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Displaying from Friday, May 11, 2018
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May 2018
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Friday 11 |
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents Free Lunchtime Concert | The Winthrop Singers and Pi�ata Percussion
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Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.
This week, be transported by the divine voices of the Winthrop Singers, supported by special guests Piñata (...)
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar : Monsters, dogs, blackfellas, and whitefellas: An ethnographic riddle about seeing and unseeing from central Australia
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The main aims of this paper are to (1) familiarise you with some diverse strands of my research, and (2) start a discussion about how they interface. Since 1994, I have been undertaking research with Warlpiri people, in the town of Yuendumu in central Australia. Yuendumu is one of four Warlpiri (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Daniel Harvey, 4pm Friday 11 May 2018 in Weatherburn LT
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Speaker: Daniel Harvey (University of Western Australia)
Title: A cycle of maximum order in a graph of high minimum degree has a chord
Time and place: 4pm 11 May 2018, Weatherburn LT
Abstract: A long standing conjecture of Thomassen states that every cycle of (...)
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Monday 14 |
8:00 - COURSE - Practical Rock Mechanics in Mining Short Course : This course is designed to develop specific open pit and underground mining geomechanics competencies for mine geologists and engineers so their contribution to mine site geomechanics programmes is enhanced.
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This course is designed to develop specific open pit and underground mining geomechanics competencies for mine geologists and engineers so their contribution to mine site geomechanics programmes is enhanced. The course could be of particular benefit to geomechanics personnel with limited practical (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Open Access for Researchers : What is Open Access, why should you make your research open and how can you do it at UWA?
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Open Access for Researchers
What is Open Access, why should you make your research open and how can you do it at UWA?
This session will cover:
- What is open access? (green vs gold)
- Why should you do it? (Benefits to you)
- UWA code of conduct for the responsible practice (...)
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Tuesday 15 |
12:30 - DISTINGUISHED VISITOR - Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series: UWA Visiting Professor Dame Jill Macleod-Clark : Imagine a different future - is the time up for traditional Health Professional roles?
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The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences welcomes UWA Visiting Professor Prof. Dame Jill Macleod-Clark from the University of Southampton, to present 'Imagine a different future - is the time up for traditional Health Professional roles?'
Join us for light refreshments at the conclusion of the (...)
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Wednesday 16 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Savonarola and Botticelli: the visionary prophet and the penitent painter
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A public lecture by Arvi Wattel, School of Design, The University of Western Australia.
After the French invasion in 1494, the Florentine people revolted against its de facto rulers and exiled the Medici family from Florence. Subsequently, the followers of the Dominican preacher Girolamo (...)
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Thursday 17 |
8:00 - COURSE - Managing Seismic Risks in Underground Mines Short Course : This course is designed to introduce mine geotechnical engineers to basic mine seismology concepts and their application in mining.
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Hard rock mines in deep and high-stress environments
often require the use of seismic systems to enable
operators to manage seismic risk posed to the workforce,
the mining investment and the environment. Seismic
data is also used in assessing the rock mass response to
mining activities where (...)
16:00 - Moved Reading - 'The Tempest', by William Shakespeare : CMEMS Moved Readings Project
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As part of the 'Moved Readings Project', the play will be read on the New Fortune stage with the help of willing students, staff, friends and family. No experience is required, as the readings will take place with script in hand! We hope to provide a dynamic learning space that creates a fun and (...)
16:00 - TALK - Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium : How big is the n-th prime?
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Abstract: There is a striking connection between the zeroes of the Riemann zeta-function and the distribution of the primes. In this talk I shall mention some analytic properties of the zeta-function that when known explicitly enable one to estimate, very accurately, the size of the n-th prime (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar : When, why and by whom was the controversial ‘ship motif’ painted at walganha (Walga Rock)?
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For nearly 100 years people have wondered who painted a European ship with two masts, a row of gun ports and an apparent funnel at walganha, the most profusely decorated, ceremonially and mythologically significant, pictogram site known in southern Western Australia. Is the ship meant to be VOC (...)
A public lecture by Professor Daniel Pauly, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia and 2018 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
One of the expected responses of marine fishes to ocean warming is decrease in body size, as supported by (...)
The exceptional ability of young emerging artists and their passion for music will always create an extraordinary experience for concertgoers.
In this concert, the UWA Wind Orchestra directed by Paul de Cinque perform some exciting repertoire for winds, before the UWA Symphony Orchestra (...)
Since 2012 the Conservatorium of Music has offered a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduates studying at UWA.
From humble beginnings in 2014, there are now 6 Ukulele ensembles running each week on campus and in the Enrich! Ukulele sensation, the (...)
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Friday 18 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : Bamboo or Banksia? Exploring plants, spaces and design for the Chinese garden in Perth
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Classical scholar gardens of Suzhou date back to the Wu Kingdom (6BCE). Their designs had developed and matured by the Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644). Nine of these gardens are listed as UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation) World Heritage Sights which signify their (...)
11:00 - SEMINAR - The politics of injustice in translingualism: Linguistic racism : Seminar by Dr Sender Dovchin, Curtin University
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This study aims to fill this critical research gap in existing trasnlingual theories, urging a stronger need to acknowledge one of its most overlooked characteristics – ‘linguistic injustice’ experienced by translingual speakers. It examines how one’s basic human rights are violated; and (...)
11:00 - SEMINAR - The politics of injustice in translingualism: Linguistic racism : Linguistics Seminar
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This study aims to fill this critical research gap in existing trasnlingual theories, urging a stronger need to acknowledge one of its most overlooked characteristics – ‘linguistic injustice’ experienced by translingual speakers. It examines how one’s basic human rights are violated; and (...)
Be transported from the everyday by our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the best musical talent from within the UWA Conservatorium of Music and around the country.
This week, quartets from the UWA Conservatorium Guitar Studio will perform movements from Phillip Houghton’s (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Carmen Amarra, 4pm Friday 18 May 2018 in Weatherburn LT
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Speaker: Carmen Amarra (University of Western Australia and University of the Philippines)
Title: Quotient-complete arc-transitive latin square graphs
Time and place: 4pm 18 May 2018, Weatherburn LT
Abstract: This talk deals with an open problem in my PhD thesis (...)
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Monday 21 |
15:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - Industry Mentoring in STEM (IMNIS) : A prestigious mentoring program that connects PhD students in their 2nd year with high level industry leaders
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