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Academic Events
 March 2019
Friday 15
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : Singapore’s Early Industrialisation and myths of openness (and borderedness) More Information
This paper discusses aspects of Singapore’s early industrialisation (1970s and 80s) and myths around notions of openness (and borderedness) with respects to migrant labour. The paper examines the often contradictory policies the Singapore state pursued in its efforts to rapidly industrialise its economy which required far greater numbers of people than Singapore could supply. Thus, the state found itself heavily reliant on a flow of both skilled and unskilled labour to meet the demands of it industrialisation policies whilst publically advocating for fewer foreign workers – even as the numbers continued to increase. As a result the 1970s and 80s were decades in which the contradictions of its industrialisation agenda intersected with all manner of state border controls and immigration policies (work permits, levies and so on) aimed at regulating and controlling flows of people into the city state.

11:00 - SEMINAR - Linguistics Seminar Series : Facilitated but Avoided: Why bilinguals shun the easiest words More Information
There is substantial evidence that doppels - words in two or more languages sharing similar forms and meanings, such as English fish and German Fisch - are produced by bilinguals more quickly and easily than non-doppels like English duck and German Ente. Ellison & Miceli (2017) recently argued, however, that doppels are avoided by bilinguals, and that this avoidance can lead to significant lexical change in languages over time. We proposed that while associative memory favours doppels, because of the similar form-meaning connections in multiple linguistic contexts, a subsequent monitoring process results in language-ambiguous doppels being resisted. This avoidance of doppels has been evidenced in experimental work on Dutch-English bilinguals.

The question remains, however, why the psycholinguistic literature to date describes only facilitation of doppels, and not their avoidance. We show that the experimental task chiefly used to examine doppel production, namely picture naming, has standardly been constructed so that only a single response is correct. Consequently, there can never be a competition between alternative expressions of a meaning, and thus doppels cannot be avoided. In this talk, we present a replication of an earlier picture-naming study (Christoffels 2007), but extend it to new conditions where the participants can choose between alternative names for the picture. In these cases, we do indeed find evidence of bilinguals avoiding the shared vocabulary.

We argue therefore, that while the anti-doppel bias has always been there, it was for a long time unnoticed experimentally because standard picture-naming methodology could not detect it.

Linguistics has long described two forces as continually shaping language: ease of articulation and distinctiveness. Where doppels gain in ease of articulation because of their cross-linguistic frequency advantage, they pay a price for failing to distinctively mark the language being spoken.

13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert | Pi�ata Percussion : Reflections on Water More Information
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.

A sonic exploration of water, reflection and mirrors, using melodic marimbas, exotic gongs, deep drums, pure bells and wine glasses, this program of works by composers from around the Pacific Rim and beyond features Australian premieres by Juri Seo and Viet Cuong, plus music by UWA graduate Catherine Betts. Free entry, no bookings required.

14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar Series : Torres Strait Islander Cultural Dance: Research, ethics and protocols More Information
Research into Torres Strait Islander cultural dance has traditionally focused on the music and songs of Islanders and rarely on the movements themselves or the cultural protocols of dance. This seminar presents a new Torres Strait Islander perspective on the ethics of research as well as the cultural protocols of eastern Island dance. It is a joint research project with the Gerib Sik Torres Strait Islander Dance Corporation which will result in a co-authored, invited chapter publication in the forthcoming volume Indigenous research ethics: Claiming research sovereignty beyond deficit and the colonial legacy, edited by Dr. Lily George, Dr. Juan Tauri and Dr. Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald. Specifically, we explore how Islander dance is not only created and practiced within Torres Strait culture but how that information is communicated to researchers. Through this writing, we hope to give life back to Islander dance research by proposing new methods behind research practices while also reinforcing cultural practices.
Tuesday 19
15:00 - SEMINAR - Where to Publish More Information
Deciding where and how to publish is an important step in the research process. Ensure that your research reaches the appropriate audience, maximise its discoverability and potential impact and aim for top journals in your field.

This hands-on workshop introduces tools and tips for identifying relevant, quality journals and evaluating book publishers. We will also touch on meeting Open Access mandates from grant bodies, avoiding predatory publishers and publishing a thesis. Topics covered:

-Identifying and assessing journals -Choosing a book publisher -Open access publishing -The UWA Profiles and Research Repository -Predatory publishers -Publishing your thesis as a book or a series of papers.

