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Events for the public
 September 2012
Friday 28
15:00 - SYMPOSIUM - Symposium with APS Visitors : Visitors participate in Mini Symposium Website | More Information

15:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Can science be successfully 'performed' or are we just kidding ourselves? : Public talk with Vivienne Glance Website | More Information
If theatre is conceit, can science really be performed or are playwrights and performance makers up to something else?

Vivienne Glance has recently returned from a writer's residency with The Arts Catalyst London and will share that experience with you as well as outline some of the writing techniques, provocations and dramaturgy behind successful science plays and performance works. She will also talk about her own works, Staring at the Sun, which had a reading in London in 2012, and The Cat in the Box, which performed to full houses at The Blue Room Theatre in WA this year.

Vivienne Glance is a writer and theatre practitioner with over 20 years experience. She also has a Bachelor of Science degree. Combining science and performance has been a focus of her theatre practice for many years, and she recently consolidated this through her PhD research.

 October 2012
Monday 01
14:00 - GUIDED TOUR - UWA Crawley Campus Tour 1 October 2012 : An enjoyable and informative walking tour of UWA's Crawley Campus Website | More Information
The Prospective Students Office is providing a guided walking tour of UWA's Crawley Campus on the Queen's Birthday long weekend Monday public holiday (1 October 2012).

These tours are for prospective students who would like to find out more about studying at UWA whilst taking in the beautiful gardens and buildings at the Crawley campus.

The tour will include a stop at the Admissions Centre & Prospective Students Office, where you will be able to collect information and course brochures, and find out more about what life is like for our students.

Parents are also welcome to attend.

Tours run for approximately one hour and are available at various times throughout the year after business hours, in the school holidays, and on public holidays, so there is bound to be a time that suits you and your family!

19:00 - EVENT - UWA Information Session in Melbourne : The University of Western Australia invites prospective Australian and international students residing in Melbourne to attend an information evening to learn more about studying at UWA. Website | More Information
If you reside in Melbourne and are considering applying for an undergraduate, postgraduate coursework or research degree at the University of Western Australia, you may wish to attend our information session on Monday, 1 October 2012 at the Crowne Plaza, Melbourne.

You will have the opportunity to learn about the range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses offered at the University and hear from staff and graduates about the advantages of studying at UWA and living in Perth.

University staff from the following areas will be presenting and available to meet one-on-one:

* Domestic and International Admissions Centres

* The UWA Business School

* Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts

* Arts

* Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

* Life and Physical Sciences

* Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Prospective Australian and international students are welcome to attend.
Tuesday 02
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Neurodevelopmental disorders: Are our current diagnostic labels fit for purpose? Website | More Information
A Public Lecture by Dorothy Bishop, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Oxford.

Many children have specific developmental difficulties affecting specific areas such as reading, language, maths, motor co-ordination, attention or social skills. A range of diagnostic labels are used: dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, and so on. These give the impression that we are dealing with distinct medical entities, but this is very far from the truth.

In this lecture, Professor Bishop will illustrate with the case of dyslexia. This is defined on the basis of behavioural tests, and there is no sharp dividing line between dyslexia and normal variation in reading ability.

The lecture will contrast dyslexia with specific language impairment (SLI), which is at least as important but is largely unknown, and consider how far this may be the consequence of the fact that dyslexia is a good ‘meme’, whereas SLI is not. Our current labels may be worth preserving, provided we do not let them mislead us.

Cost: Free. RSVP to [email protected]
Wednesday 03
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : Extreme rainfall over the south and north Website | More Information
Extreme rainfall over the south and north-west of Western Australia and the Sydney region of NSW over the last fifty years has been modelled using a Bayesian hierarchical approach based on statistical extreme value theory. Spatial variability of the extreme rainfall distribution is modelled using a Gaussian process, derived from a convolution kernel approach.

This is a flexible approach, accommodating rainfall measured over different durations (from sub- to super-daily) and also allowing for the possibility of linking the extremes to external drivers.

The approach can be used to characterize the behaviour of extremes under present day and projected future conditions. It can be used to derive intensity-frequency-duration curves • together with estimates of their associated uncertainties, • for specific locations that can be either gauged or ungauged, and • provide information for the design of engineering structures such as culverts, bridges, and stormwater and sewerage systems. Extensions to model extremes of areal rainfall, with applications to depth-area curves for example, will be described.

This talk will focus more on the methodology than the application.

Bio,

Mark is a senior statistician with CSIRO, in the Division of Mathematics, Informatics and statistics. He has applied statistics to problems of spatial modelling for many years, in particular the modelling sediment composition in rivers, estuaries and dams. Recently he has been developing spatial approaches to the analysis of extreme rainfall for the Indian Ocean Climate Initiative,

The Upper Parramatta River Catchment Trust and the federal government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. His statistical interest also include the application of Bayesian methodologies and hierarchical modelling.



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

****All Welcome****

18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Growth headwinds in China and Japan: implications for the Australian economy Website | More Information
An ‘Inquiring Minds’ lecture by Rod Tyers, Winthrop Professor of Economics, UWA Business School.

