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Displaying from Sunday, February 05, 2012
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February 2012
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Monday 06 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - No more needles � Nanopatch technology for a healthier world
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The dynamic inventor of the vaccine Nanopatch, Prof. Mark Kendall, will talk about the development and enormous potential of this revolutionary technology for vaccine delivery. You can also explore the Incredible Inner Space exhibition, which includes an amazing microscope image of the Nanopatch.
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Wednesday 22 |
A Public Lecture by Dr Nina Fedoroff, Distinguished Professor, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology and Evan Pugh Professor, Penn State University.
The climate is warming. Water tables are falling around the world. Biodiversity is under ever-increasing pressure. The (...)
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Monday 27 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Special Seminar : “Growing our future - the challenge and promise of the desert!
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The coastal strip of Israel is densely populated and suffers from all the common drawbacks of densely populated areas: air, soil and groundwater pollution; high land prices; chronic traffic congestions; urban violence, etc. The Negev covers sixty per cent of Israel’s surface but is home to less (...)
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Wednesday 29 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - A World of Opportunities: Social innovation in the international and Australian cultural sector
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A Public Lecture by Vanessa Kredler, UNESCO.
This presentation will introduce the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo, which is being developed under the auspices of UNESCO. The NMEC is an ambitious new museum project that will look at Egyptian civilization from (...)
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March 2012
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Thursday 01 |
13:10 - PERFORMANCE - Lunchtime Concert : Visiting Artist Adam Pinto (piano)
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A program of Impressionist Masterpieces including works by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel
18:00 - PERFORMANCE - Winthrop Singers Evensong : The Winthrop Singers perform evensong at St Thomas More College
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Our first evensong as guests in St Thomas More College. Come along to hear some quality choral music.
Responses: Rose
Psalm 121
Canticles: Byrd Short Service
Anthem: Mozart Ave verum corpus
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Tuesday 06 |
17:30 - FREE LECTURE - Unsafe Haven, Hazaras In Afghanistan : Public Lecture by Mr. Abdul Karim Hekmat on Hazaras and their treatment in Afghanistan
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Last November a 27 years old Hazara asylum seeker was about to be deported to Afghanistan. The Federal Magistrate Court put a temporary injunction against his forced removal because of ‘lack of procedural fairness.’ Now a legal challenge is underway in the High Court to determine the fate of (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - America's Water Crisis and what to do about it : Trepidation and Inspiration for Western Australia
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A public lecture by Robert J Glennon, The Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy, Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona.
Australia and the United States are both facing a water crisis. Recent and severe droughts, especially in Western Australia and in Texas, have (...)
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Wednesday 07 |
Addressing true issues of diversity and employing leaders who are representative of an organisation's stakeholders can bring new voices, experiences and approaches to the decision making process, adding depth to existing skills and ideas.
Yet while the benefits of having diversity in an (...)
17:00 - FREE LECTURE - Arab Spring, Non-Arab reactions : Public Lecture by Professor Ehud Toledano on reactions by non-Arabs to the Arab Spring
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Speaker Bio:
Ehud Toledano is a Professor of Ottoman and Middle Eastern History, and the Director of the Graduate School of Historical Studies at Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Previously, he held the role as Head of the University’s History Department. He is a leading Israeli academic specializing (...)
Ocean disasters of the last decade have brought to public awareness the significant consequences and threat to life on earth posed by tsunamis, climate change and industry accidents. In this public lecture, three expert commentators will offer their expertise on the future of disaster management in (...)
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Friday 09 |
13:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Caring and Sharing Cultural Heritage : Indigenous Art Collections - Mark Stewart and Pauline Williams in conversation at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
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Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA Museums presents an informative lunchtime conversation this Friday 9 March, 1pm. This is a free public talk, all welcome.
University Art Collections play a vital role in the acquisition, presentation and interpretation of Indigenous art to a diverse (...)
19:30 - PERFORMANCE - Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost : Shakespeare's most literary comedy
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‘These are barren tasks, too hard to keep,
Not to see ladies, study, fast, not sleep!’
The beautiful Elizabethan style New Fortune Theatre at the University of Western Australia with its resident peacocks is the perfect setting for Shakespeare’s most beautifully lyrical play (...)
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Tuesday 13 |
20:00 - EVENT - Visiting Speaker : Clogs to Clogs in Three Generations
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Illustrated story of the rise and fall of the Boans Department Store, from its beginnings in 1895 to the Myer takeover in 1984. Will show the Jewish influence underpinning the company's commercial success.
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Wednesday 14 |
Fire stick farming of hunter-gathers preceded the development of agriculture. Fire continues to be a major land management technique and contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. In the last two decades satellites have provided at regional and global scales unprecedented amounts of data on active (...)
A public lecture by Michael Levine, Winthrop Professor of Philosophy and Jacqueline Boaks, The University of Western Australia.
Talk of leadership seems to dominate public discourse. Many of us have images of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a moral leader harnessing and focussing the hopes of (...)
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Thursday 15 |
7:00 - MEETING - UWA Mental Health Professional Network : Discussion on whether 'University study is a pathway for mental illness rehabilitation?'
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It is with great pleasure that Counselling and Psychology Service and Student Services invite you to attend a discussion on whether ‘University study is a pathway for mental illness rehabilitation?’ at our next Mental Health Professionals Network (mhpn) meeting. This meeting is suitable for (...)
Adam is showcasing some of his favourite contemporary repertoire along with some new works, Adam presents a lunchtime concert like no other.
18:00 - MEMORIAL LECTURE - SOLD OUT - The sexualisation of girls and the digital age: navigating the debates, averting moral panics and responding to another challenge for gender equality : The 2012 Grace Vaughan Lecture
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Speaker: Donna Chung, Winthrop Professor of Social Work and Social Policy, The University of Western Australia.
In the last decade there has been increasing concern by a cross section of the community about what has been termed the sexualisation and ‘pornifcation’ of children (...)
The Winthrop Singers, UWA's chamber choir, perform an Evensong service every Thursday this semester at St Thomas More College.
Responses: Rose
Psalm 139
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 45:4-14
New Testament Reading: Hebrews 2:5-9
Canticles: Farrant in g minor
Anthem: Pearsall Tu es (...)
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