15:00 - EVENT - Unveiling of Aboriginal artwork : Harmony Week Event - Pharmacy Division More Information
Pharmacy has purchased a number of Aboriginal art works to be displayed in its building. This Harmony Week event is an unveiling of these paintings, followed by afternoon tea.
Wednesday 20
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Italians in 19th century Western Australia, and, how a Venetian industrial chemist came from Kalgoorlie to teach Italian at The University of Western Australia : Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of Italian Studies at UWA Website | More Information
Speaker: Associate Professor John Kinder, Italian Studies, UWA

Italians migrated to Western Australia from the earliest days of European settlement. They were a fascinating and mixed assortment of individuals who contributed to the dynamic cultural diversity of early Western Australia. Against this background, the lecture will trace how Italian became a university subject in the 1920s – at the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne and, before them, at The University of Western Australia.
Thursday 21
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Geoarchaelogical investigation of prehistoric site use, occupation intensity and settlement patterns in Blombos Cave, South Africa More Information
The archaeological assemblage recovered from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) levels in Blombos Cave (BBC, c. 101–70 ka BP), South Africa, is central to our current understanding of the technological and cultural development of early modern humans in southern Africa during the Late Pleistocene. In this paper, we demonstrate that the behavioural changes observed in the MSA record of BBC also correlate with significant shifts in physical site-use and human occupation intensity. Through a site-wide geoarchaeological and faunal taphonomic investigation of three discrete phases of MSA occupation deposits, we identify distinct human campsite activities and examine their spatial distribution throughout the MSA sequence. Considering the sedimentbased observations presented, we argue that people during the earliest MSA phases occupied Blombos Cave more continuously but less frequent. This occupation pattern is markedly different from what we see in the later MSA phases (e.g. M1), during which hunter-gatherer groups appear to have visited and revisited the cave more regularly,and for shorter periods each time. We suggest that the variation of MSA occupation intensity in BBC, which coincides with shifts in local climate,vegetation and sea-levels, can best be explained by changes in local site function and hunter-gatherer mobility and subsistence strategies. We also propose that the MSA site-use patterns observed locally in BBC may be indicative of larger shifts in the regional settlement patterns,and we hypothesize that these could have affected the nature and frequency of social interaction within prehistoric populations living in the Southern Cape during MIS 5b-4 (94 – 72 ka).

19:30 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Centre Stage | Pi�ata Percussion : Reflections on Water More Information
A sonic exploration of water, reflection and mirrors, using melodic marimbas, exotic gongs, deep drums, pure bells and wine glasses, this program of works by composers from around the Pacific Rim and beyond features Australian premieres by Juri Seo and Viet Cuong, plus music by UWA graduate Catherine Betts.

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Friday 22
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - UWA Music presents: Free Lunchtime Concert | UWA Winds More Information
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.

In their first performance of 2019, UWA Winds bring you through a whirlwind of musical variety in acoustic and electronic music of winds from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Free entry, no bookings required.
Monday 25
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Unorthodox and exciting applications of solar energy Website | More Information
A public lecture by Professor Jeffrey Gordon, Department of Solar Energy & Environmental Physics, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and 2019 UWA Robert and Maude Gledden Senior Visiting Fellow.

In this public lecture, Professor Gordon will discuss three unconventional, futuristic solar applications being advanced in his research lab:

(1) Solar electricity generation for private, commercial space missions: For decades of government and military satellites, cost has not been an object. But for the new frontier of private commercial space exploration, cost is everything (subject to high reliability). This creates new and distinct constraints for on-board solar electricity generation, where power per unit mass (W/kg) is paramount. The new optics and advanced solar cells we are developing, in collaboration with the United States Air Force, will be presented.

(2) Solar-driven synthesis of novel nano-materials: By concentrating sunlight to intensities thousands of times greater than ambient solar radiation, we have created reactor conditions that are uniquely conducive to the synthesis of singular nano-tubes and closed-cage (fullerene) nano-particles that often possess remarkable electronic, lubricating, catalytic or mechanical properties. The solar route offers the advantages of being safe (no toxic substances are required), far more rapid than alternative methods, and scalable. The successful transition from solar to lamp-driven nano-material syntheses - an exciting collaboration with Professor Hui Tong Chua at UWA - will also be depicted.

