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August 2014
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Thursday 07 |
11:00 - EVENT - New Music Week : A week long festival of New Music, featuring composer Martin Bresnick, pianist Lisa Moore and members of Syzygy Ensemble in a week of performances, workshops and masterclasses brought to you in partnership with the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies and the UWA Cultural Precinct.
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COMPOSITION MASTERCLASS
UWA composition students present their current composition for work-shopping, followed by a brief presentation by Bresnik on My Twentieth Century and ***Trio and Ishi's Song. This Masterclass is open to the public, all welcome.
Martin Bresnick is Professor of (...)
18:00 - EVENT - Listening to Images, Hearing the Text : New Music that Engages the Visual and the Literary
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A public talk and performance by Martin Bresnick, Professor of Composition, Yale School of Music.
The art of music has always had an unusual ability to be united with other arts - poetry, dance, theater and cinema. In our own time, the association of music, words and images has been (...)
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Friday 08 |
17:00 - EVENT - UWA School of Music presents Fridays@Five : A new series for 2014, Fridays@Five showcases the Voice students. Whether the Vocal Consort, solo song in recital, public workshop, mixed instrumental and voice ensemble or public Masterclass with Q & A, Fridays@Five are an ideal way to start your weekend.
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Master Class with Marilyn Phillips (former Head of Music WA Opera, former Director of WASO Symphonic Chorus, Artistic Director of Artsong Perth).
Three students perform a variety of works.
17:00 - FREE LECTURE - CMSS Lecture Tour: Building Cultural Bridges Through Literature : A lecture tour with Qaisra Shahraz
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Qaisra will talk about her work, read from her novels, including her latest work 'Revolt' and ' A Pair of Jeans & other stories'. She will discuss her writing life in Manchester from the age of 14, growing up as a migrant in Britain, with multiple identities, and how and why her country of (...)
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Saturday 09 |
14:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Hazara Exodus -The Unseen Road to Asylum : Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures Series
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In this lecture, photographer Barat Ali Batoor will discuss his journey and the persecution of the Hazaras in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including their migration to Australia.
Barat Ali Batoor and his family were driven out of Afghanistan during the civil war when most of his people were (...)
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Sunday 10 |
10:00 - OPEN DAY - 2014 Open Day : Join us for our Open Day and experience all that UWA has to offer
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Come and find out about UWA’s undergraduate and postgraduate courses, scholarship opportunities, outstanding career options and explore our community programs and facilities.
This year there will be campus tram tours, hands-on activities, live music and entertainment, as well as plenty (...)
This panel session is being held as a part of UWA Open Day on Sunday 10 August, 2014.
Aimed at a wider audience, including parents, teachers, students and the community, this panel session will provide insight into the benefits of studying at UWA, told through the personal experiences of (...)
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Tuesday 12 |
13:00 - Colloquium - Driver inattention : Understanding why drivers fail to notice the obvious
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Dr Vanessa Beanland is a Lecturer in the Research School of Psychology at The Australian National University. Her primary research interests are visual attention, inattention and distraction, particularly as they pertain to road user behaviour. Prior to joining ANU in January 2013, Vanessa worked (...)
A public talk by Sergei Katsev, Associate Professor, Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota and 2014 UWA Gledden Visiting Fellow.
The string of large lakes held by the East African Rift is a true marvel of the World. These lakes contain a quarter of all the fresh water on the (...)
18:30 - EVENT - Juris Doctor Information Evening : The Juris Doctor (JD) is a widely recognised postgraduate professional-entry law degree. Learn about the program, global opportunities and more at our information evening.
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We invite you to attend our upcoming information evening which will give you the opportunity to: meet Faculty of Law staff; learn about the Juris Doctor and the admissions requirements for the course; discuss your study options; and have all your questions answered before applying.
19:00 - TALK - Friends of the UWA Library Speaker : Health and Longevity
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About the talk
In the First World today Longevity is increasing almost exponentially.
This review seeks to examine the reasons for this increase, together with the ways in which it has been attained and, at times, compromised. Those factors which have been substantiated and those which (...)
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Wednesday 13 |
Students of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (SNAGS) and The UWA Institute of Agriculture would like to invite you to a breakfast to commemorate the role of women in agriculture.
16:00 - SEMINAR - Can we decrease turbidity by constructing an artificial shallow area in a lake? : This seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series.
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Lake Shinji is a brackish shallow lake in Japan. Its surface area is 86.8 km2 and the average water depth is 4.5 m. In 2001 the Japanese government (MLIT) started a project to construct an artificial shallow area around the shoreline where concrete embankments had been constructed and the water (...)
16:00 - TALK - NTEU/NUS Present: Blue Stocking Week 2014 Panel Discussion "Crossing the Line" : Featuring W/Prof Carmen Lawrence, Prof Trish Todd, A/Prof Aileen Walsh and Rebecca Doyle
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Panel discussion on the topic "Crossing the line" with a focus on fighting attitudes that seek to silence the voices of women, and to highlight the importance of women speaking out and sharing their stories and views. Featuring a special tribute to UWA W/Prof Philippa Maddern.
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The 2014 ATSE lecture by Dr Rob Hough, Australian Resources Research Centre, CSIRO.
In this talk, Rob will describe the ways that science and innovation are helping to find the resources that can provide a prosperous future for Australia.
Just a small proportion of Australia's (...)
18:15 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Fair Work Commission Education Series Lecture : Employee Communication and Engagement: An Elusive Quest?
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The Industrial Relations Society of WA, in conjunction with the UWA Business School, is pleased to support the Fair Work Commission Education Series Lecture in Perth.
The FWC Lecture Series features presentations on a range of workplace relations topics by local and international experts (...)
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Thursday 14 |
Be transported from the everyday every Thursday in our free lunchtime concert series.
FREE 50min Concert every Thursday during Semester at 1:10pm.
No booking required, just turn up!
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Friday 15 |
9:00 - SYMPOSIUM - Faith in Motion: Religion in the 21st Century
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The twenty-first century is often characterised as an era of unprecedented mobility and
interconnectivity, but it is also marked by efforts to reinforce national borders and curtail human
movement. Paradoxes of mobility and immobility in our increasingly unequal world come into
sharp focus when (...)
11:00 - FREE LECTURE - A Discussion on Australia - Japan - US Trilateral Relations Featuring: The Hon Kim Beazley, AC Ambassador to United States of America, Mr Bruce Miller, Ambassador to Japan, and Winthrop Professor Stephen Smith, Former Minister for Defence : An insightful discussion with three of Australia's most experienced diplomats.
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The Perth USAsia Centre is proud to host three experienced diplomats for an insightful discussion on Australia - Japan - US trilateral relations.
17:00 - FUNDRAISER - Save the Children Annual University Branch Book Sale
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Come on down to our Save the Children Annual University Branch Book Sale!
Save the Children is Australia's largest aid and development agency dedicated to helping children. Funds raised will go towards essential programs aimed to provide the necessities for underprivileged kids in Australia and (...)
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