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March 2017
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Tuesday 14 |
Tuesday 14 March 2017; 12:30pm – 1:00pm
Thursday 16 March 2017; 1:00pm – 1:30pm
Friday 17 March 2017; 10:00am – 10:30am
Limit of 2 people per session
Futures Observatory partner Hewlett-Packard (HP), have loaned a Sprout Pro to the Futures (...)
16:30 - FREE LECTURE - Public Lecture by Mr Richard Heydarian : The Philippines in 2017: President Duterte, the South China Sea and ASEAN
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You are invited to join us for a public lecture on the escalating South China Sea dispute and how the assertive policies of Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte are shaping this dispute and wider East Asian geopolitics.
In 2017, the Philippines are chairing the ASEAN bloc in its 50th year. As the (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - �Hardly any women at all�? Literary landscapes at the time of Jane Austen : A Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies/Institute of Advanced Studies Public Lecture
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In a famous scene in Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland confesses to Henry Tilney that she rarely reads history, finding it ‘tiresome’. ‘I read it a little as a duty’, she admits, ‘but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or (...)
19:00 - TALK - Friends of the UWA Library Speaker : Preserving Aboriginal Culture through Language
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In this paper Julian discusses the positive impact reclaiming language has for first people. He cites the growing understanding that Indigenous language is inseparable from culture - that language is integral in affirming and maintaining wellbeing, self-esteem and identity (...)
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Wednesday 15 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Families Still Seeking Asylum: Political Impacts and Community Responses in Australia : The 2017 Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture
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By Dr Caroline Fleay, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University.
The responses of most political leaders to people seeking asylum lie in contrast to growing numbers of others in Australia who are disturbed by the impacts of policies on asylum seekers and their (...)
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Thursday 16 |
16:00 - FREE LECTURE - Archaeology Seminar - "Horse of another colour?" Heritage studies and the critical turn - Dr. Kynan Gentry : UWA Archaeology Seminar Series
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In 2012 the newly established Association of Critical Heritage Studies appealed for a critical turn in heritage scholarship, calling on its members to ‘critically engage with the proposition that heritage studies needs to be rebuilt from the ground up’, and that this required the ‘ruthless (...)
CMSS Seminar Series: Religion, State and Society
Legalizing Authoritarianism in Egypt
By Dr Amr Hamzawy, American University in Cairo and Cairo University
DATE: Thursday, 16 March 2017
TIME: 4.00pm – 6pm
WHERE: Fox Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, The University of (...)
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Friday 17 |
Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.
This week features Chris Tonkin and Adam Pinto performing works for Piano & Electronics by late UWA lecturer Roger Smalley.
13:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Asian Studies Seminar Series, Seminar 1 2017 - �What Does an Australian Look Like? Asia-Australian Perceptions of �Australian Appearance� in Multicultural Australia : Asian Studies Seminar Series, Seminar 1 2017
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This talk draws on a small scale pilot study which focused on identifying some key themes relating to appearance, attractiveness and belonging, and which were considered important for young Asian Australian men and women. Some existing literature on appearance and belonging in Australia and other (...)
15:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Getting Air: Technology and the Levitating Body in Sports Media : Public talk with artist Isla Hansen
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Getting Air: Technology and the Levitating Body in Sports Media outlines a history of technological developments related to capturing the athletic human body in motion. The role of filmmakers, artists, and inventors through the 20th century in this continued culture of photographing, tracking, and (...)
18:30 - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - Autumn Ordinary Meeting of 2017 : Bi-Annual General Meeting of Convocation 2017
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Ordinary Meetings of Convocation are the general meetings of The University of Western Australia.
These meetings of Convocation provide the opportunity to receive an update on the operations of your University and current issues in tertiary education from the Vice-Chancellor, the Warden (...)
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Saturday 18 |
19:30 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents The Winthrop Singers : Pipe Organ Plus: Anniversary
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Celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Winthrop Singers, join us
for a spectacular concert of favourite choral and organ works presented in association with Pipe Organ Plus.
Tickets: Standard $40 | Concessions $35 | Under 18's $20
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Thursday 23 |
Artificial intelligence is a complex area of computer science that is expected to have a impact in all areas of life. Come along to this one hour introductory session to gain some insight into how artificial intelligence is already being used, both in education and other fields.
You will (...)
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Friday 24 |
In the last two decades there has been an ever-increasing volume of academic work by legal and social historians, literary scholars, philosophers, social scientists, criminologists and legal practitioners that investigates the relation between law and the emotions, both in historical and (...)
19:00 - FREE LECTURE - UWA Music & West Australian Opera present : Stuart Maunder AM: The enduring attraction of the classics
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West Australian Opera | Distinguished Artist Series
For the last thirty years Stuart Maunder (General Director, New Zealand Opera) has been directing musical theatre and opera in Australia.
Having directed The Merry Widow, Patience, Pearl Fishers, Tosca and
Rigoletto for West (...)
Presented by Fremantle Arts Centre & UWA Music as part of offBEAT, FAC’s annual celebration of rhythm.
Interior Echo is a journey of music and spaces. Listeners are treated to a series of intimate percussion works presented in FAC’s historic cell room, galleries and studios. This (...)
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Sunday 26 |
14:00 - WORKSHOP - UWA Music Presents: Barry Green, Artist in Residence : Double Bass Day
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Author of the celebrated book The Inner Game of Music, Barry Green (USA) was Principal Bassist of the Cincinnati Symphony for 28 years and is currently active as a bass soloist, teacher, clinician and motivational speaker. The School of Music is delighted to host Barry as part of the Royal Over-Seas (...)
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Monday 27 |
11:00 - LAUNCH - Is Your Heart Healthy? : Free Heart Screening and Launch of Healthy Hearts Exercise Program
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UWA Exercise and Performance Centre (located at the southern end of campus within the school of Sport Science Exercise and Health) is offering FREE HEART SCREENING. This includes blood pressure testing, resting heart rate, spirometry (lung function) and body mass index (BMI). PLEASE EMAIL OR (...)
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Tuesday 28 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Political Science and International Relations Seminar Series 2017 : Employee reporting of ethical violations in the Australian Public Service
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Although employee reporting of workplace ethical violations is recognized as an important measure for managing the integrity of the public service, not many public employees who have witnessed ethical violations actually report them. This study examines and compares the links between employee (...)
17:00 - SEMINAR - UWA School of Music Presents - Barry Green, Artist in Residence : Free Research Seminar
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Author of the celebrated book The Inner Game of Music, Barry Green (USA) was Principal Bassist of the Cincinnati Symphony for 28 years and is currently active as a bass soloist, teacher, clinician and motivational speaker. The School of Music is delighted to host Barry as part of the Royal Over-Seas (...)
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