(3) Ultra-high algal bioproductivity: Algae have a built-in productivity potential that is hundreds of percent higher than in today’s algae ponds and photo-bioreactors. The key is finding the proper synchronization of (a) light intensity (be it solar or artificial light), (b) illuminated and dark periods for each cycle of pulsed light, and (c) hydrodynamics for moving algae cells into and out of illuminated reactor zones. Our models for achieving these conditions have recently been verified experimentally, demonstrating a factor of 3 increase in photon efficiency. This constitutes a quantum leap from which future algal photo-bioreactors for ultra-high yields of biofuels and pharmaceuticals can be developed.
Tuesday 26
10:00 - WORKSHOP - Writing Better Learning Outcomes - Enhancing Learning Design Series Website | More Information
In this practical workshop, you will examine the core elements of effective LOs and a checklist for the evaluation of your unit’s LOs. You will have the opportunity to work with Learning Designers and course participants to evaluate your unit’s LOs and how you might (re)write them to ensure they reflect the level of knowledge and skills you want your students to achieve, and the attitudes you want them to develop.

13:00 - SEMINAR - Improving Immunity to Melanoma : School of Human Sciences Seminar Series Website | More Information
Abstract: Melanoma is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, resulting in ~1500 deaths each year. While extensive public health campaigns have increased community awareness of the importance of sun-safety and skin monitoring, a substantial number of melanomas remain undetected until late-stage progression. New treatments that harness the immune system offer great promise for melanoma treatment, but further advances are required for these approaches to succeed in the majority of patients. Immunotherapy strategies use a variety of approaches to harness T cell immunity to control melanoma. We have recently identified several new settings of effective T cell cancer surveillance, resulting in either complete elimination of malignant cells or the establishment of a dynamic ‘melanoma-immune equilibrium’. This fundamental knowledge should be of value for the development of novel clinical strategies targeting cancer.

Speaker: Dr. Jason Waithman is a molecular and cellular immunologist having obtained his PhD in 2008. His training was completed in outstanding institutions that include the University of Melbourne, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research under the guidance of multiple international leading immunologists. He relocated to Perth in 2012 to establish and run an independent, original research program at the Telethon Kids Institute. He has successfully attracted fellowship support from 2010-21 and has attracted project funding from multiple sources to support his research program. He is currently working closely with an industry partner and the host institute to develop innovative therapeutic techniques for cancer patients as part of the discovery and translation pipeline associated with his research program.

17:00 - SEMINAR - UWA Music presents: Callaway Centre Seminar Series | Tone List/Audible Edge More Information
A free weekly seminar series, with presenters from within UWA and from the wider community.

What is a situated musical practice in Perth? Tone List frame their endeavour as a methodology for revealing a musical practice connected to place and discuss their collective research into community and creative practice. Tone List are a non-profit organisation and record label invested in the production and performance of new works and the building of connections between the subcultures of Perth. Members Jameson Feakes, Lenny Jacobs, Annika Moses, Josten Myburgh and Dan O'Connor describe the genesis of Tone List, it's place in the Perth musical landscape, and facilitate an open discussion focused on community and connectedness to place. The seminar will include a performance by Tone List.

Further information at music.uwa.edu.au
Wednesday 27
10:00 - STAFF EVENT - Developing Assessments - Enhancing Learning Design Series Website | More Information
In this session, with the help of a team of experienced learning designers, you will gain a better understanding of the principles of good assessment underpinning UWA’s Assessment Policy, and you can build or rebuild your unit’s assessment strategy with those principles in mind.

18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - MindTrails: Using technology to change anxious thinking in the real world Website | More Information
A public lecture by Professor Bethany Teachman Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia and UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.

Anxious individuals of all ages tend to interpret situations in threatening ways - a racing heart doesn't just mean you ran up the stairs quickly, it is interpreted as a sign of an impending heart attack! New research suggests we can provide focused training to change this unhealthy thinking pattern and deliver the training by phone or computer, greatly increasing access to care. This is especially important for people who are reticent to seek treatment in person or who don't have access to evidence-based care; a serious issue given the millions of people struggling with anxiety disorders who do not receive adequate care.

