
m (...)
19:30 - TALK - Friends of the UWA Library : Herman Goering and the Bunbury Solicitor, A Ding Dong Dogfight
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Adolph Hitler and Hermann Goering were one of the most evil combinations of the20th century but they very nearly didn’t make it as a pair. Goering, who created the dreaded Gestapo in Nazi Germany at the time of World War ll and was a key figure in the “final solution” of exterminating the (...)
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Wednesday 11 |
8:00 - SEMINAR - 21st International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings : This seminar represents a valuable opportunity for academics, designers, practitioners, consultants and suppliers to discuss best practice, improved methods and technology, all with an emphasis on safety, efficiency and environmental impact.
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The Australian Centre for Geomechanics initiated the series of international seminars on Paste and Thickened Tailings (P&TT) in 1999. Since then the seminars have become an influential and respected annual event which provides an excellent forum to bring together tailings and mine waste (...)
13:00 - TALK - The Virgin, the Madame, and the Greenie Girlie-man: an art scholar�s tale. : A Talking Allowed event with Dr Ann Schilo, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University.
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Kehinde Wiley’s recent official portrait of the former US president, Barack Obama, has caused debate over dinner tables and in conference rooms. Looking unlike the conventional figure of conservative, patriarchal power, Obama is pictured seated, amidst a forest of flora. While it has been (...)
A public lecture by Mark McKenna, Research Fellow, History, University of Sydney.
The UWA Institute of Advanced Studies, City of Perth Library and Boffins Books are pleased to present Mark McKenna, author of 'Moment of Truth: History and Australia’s Future' in 'Quarterly Essay 69'.
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Thursday 12 |
17:30 - EVENT - Special Event with Her Excellency the High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ms Margaret Adamson
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Centre for Muslim States and Societies and AIIA WA is co-organising a special event with Her Excellency the High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ms Margaret Adamson.
Pakistan turned 70 in August last year. It is situated in a region of historically overlapping and competing power projections (...)
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