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Displaying from Thursday, April 07, 2016
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April 2016
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Thursday 07 |
Title: Mathematics and Statistics of Scuba Diving
Abstract:
Scuba divers are trained to follow procedures that keep them safe
while diving and afterward. Surprisingly, these safety measures
are based on just a handful of simple mathematical and statistical principles,
which will be (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Bright, Breezy, Bracing South Beach Fremantle’s Seaside Playground
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From the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century, South Beach enjoyed a period of extraordinary popularity as a leisure destination, attracting an estimated 35,000 people to its opening ceremony in 1909. However, at the South Beach of today, little remains to indicate this vibrant past, prompting (...)
17:00 - Masterclass - School of Music presents - Masterclass: Tania Frazer (Double reeds)
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Tania Frazer is the solo oboist and Creative Director of the Southern Cross Soloists, one of Australia’s leading chamber music ensembles. A dedicated teacher, Tania is also the oboe lecturer at the University of Queensland in Brisbane and Director of the Southern Cross Soloists Winter Music (...)
17:00 - Masterclass - School of Music presents - Keyed Up! Masterclass: Alex Raineri (piano)
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Alex Raineri, described by Limelight Magazine as ‘a soloist of superb skill and musicality’, is an active soloist and chamber musician, currently based in Brisbane.
His performance experience includes tours of California, South- East Asia, England, New Zealand, Germany and a vast (...)
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Friday 08 |
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Free Lunchtime Concert: Southern Cross Soloists - Three's Company
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Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School
This week Southern Cross Soloists present 'Three’s Company'
Members of the Southern Cross Soloists: Tania Frazer (oboe) (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology / Sociology Seminar Series : Dirty Little Freaks: The containment and remediation of adolescents with severe intellectual disabilities
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16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Invariable generation of permutation groups
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Time and place: 16:00 Friday 8 April in Weatherburn LT
Speaker: Kyle Rosa (UWA)
Title: Invariable generation of permutation groups
Abstract: An invariable generating set for a group is a collection of conjugacy classes from which any choice of representatives form a (...)
17:00 - Panel Discussion - School of Music presents - Fridays@Five: Southern Cross Soloists - A career in Chamber Music
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The ideal way to start your weekend, Fridays@Five offers unique musical experiences to delight all music lovers. See young artists be inspired through a variety of masterclasses, workshops, pre-concert talks, lectures and Q&A sessions. Delve deep into music or simply enjoy a free informal (...)
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Tuesday 12 |
16:00 - EVENT - Psychology Colloquium: Prof Brett Hayes (UNSW), with post-talk drinks in the Psychology Courtyard
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Presenter: Prof Brett Hayes
Brett Hayes is Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of New South Wales. He is a former Head of the School of Psychology at UNSW, and has held previous appointments at the University of Sydney, University of Newcastle, and honourary appointments (...)
A public lecture by Miranda Hart, School of Biology, University of British Columbia and 2016 UWA Gledden Visiting Fellow.
The use of bioinoculants (bacteria or fungi) is a common practice in many managed systems. In some cases, this practice is essential and plants will not grow (...)
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Wednesday 13 |
8:30 - WORKSHOP - Workshop on Intensive Mode Teaching : A step-by-step process on developing intensive mode units
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You are invited to attend a one-day workshop on Intensive Mode Teaching (IMT). Intensive mode teaching (IMT) is part of the 21st Century student experience. IMT engages students in facilitated learning activities or classes intensively over longer than a few hours in a day, and over fewer days (...)
12:00 - SEMINAR - Children Living in Multi Local Families in Rural China - Preliminary Reflections on Gender Differences : Economics Research Seminar
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Abstract - Over 61 million children have been left behind in the Chinese countryside while at least one parent and often, two parents work away from home long term. In this talk I draw on qualitative fieldwork carried out between 2010 and 2015 in Jiangxi and Anhui provinces to examine the role of (...)
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Thursday 14 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Holocaust History and Survivor Testimony : the case of the Starachowice factory slave labour camps
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A public lecture by Christopher Browning, Frank Porter Graham Professor of History Emeritus, University of North Carolina.
This lecture will examine three issues: the problems involved in using survivor testimony as the sole or primary source to write on otherwise undocumented aspects of (...)
In a collaboration of performance and research, Head of Vocal Studies Andrew Foote leads staff and students, in presenting a series of intimate and cozy salon style performances to delight every concertgoer.
The Bard in Song 'A celebration of William Shakespeare'
To mark the (...)
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Friday 15 |
Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.
This week senior UWA Piano student James Dekleva will present a solo recital, including works by Schubert and Liszt.
Waltzes - (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology / Sociology Seminar Series : The Remote Community Closure Debate
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The Western Australian government’s recent proposal to close up to 150 of the state’s remote Aboriginal communities sparked condemnation from community members including Aboriginal organisations, the state and federal opposition Labor governments, a range of activist groups and the United (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: The superelliptic covers and the lifting mapping class group
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Time and place: 16:00 Friday 15 April in Weatherburn LT
Speaker: Ty Ghaswala (University of Waterloo)
Title: The superelliptic covers and the lifting mapping class group
Abstract: Given a finite sheeted (possibly branched) covering space over a surface, one can ask (...)
17:00 - MASTERCLASS - School of Music presents - Fridays@Five Masterclass: Andrew Foote (Voice)
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The ideal way to start your weekend, Fridays@Five offers unique musical experiences to delight all music lovers. See young artists be inspired through a variety of masterclasses, workshops, pre-concert talks, lectures and Q&A sessions. Delve deep into music or simply enjoy a free informal (...)
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Sunday 17 |
The exceptional ability of young emerging artists and their passion for music will always create an extraordinary experience for concertgoers. In 2016 four outstanding orchestral and choral concerts will feature Western Australia’s finest young musicians.
An Afternoon in Vienna
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Monday 18 |
On behalf of the organising committee of the Symposium of WA Neuroscience (SWAN), in association with the Neurotrauma Research Program of WA and supported by the WA Neuroscience Research Institute, the Australasian Neuroscience Society and Murdoch University, it is my pleasure to announce that (...)
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