Bethany Teachman is a Professor and the Director of Clinical Training at the University of Virginia in the Department of Psychology. She received her PhD from Yale University, and her BA from the University of British Columbia. Her lab investigates biases in cognitive processing that contribute to the development and maintenance of psychopathology, especially anxiety disorders. She has had continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health and private foundations, and is an author on over 150 publications, including books on treatment planning and eating disorders. Dr Teachman has been awarded an American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology, multiple national mentoring awards, and is an Association for Psychological Science Fellow. Currently, Dr Teachman is Chair of the Coalition for the Advancement and Application of Psychological Science and Director of the public web sites MindTrails and Project Implicit Mental Health, and she is past president of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology.

Professor Teachman is a 2019 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow and her visit is co-sponsored by the UWA School of Psychological Science.
Thursday 28
13:00 - SEMINAR - The Search for a function of the melanoma tumour antigen melanotransferrin: Iron binding molecule turned pro-tumourigenic signalling protein : School of Human Sciences Seminar Series Website | More Information
Melanotransferrin (MTf) is a membrane-bound transferrin homologue that is found in melanoma cells and was one of the first melanoma tumour antigens to be characterized. It possesses an iron-binding site like the iron-binding protein in the blood, transferrin, but does not play a role in normal cellular iron metabolism. This was shown by Richardson through a variety of studies in vitro in cell culture and in vivo using purpose generated melanotransferrin knockout and transgenic mice. However, Richardson later demonstrated that melanotransferrin stimulates melanoma growth, proliferation and migration and more recently appears to play an exciting role in oncogenic signalling via down-regulating the metastasis suppressor protein, NDRG1. Intriguingly, over-expression of NDRG1 can down-regulate MTf. The studies over a period of 20 years will be discussed.

15:00 - SEMINAR - Sharing your Research with the World: The UWA Profiles & Research Repository Website | More Information
Profiles in the UWA Profiles and Research Repository are now the sole, authorised public profiles for UWA staff. They enable access to comprehensive and up to date information about UWA academic research, teaching activities, professional expertise, and outputs. This seminar will explain how the UWA Profiles work, how to add your publications to the Repository and how to make your Profile as informative as possible.

Please note: this seminar will be delivered by Zoom video conferencing, there is no face to face session available. A computer with an internet connection is required to join this session. Participants do not need a microphone or a webcam to join, but may need headphones to hear the presenter. A link to the Zoom webinar will be emailed to you after registration.

16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Identifying diachronic changes in ochre behaviours throughout the Upper Palaeolithic (ca. 40-12.5 kya) of Southwestern Germany More Information
Though many European Upper Palaeolithic (ca. 40-12.5 kya)sites boast early examples of symbolic expression in the form of “artistic” materials (e.g. cave art, personal ornaments,figurines), comparatively little research has been conducted on the intricacies surrounding the use of ochre materials outside of Neanderthal and purely cave art contexts. This gap in research is largely the result of a lack of systematic and holistic analyses of ochre and pigment materials from Upper Palaeolithic Central European sites. Here, I present an indepth study on the diachronic changes in ochre behaviours at Hohle Fels cave, Germany. A recent reassessment of the assemblage yielded 935 individual ochre artefacts, with 27 bearing definite traces of anthropogenic modification and 21 artefacts that are possibly modified. These artefacts show that while a wide variety of ochre types, textures, and colours is seen throughout the entire sequence, more hematite-rich specular ochres as well as fine-grained deep-red iron oxide clays were preferred during the Gravettian (ca. 30-27 kya) and Magdalenian (15.5-12.5 kya), while the Aurignacian (40-30 kya) contains a vast array of colours and textures. These artefacts,along with modern-day ochre samples from surveys, were further investigated using neutron activation analysis (NAA) in order to explore questions of “provenance” or whether the artefacts could be attributed to geological sources. The results show that while new evidence for distant (≥300 km) ochre procurement is seen in the Aurignacian, local sources were consistently accessed throughout the entire Upper Palaeolithic. Furthermore, a comparative analysis of ochres from nearby contemporary cave sites of Geißenklösterle and Vogelherd show that though inhabitants of these caves collected ochre from the same areas, some sources were kept exclusive to certain groups. This data, coupled with the presence of artefacts with ochre residues as well climatic and environmental fluctuations, offer an example of the complexity of ochre behaviours and how these changed and flourished over time in Southwestern Germany.

18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - *CANCELLED* Why do we Need to Decentre Modernism? Art History and Avant-Garde Art from the Periphery Website | More Information
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

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