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Displaying from Thursday, September 29, 2011
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September 2011
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Thursday 29 |
12:00 - EVENT - Raine Lecture : Clinical conversations in healing, relief of suffering and finding meaning
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Emeritus Professor Eric Cassell from New York Presbyterian Hospital has a distinguished international reputation in the field of moral problems in medicine, with special focus on the care of the dying and the nature of suffering. His widely cited works include: The Healer’s Art, The Place of the (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Tadeusz Kosciuszko: Poland's National Hero in British Art and Literature
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A public lecture by Thomas McLean, Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Most Australians know Kosciuszko as the name of a mountain. But Tadeusz Kosciuszko was one of the most important figures of the late eighteenth and early (...)
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Friday 30 |
15:00 - SEMINAR - Exploring elements of an effective disaster recovery process: Lessons from recent New Zealand events
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Effective recovery from disasters depends not just on the physical impacts of the event but also on how the societal environment supports the complex and protracted processes of recovery. Research highlights the importance of not only strong local government capacity, but also of a cohesive system (...)
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October 2011
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Saturday 01 |
Mozart's Requiem has an almost mystical status within the canon of Classical choral music. The Perth Undergraduate Choral Society (PUCS) is delighted to present "Genesis of a Requiem," a concert which explores two masterworks which were among the key influences on Mozart's composition: (...)
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Sunday 02 |
10:00 - EVENT - Perth Upmarkets : Perth Upmarket is 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 150 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 03 |
16:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Islam in Africa: from the GWOT to the Arab Spring : Free public lecture; ALL WELCOME!
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Professor Jeremy Keenan is currently a Professorial Research Associate in the Department of Social Anthropology and Sociology at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
Professor Jeremy Keenan will explain events in North Africa from 2003, the year in which the US launched its (...)
The Confucius Institute is running our last intake of the year. We offers an ongoing series of Chinese language classes from beginner to Advance levels.Our language courses are designed for those with an interest in travel, business and friendship. Our teachers are qualified Chinese language (...)
The Confucius Institute will be running our 4th intake of our Chinese Language courses. We offers an ongoing series of Chinese language classes from Beginners to Advanced levels and our NEW Business Chinese. Our language courses are designed for those with an interest in travel, business and (...)
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Tuesday 04 |
11:30 - PUBLIC TALK - 7 Minute Speeches : Four panelists from culture and the arts are challenged to present a 7 minute, short speech on a painting of their choice from the Recent Past exhibition at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.
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Dr Darren Jorgensen, writer, researcher and Assist. Prof., Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, UWA, Dr Ric Spencer, artist, writer and curator at Fremantle Arts Centre, Dr Tony Hughes-d'Ath, writer, cultural historian and Assoc. Prof., English and Cultural Studies, UWA, and Thomas Hoareau (...)
17:00 - SEMINAR - School of Music presents International Research Seminar - Performance Practice Values in the Twentieth Century Early Music Movement: Initial Findings
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Eva-Marie Middleton, PhD candidate, School of Music, UWA presents an exciting and innovative research project involving multi-methods including the evaluation of recordings made in the last 80 years.
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Looking for meaning in all the wrong places : screening of Kurosawa's Ikiru and lecture by Michael Levine
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Akira Kurosawa directed and co-wrote Ikiru in 1952. Filmed in black and white, it ostensibly tells the story of Kanji Watanabe, a bureaucrat and section chief who spends virtually his entire life working in a city office. Neither Watanabe nor anyone else in the office actually does anything much (...)
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Wednesday 05 |
7:00 - EVENT - Breakfast by the Bay : Breakfast by the Bay with Jonathan Holloway : Festivals Mean Business
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Join Jonathan Holloway, the Artistic Director of Perth
International Arts Festival 2012-2015, as he outlines the
benefits the Festival will provide to the Perth arts and
business community in the coming years. He will discuss
how he was instrumental in the transformation of the
Norfolk and Norwich (...)
The Postgraduate and Honours Expo showcases a host of opportunities for further study, including honours and postgraduate coursework and research possibilities.
Discover the courses each faculty has to offer, learn about postgraduate scholarships, attend information sessions and talk to (...)
17:00 - PUBLIC TALK - "Young British Muslims: Identity, Culture, Politics and the Media" : Public Talk on the book "Young British Muslims: Identity, Culture, Politics and the Media" ; All Welcome!
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Nahid Afrose Kabir has recently taken up a position of Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding, University of South Australia. Currently, Dr Kabir is an honorary senior fellow in the School of Communications and Arts at Edith Cowan University (...)
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Thursday 06 |
Set your tastebuds to global roaming as we celebrate one of the highlights of Multicultural Week on Thursday 6th October 2011. All members of the community are invited to the moonlit surrounds of the Guild Village to feast on over 50 food stalls and a banquet of International entertainment. MCW is (...)
18:30 - PRESENTATION - Engineering Information Evenings : If your passion if 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 (...)
20:00 - EVENT - School of Music: Music Students' Society - Composition Concert 2
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The UWA Music Students' Society presents it's 3rd concert of the Semester. This concert will showcase works composed by students and performed by UWA Music Students.
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Friday 07 |
The 2011 Manning Clark House Day of Ideas has invited a range of speakers to discuss how the population dynamics predicted by mid-century will affect how we live. There will be ample opportunity for discussion and the raising and sharing of ideas.
Speakers:
*Population (...)
9:00 - SEMINAR - Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series: Surface properties of urease and persistence of H. pylori
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Adj. Assoc. Prof. Mohammed Benghezal will give a talk on surface properties of urease and persistence of H. pylori in the Microbiology & Immunology Discipline Seminar room, Friday, 7 October 2011 at 9:00am. Helicobacter pylori enzyme urease facilitates gastric colonisation by neutralising the (...)
The School of Anatomy & Human Biology at the University of Western Australia will be holding a memorial ceremony in honour of those who have donated their body to the University to further medical and scientific teaching and research.
The families of donors are invited to attend the (...)
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