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September 2011
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Tuesday 27 |
8:30 - STAFF EVENT - Quiet Day for staff : Take time to refocus and refresh
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Set on a lovely bush block in the hills near Gidgegannup, the Quiet Day provides some space to 'be alone' in the company of other UWA academics with the intention of marking out some good quality thinking/reflection time.
There is no formal 'content' to the day – no presentations or (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Towards the cyborg; integration of robotics and the nervous system in engineering and the arts. : School of Anatomy & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Seminar: Since Galvani “galvanised” his frogs in the eighteenth century there have been attempts to link living tissue with electronics. However it has been the rapid reduction in size accompanied by increases in sophistication of electronics in the twenty first century that has opened up (...)
17:00 - SEMINAR - School of Music presents International Research Seminar - Works for performer and live electronics
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Christopher Tonkin, Associate Lecturer, School of Music, UWA and a leading composer discusses some of his recent works.
We invite you to join us for this final lecture by Kevin Goss in his role as head of Future Farm Industries CRC.
This public address is a reflection on the wicked, unintended consequences that can arise from rapid economic development, the high cost of government policy inertia to deal (...)
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Wednesday 28 |
Essential Skills for a Successful Career in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Business, Law and Education. A workshop for postgraduate students and early career researchers.
UWA's Institute of Advanced Studies and the Office of Research and Research Training invite you to participate in a (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - �Flt3 inhibitor treatment of myeloproliferative disease in c-Cbl RING finger mutant mice."
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Wally Langdon’s research involves studying mice with knockout and knockin mutations in the c-Cbl and Cbl-b genes. Cbl proteins are E3 ubiquitin ligases that target many signalling proteins including antigen receptors and receptor tyrosine kinases. In addition Cbl proteins function as adaptors (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - PURE MATHEMATICS SEMINAR : A new hyperbolic geometry and associated group theory and combinatorics
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Abstract: Universal Hyperbolic Geometry (UHG) is a new approach to hyperbolic geometry that combines the projective Beltrami Klein model with Rational Trigonometry, to give a much simpler, completely algebraic framework for the subject. One of the major consequences is that UHG works over a general (...)
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Thursday 29 |
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 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: The concept of p-deficiency and its applications
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Groups and Combinatorics Seminar
Anitha Thillaisundaram (Cambridge)
will speak on
The concept of p-deficiency and its applications.
at 1pm on Friday 30th September in MLR2
Abstract: We use Schlage-Puchta's concept of p-deficiency and (...)
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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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 (...)
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Tuesday 04 |
Intended Audience:
Those who are, or intend to, supervise international students who want to reflect upon, develop or refresh their current conceptions and practice of supervision. Using a discussion-based approach, this workshop builds on the material about international student supervision (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Reproduction by donor conception: different perspectives on the donor conception process. : School of Anatomy & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Seminar:
Approximately 10% of fertility treatment cycles in Australia use gametes (sperm or eggs) donated from a third party. In the past donors were usually anonymous, little personal or health information about them was stored and children born were seldom told the manner of their (...)
13:00 - CANCELLED - SEMINAR - Soil&Water Seminar, Oct.4, 1pm: : "Polar Biology – The Arctic Ecosystem"
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Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.
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The Soil&Water Seminar at 1pm on Tues, Oct. 4th will be given by Dan Murphy from the Soil Biology Group, School of Earth and Environment. All welcome!
TITLE: “Polar Biology – The (...)
Reflections from the UK & Australia.
This forum is linked to the Rural Schools and Sustainable Communities Symposium 2013.
The forum will be followed by light refreshments.
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 |
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 |
14:00 - SEMINAR - STATISTICS SEMINAR : Analysis of Medical Expenditures with Semiparametric Panel Data Models
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Analysis of Medical Expenditures with
Semiparametric Panel Data Models
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