This lecture will review recent economic development in China and Japan and will examine the likelihood that either country will overcome barriers to further economic growth. It will draw on research using models of the global economy and associated projections of economic performance to suggest the consequences for the Australian economy during the coming decade.

Free, but RSVP required. Book a seat online (unreserved):http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/tyers
Thursday 04
13:10 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music Presents: Free Lunchtime Concert: UWA Guitar Ensemble Website | More Information
Be transported away from the everyday with our exciting line-up of Thursday 1.10pm, free lunchtime concerts. This year's revamped Lunchtime Concert series features the best of our students in solo and small ensemble performance.

18:00 - PERFORMANCE - Winthrop Singers Choral Evensong : Evensong at St George's College Chapel Website | More Information
Responses: Smith

Canticles: Gibbons Short Service

Anthem: The words to say I love you - Jacqui Ellison (UWA composition student)

19:00 - FREE LECTURE - Ronald M & Catherine H Berndt Biennial Lecture 2012 : The rights and blights of the politics of Indigenous higher education More Information
Prof N M Nakata (B.Ed.Hons. PhD) is the first Torres Strait Islander to receive a PhD in Australia. He is Director of Nura Gili Centre for Indigenous Programs and Professor of Australian Indigenous education at the University of New South Wales. RSVP by Thursday 27 September (essential for catering purposes: 6488 3707 or [email protected]
Friday 05
8:30 - CONFERENCE - 7th Annual National Indigenous Legal Conference : Pathways to tomorrow: innovations and intersections in law, land and justice Website | More Information
The National Indigenous Legal Conference Committee invites you to attend the seventh annual National Indigenous Legal Conference to be held on the 5th and 6th of October.

The conference will be held at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle and The University of Western Australia, Perth.

This year’s conference addresses two key themes, New Approaches to Justice, and Cultural and Natural Resources Management. Within these two main themes, the conference features a number of fascinating sessions, including discussions on the Noongar Claim, Stolen Wages, Joint Management of Country, and Youth Diversionary Programs in criminal justice.

The conference also examines the current and highly significant issues of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The program is varied and focused on prospective pathways for Indigenous peoples in Australia, and to this end it specifically focuses on the innovative work being undertaken across diverse areas of practice.

The conference has attracted a number of highly regarded experts in Indigenous law and policy, and promises to give attendees an insight into current and developing strategies in connection with the promotion and protection of Indigenous people’s land, law, culture and country.

Day One (UNDA): Tannock Hall of Education, The University of Notre Dame, Cnr of Cliff and Croke Streets, Fremantle

Day Two (UWA): School of Law, The University of Western Australia, Hackett Drive Entrance 1, Crawley, Perth

15:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Evolutionary Biologist's Nightmare: Sex, Sperm and Society : Public talk with Boris Baer (CIBER) Website | More Information
The reproductive biology of social insects, being the social bees, ants, wasps and termites is truly spectacular, as a number of characteristics reported are either absent or very rare in other species. For example, social insect queens are the world’s record holder for long-term sperm storage and some of them are capable to keep sperm alive for several decades. Furthermore males deliver an ejaculate to the female's sexual tract that consists of sperm and seminal fluid, the latter being also used as weaponry against competing males and to manipulate female reproductive behaviour. However the molecular details of sperm storage, long-term fertility or the chemical warfare between the sexes remain unknown. I provide an overview of ongoing research conducted at the University of Western Australia that uses state of the art molecular technologies as well as field based experiments to unveil some of the secrets of social insect reproduction.

Boris Baer, born in 1969 is an Evolutionary Biologist. He studied Biology at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. After fieldwork on primates in South America (French Guyana) he performed a PhD 1997-2000 at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (ETH) in Zurich. He then moved as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2001-2004) to the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and was invited as a Junior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (Germany). He received a Queen Elizabeth II fellowship and a ARC Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council, which allowed him to continue his research at the University of Western Australia in Perth. Since 2007 he is also an external collaborator of the Centre for Social Evolution based at Copenhagen University. Since 2008, he coordinates a newly initiated honeybee research group at the University of Western Australia, known as CIBER (The Centre for Integrative Bee Research, see www.ciber.science.uwa.edu.au). The main scientific interest of Boris Baer is the study of sexual reproduction in social insects, especially the way evolution has shaped some of these spectacular mating systems. He uses several social insect models systems for his work such as bumblebees, honeybees and leaf cuttings ants.
Tuesday 09
9:30 - EVENT - A Day in the Life of an Arts Student : Experience a typical day in the life of a UWA Arts Student : Have you ever wanted to know what it's like to be an Arts student at UWA? Website | More Information
"A Day in the Life of an Arts Student" gives year 10-12 students the opportunity to explore some Arts majors currently available at UWA, particularly Archaeology and Anthropology.

Students will participate in a wide range of hands-on activities that will be interactive, fun and very rewarding.

Please head to the webpage listed below to download the brochure and application form. Applications close on Wednesday, 19 September.

Note: times shown are a guide only and are subject to change. Refer to the event brochure/application form for detailed information.

17:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - CMSS lecture on Pakistan-Us Relations : Where are they heading? Visiting Fellow from Deakin University Dr Claude Rakisits More Information
Bilateral relations between Pakistan and the US have never been easy at best of times. However, in recent times these have become tense and difficult. Given Pakistan’s critical role in the lead up to 2014, when the Coalition forces will be leaving Afghanistan, what sort of bilateral Pakistan-US relationship can we expect until then and beyond?

18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Looking at Japan through Masculinity: From Salarymen to Herbivores Website | More Information
A lecture by Romit Dasgupta, Assistant Professor, Asian Studies, UWA.

This public lecture looks at the tremendous social, cultural, and economic changes Japan has undergone over the six decades since the end of World War Two, not through conventional frameworks, but through a lens of gender, specifically masculinity. It draws upon Dr Dasgupta’s recently published book, 'Re-reading the Salaryman in Japan: Crafting Masculinity' (Routledge, 2012) to look at the ways in which the salaryman came to embody Japanese national identity from the 1950s until the 1990s, and how, even in the recessionary post-1990s context, the discourse of salaryman masculinity continues to be a visible presence on the social landscape.

Book a seat online (unreserved):http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/dasgupta

19:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - Friends of the Library Speaker : Engaging with strangers in a violent era: stories from the Solomon Islands More Information
The late nineteenth century was a time of violence throughout the Solomon Islands and nowhere was this violence more devastating than the Western Solomons. Even as they remember this violent past, however, people of the Western Solomons today also remember war captives who were incorporated into the families and clans of their captors. Stories about particular territories throughout the region inevitably focus on how the original people of the place welcomed strangers from across the sea, making them friends and allies. How do we make sense of this unsettling mix of violence and friendship in stories about the past? And how might this challenge the conventional ways that we Australians see our near neighbours?
Wednesday 10
9:00 - EVENT - Co-op Bookshop October Sale : Co-op Bookshop October Sale Website | More Information
Huge range of fiction, general, reference and children’s books plus gift items at bargain prices.

Co-op Members receive extra 10% discount off Sale prices.

Sale runs until Wednesday October 31st and New titles are added daily.

16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents : The seasonal hydrodynamic habitat of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret, Israel) Website | More Information
Physical processes in lakes are the result of a large number of different mechanisms occurring over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales affecting ecosystem function in a variety of ways. Hence, a deep understanding of the lake hydrodynamics and its variability is essential in understanding lake ecosystem function and in managing water quality.

In this talk I will present a detailed analysis of the annual thermal regime of Lake Kinneret based on high-resolution thermistor chain and meteorological data collected by CWR during the period April 2007 - April 2008. Periods taking along the yearly cycle will be used to discuss the main physical aspects of the lake hydrodynamics and their effects on ecological processes.

Part of the material to be presented in this seminar constitutes a book chapter entitled “The seasonal hydrodynamic habitat of Lake Kinneret” by Imberger, J. and Marti, C. L., contained within the book “Lake Kinneret - Ecology and Management” to be published in 2013.

Bio,

Clelia is a field-oriented Physical Limnologist and provides scientific leadership to real time field investigation in aquatic environments. Her research interests lie in transport and mixing processes in lakes, rivers, estuaries and coastal seas.

She has made substantial contribution to the understanding of the benthic boundary layer in stratified lakes and its central role in setting up a volume flux that is responsible for transporting nutrient rich water from the deepest part of the lake into the thermocline where it becomes available for primary production in the surface layer.

Clelia performs basic and applied research and has been involved in several projects that have a problem oriented and interdisciplinary focus. She has conducted field work in a number of sites around the world including Lake Kinneret (Israel), Thomson Reservoir (Australia), Cockburn Sound (Australia), Lake Valle de Bravo (Mexico), Setubal Lagoon (Argentina), Parana River (Argentina), Lake Coeur d'Alene (USA), and Lake Constance (Germany).

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

****All Welcome****




18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Taking Responsibility for Climate Change Website | More Information
A public lecture by Robyn Eckersley, Professor of Political Science, University of Melbourne.

Who should take responsibility for climate change? ‘Weather of mass destruction’ is no less catastrophic a risk than ‘weapons of mass destruction’ or terrorism, but it has not produced the same sense of political responsibility for all those made vulnerable because we cannot pin down responsibility.

In this public lecture, Robyn Eckersley will show why climate change does not fit comfortably into the dominant liberal moral grammar of responsibility, which is rooted in notions of individual agency, direct causation and culpability. This grammar of responsibility obscures the structural character of climate change risks, which are becoming increasingly complex, incalculable and uninsurable.

She will defend an alternative account of political responsibility that connects historical responsibility for causing climate change with the present capacity to prevent and/or reduce the risks of dangerous climate change and protect the most vulnerable.

This lecture is a part of the Institute of Advanced Studies 2012 lecture series ‘Global Transformation and Public Ethics’.

Cost: Free, RSVP your attendance via http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/eckersley
Thursday 11
13:10 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music Presents: Free Lunchtime Concert: Highlights of Graduating Students Website | More Information
Be transported away from the everyday with our exciting line-up of Thursday 1.10pm, free lunchtime concerts. This year's revamped Lunchtime Concert series features the best of our students in solo and small ensemble performance.

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