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Displaying from Tuesday, August 16, 2016
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August 2016
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Tuesday 16 |
7:30 - PUBLIC TALK - 2016 Women in Agriculture Breakfast : Each year UWA SNAGS host a women in agriculture breakfast to introduce readily involved and influential women of the industry to those studying in the natural and agricultural sciences
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Each year UWA SNAGS host a women in agriculture breakfast to introduce readily involved and influential women of the industry to those studying in the natural and agricultural sciences.
This year the event will be on the 16th August at 7:30am. This event has been a great success in (...)
17:00 - SEMINAR - **POSTPONED** School of Music presents � Free Research Seminar : Smalley’s Magic Piano
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Please note that this seminar has been postponed.
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Wednesday 17 |
Lions Eye Institute (LEI) is giving you an opportunity to speak to and hear from some of the best eye doctors and researchers at an event organised during the National Science Week. This event will be divided into two sessions. In the first session you will be able to have a round-table discussion (...)
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Thursday 18 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium : Colloquium: The Discovery of Janko's Sporadic Simple Groups
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Everyone is warmly invited to our Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium.
Talk title: The Discovery of Janko's Sporadic Simple Groups.
Talk abstract:
In 1966, Zvonimir Janko published a paper which revolutionised finite group
theory. The previous year, working as a Research Fellow at the (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - SELF MADE CITY: New Urban Development Strategies and Housing Typologies
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The Annual Dean’s Lecture, (Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts) by Kristien Ring, architect, curator and author.
With more and more people moving to urban centres worldwide, new solutions for growth are needed: strategies for densification that actually improve and (...)
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Friday 19 |
19:00 - DINNER - EWB WA FUSION Humanitarian Day Gala : Unique event celebrating Science Week and Humanitarian Day
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The Gala will showcase an inspiring line-up of speakers covering a range of angles on the topic: STEM for society, humanitarian engineering for disabilities, and engineering in developing contexts.
Enjoy a 3-course dinner at the exquisite University Club, drinks package, dancing, raffles (...)
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Monday 22 |
In this public lecture, sleep physician and researcher Matthew Naughton will highlight the importance of quality sleep and the health consequences of sleep deprivation.
Sleep is a crucial ingredient for a healthy life, in addition to a sensible diet and regular activity. In this current (...)
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Tuesday 23 |
12:30 - ALUMNI EVENT - UWA Lunch & Learn in the CBD : Does media attention encourage terrorist attacks?
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Media exposure has often been seen as a way for terrorists to distribute their message, create fear and recruit followers. In fact, the media coverage terrorist organisations receive free of charge rivals the advertising budgets of some of the world's largest corporations. But does media attention (...)
17:00 - SEMINAR - School of Music presents � Free Research Seminar Dobromila Jaskot & Dominik Karski : Voice and Instrument: Organic Merging
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UWA School of Music is a vibrant centre for research in music and music education, where a thriving community of scholars is engaged in exploring the frontiers of knowledge, working on a wide range of research projects with diverse outputs.
A free weekly seminar series, with presenters (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Use of the Term "Freedom" in Diplomatic Discourse of the Renaissance Dubrovnik : Part of the 'What's new in the Medieval?' lecture series
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A public lecture by Valentina Zovko, Australian Government Endeavour Fellow, based at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, UWA.
This lecture analyses the appearance and usage of the term "freedom" in speeches given by the Dubrovnik's Renaissance ambassadors (...)
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Thursday 25 |
11:00 - EVENT - To tweet or not to tweet? Social media for Scientists (Thursday August 25th 11am-1pm)
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UWA scientists are invited to meet with Dr Melanie Bagg from the Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC). Melanie will share tips and advice on the best use of social media to communicate your research with the media and the communities you want to reach.
Melanie has a PhD in Medicine (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : How dare our Prehistoric have a Prehistory of its own?’ First insights from the historiography of (Francophone) archaeology in the Pacific.
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The CBAP (Collective History of Archaeology in the Pacific)
project is a 5 years research program led by Matthew
Spriggs that aims to develop a systematic historiography
of archaeology in the Pacific. In this seminar I will present a general overview of the project, before detailing my particular (...)
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Friday 26 |
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Free Lunchtime Concert: The Rest is Noise (New Music)
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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's program includes works by Damian Barbeler, Ian Clarke and Osvaldo Golijov, as well as works by UWA students Andrew Ngooi and
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13:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : Night(mare) and the City: The Transnational Context of Film Noir and Modernity in Korea and Japan
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In recent decades, numerous films from Japan and Korea have been produced using characteristics associated with film noir. Much of the scholarly discussion of this body of ‘East Asian noir’ has tended to merely focus on the extent to which, through their use of aesthetic, they fit the genre (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Generalising hemisystems and relative hemisystems
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Time and place: 16:00 Friday 26 August in Weatherburn LT
Speaker: Melissa Lee (UWA)
Title: Generalising hemisystems and relative hemisystems
Abstract: Segre determined in 1965 that the only nontrivial m-covers of H(3,q^2), q odd, have m=(q+1)/2. He named these (...)
17:30 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Fridays@5: Masterclass - Kathleen McKellar-Ferguson (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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Saturday 27 |
The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research will be holding their open day on Saturday 27 August 2016.
Join us for talks on the very latest in research and treatments, guided tours of the building by medical researchers and a rare walk through our state-of-the-art laboratories where our (...)
10:00 - OPEN DAY - Open Day - Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research : Join us at 10am on Saturday 27 August.
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On Saturday 27 August 2016, the Perkins will open its doors to the public.
Join us between 10am and 3.30pm to enjoy:
- Talks on the very latest in medical research and treatments.
- Guided tours of the building by medical researchers, including an inside-look at the spectacular (...)
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Monday 29 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - �Why Are Some Emotions �Negative�?: Implications for the History of Emotions� : A Seminar with Professor W. Gerrod Parrott
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Specific emotions, such as pride, anger and anxiety, are often characterised as being ‘positive’ or ‘negative’, but the basis of this division is often inconsistent and unclear. My talk will describe the variety of meanings these terms can convey in the social sciences and the humanities (...)
18:15 - PUBLIC LECTURE - 'Shooting an Elephant: Why I am Writing a History of Human-Animal Emotions in the Age of the African Safari' : Hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
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In this paper, Professor Iain McCalman will outline why and how a small episode of elephant killing during Theodore Roosevelt’s eleven-month African Safari of 1909–1910 led to his current book-in-progress on hunting and human-animal emotions. This book will tell the story of an eminent circle (...)
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