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Displaying from Thursday, July 04, 2019
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July 2019
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Tuesday 09 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Right to Food: A reflection of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Right to Food
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A public lecture by Professor Hilal Elver, Global Distinguished Fellow, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy, UCLA Law School and UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food and 2019 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
71 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human (...)
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University press publishing is an unusual beast these days and very different to its twentieth century model. But universities have changed, too.
Book publishing on a broader scale is a complex business. At a time when library books, public (...)
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Wednesday 10 |
Led by one of Perth's premier young percussionists Jackson Vickery, Discover! Percussion helps budding musicians aged 8-12 years leap into the wonderful world of percussion! This session will allow students to explore a range of tuned and untuned percussion instruments and learn new and exciting (...)
18:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Plastic Free July: thinking globally, acting locally : Free AMSA Conference Public Lecture
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Ocean plastic pollution, waste and the recycling “crisis” are hot topics. Cleaning up plastic waste and improving recycling systems are important but “turning off the tap” to reduce the problem at the source is critical. Plastic Free July is a global movement sharing ideas and solutions to (...)
19:30 - FREE LECTURE - UWA Music presents: Centre Stage | Winterreise - the Phenomenon : Lecture Recital
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In this free lecture recital, UWA Chair of Vocal Studies Andrew Foote will discuss some background to the early voice recitals and para-musical elements of Schubert's mammoth work for solo voice and piano – Winterreise.
Free entry, bookings essential (trybooking.com/BAWFV)
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Thursday 11 |
A public lecture by Professor Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University; Professor, Orfalea Center of Global and International Studies, University of California Santa Barbara; and previous-UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian (...)
Emma McPhilemy (UK) is an international soloist and performer with a highly unique and versatile style to her playing. Direct from the Melbourne Saxophone Festival, Emma will perform a solo recital before being joined on stage by some of Perth's leading saxophonists including UWA Graduate and (...)
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Friday 12 |
8:00 - SYMPOSIUM - Pilbara Coastal and Marine Science Symposium (PCMSS) : A multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary day-long symposium on the Pilbara Coast and nearshore marine regions
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The Pilbara Coast, between Exmouth Gulf and the DeGrey Delta, is the most arid coast in Australia, and one of only several arid coasts around the world but the most diverse arid coast globally. Bordering a mineral-rich geological province, the Pilbara Coast has non-renewable resources, and has been (...)
11:00 - WORKSHOP - UWA Music presents: UWA Junior Saxophone School : Winter Bootcamp with guest international artist Emma Mcphilamy
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An intensive two-day program designed to give saxophonists of all ages and abilities the opportunity to develop their musical skills!
Our winter bootcamp will give participants the opportunity to focus on ensemble playing, aural awareness, performance skills and general musicianship.
In (...)
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Saturday 13 |
19:30 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Centre Stage | Winterreise - the Phenomenon : Performance
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Andrew Foote with Cecilia Sun and Mark Coughlan present Schubert's mammoth work for solo voice and piano - Winterreise.
Commencing with a lecture-recital (on Wednesday 10 July) discussing some background to the early voice recitals and para-musical elements of the work, the week (...)
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Monday 15 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Gendering Political Relationships in Genoese Ceremonial Entries : A public lecture by Elizabeth Reid (The University of Western Australia)
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Gender is a valuable lens for interpreting the hierarchies at play in political performances and entry iconography. Throughout the preparation, enactment, and chronicling of ceremonial entries during the Italian Wars (1494–1559), cities and their entrants utilised gendered performance and (...)
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Thursday 18 |
18:00 - FREE LECTURE - Sea Change: Global tracking of marine megafauna under anthrogenic footprint
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Join us for this talk in the Anthropocene Sea Change Seminar Series at the UWA Oceans Institute with Ana Martins Sequeira.
Human impacts (e.g. overharvesting, by-catch mortality, pollution, acoustic and habitat degradation) have led to declines in abundance of many marine megafauna. Many (...)
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Tuesday 23 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - UWA Centre for Muslim States and Societies (CMSS) Seminar : 'The Rise of Islamism in the Maldives'
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This presentation examines the spectacular emergence of Islamism in the twenty-first century in the island nation of the Maldives, where Islam has existed for about 800 years. It problematizes the conventional view that political Islam is the other of the modern state or an outcome of an aberrant (...)
A public lecture by Jessica Meeuwig, Professor of Marine Science, The University of Western Australia and 2019 Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering Eminent Speaker.
Oceans are fundamental to life on planet “earth”. Over 72% of the planet’s surface is water; every 2nd (...)
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Wednesday 24 |
18:00 - FREE LECTURE - Finding Rembrandt in Love and Life : A public lecture by Professor Susan Broomhall (The University of Western Australia)
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This lecture explores how the character of Rembrandt van Rijn is interpreted through place, gender and emotions in museums and heritage sites in the Netherlands today. It focuses on the cities of Leiden and Amsterdam, Rembrandt’s homes, and particularly, the role of women in shaping (...)
A public lecture by Dr Susan Broomhall, School of Humanities (History), UWA.
This lecture explores how the character of Rembrandt van Rijn is interpreted through place, gender and emotions in museums and heritage sites in the Netherlands today. It focuses on the cities of Leiden and (...)
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Thursday 25 |
13:30 - FORUM - The UWA Institute of Agriculture Industry Forum : Finding Common Ground: Bringing food, fibre and ethics to the same table
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With increasing public scrutiny of agricultural practices in food and fibre production, rebuilding trust
between innovative primary producers and ethically informed consumers is becoming more important
than ever before. Join us for a lively discussion on finding common ground and moving forward (...)
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Friday 26 |
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology & Sociology Seminar Series : The Thermal Complex: Air conditioning Urban Asia in an era of Climate Change
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As cities across the world endure increase extremes of heat, indoor comfort has become a key vector in the debate about sustainability and energy consumption. Across Asia the carbon footprint of buildings continues to rise because of the widespread adoption of air conditioning. Current trends are (...)
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Wednesday 31 |
A public lecture by David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, School of Natural Sciences,The University of Tasmania.
There is increasing recognition that a focus on understanding wildfire as a narrow physical phenomenon, and the associated pursuit of better predictions (...)
A public lecture by Barry Godfrey, Professor of Social Justice, University of Liverpool and Russell Ward Visiting Professor, University of New England and 2019 UWA Fred Alexander Fellow.
Which worked best, the system of convict transportation or the British home convict service? Between (...)
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