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Displaying from Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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November 2012
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Wednesday 14 |
12:30 - PERFORMANCE - Free performance - Ramayana: Indonesian Dance-Drama
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Combining music, dance and story-telling, this performance will be an unforgettable opportunity to experience the riches of the Balinese performing arts.
Featuring some forty musicians and dancers from the Indonesian Institute of Arts, Denpasar.
Presented as a free ticketed (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Cherishing our place: Do women have a special role? : Guest lecture by Professor Carmen Lawrence
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There are two glaring omissions from orthodox models and theories of economic growth: the planet and the human families and communities which live within it. These models neglect the fact that the human economy is embedded in the biosphere which consists of living things, the products of living (...)
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Monday 19 |
17:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - A distinguished panel of guests discussing the issue of "Australia in the Asian Century Beyond the White Paper" : A panel of experts would explore these ideas and beyond to answer the question: How does Australia sustain cooperative and mutually beneficial relations with its neighbours in the Asian Century.
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The Australian Government has acknowledged the rise of Asia in the 21st century as the paradigm through which it will shape its relationship with its neighbours. The recent White Paper on Australia in the Asian Century by Dr Ken Henry has outlined a roadmap for greater engagement by strengthening (...)
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Thursday 22 |
A Public Lecture by Louise Adler, CEO and Publisher-in-Chief, Melbourne University Publishing.
In 2010, Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) acquired the rights to a collection of titles by one of Australia’s most outstanding novelists, Christina Stead, including her masterpiece, 'The (...)
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Friday 23 |
The Institute of Advanced Studies at UWA and the Chair of Australian Literature are pleased to present this research symposium.
Starting out from Sydney, Christina Stead lived and worked across Europe, England and the United States, only returning to Australia at the end of her long life (...)
13:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Little Red Riding Hood: The girl in the forest : An exploration of the tale within the context of feminine agency and sensibility.
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Join Chantal for this fascinating exploration of the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. By focusing on the trope of ‘the girl in the forest’, this paper suggests how and why the fairytale works to evoke the possibilities of a feminine agency and sensibility.
This public talk is part of (...)
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Friday 30 |
13:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Nature-nurture: Engaging with non-human life from the female perspective
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In this talk, Donna Franklin - artist, curator and academic at Edith Cowan University - presents a survey of established women artists who engage with bio-politics, ethics, art and the life sciences, recently shown in Creatures of the Future Garden.
This talk is presented by (...)
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December 2012
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Friday 07 |
13:00 - CONVERSATION - Artists in conversation : Artists discuss their work exhibited in LOOK. LOOK AGAIN
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The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery presents a conversation with artists Danielle Freakley, Siné MacPherson and Carol Rudyard in discussion with Felicity Johnston, curator of the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art.
The artists discuss their work currently exhibited in LOOK. LOOK AGAIN - (...)
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Friday 14 |
In this public talk, John Cruthers, curatorial advisor to the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, provides a personal reflection on the collection and on the act of private collecting.
The Cruthers Collection of Women's Art is Australia's largest specialist collection of Women's Art (...)
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Saturday 15 |
12:00 - EXHIBITION - Mythology : - an Art Exhibition by Anna Cocks
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Mythology is the first solo exhibition of Tasmanian-based artist Anna Cocks. After completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at UWA in 2008, Anna re-located to Hobart in 2010 to do Honours at the Tasmanian School of Art. This exhibition brings together a selection of 'stories' and images, mostly completed (...)
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February 2013
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Thursday 07 |
19:00 - TALK - STEPHEN SCOURFIELD'S KIMBERLEY ADVENTURE - AS THE RIVER RUNS : Meet the Author of 'As the River Runs' set in the Kimberley
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Join Stephen Scourfield as he takes you on a pictorial journey through his new novel As the River Runs, a powerful ode to one of Australia’s most stunning regions. In the Kimberley water is plentiful, but in Perth it’s precious, and political. When ex-greenie Dylan Ward takes a group of city (...)
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Friday 08 |
9:30 - SEMINAR - Illuminating Thoughts - 1913, 2013, 2113 : Manning Clark House Day of Ideas
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The celebration of The University of Western Australia’s centenary in 2013 gives pause to think about the luminous ideas that shaped the contemporary world and the possibilities for tomorrow. The focus of this symposium will be on moving from ideas of modernism to post-modernism to an (...)
18:30 - ALUMNI EVENT - Alumni Weekend Celebrations 2013 : UWA's Inaugural Alumni Weekend
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The Alumni Weekend presents a unique opportunity to celebrate the University's centenary. It offers a diverse program of activities, events and reunions, including a Welcome Cocktail Party, seminars, lectures, panel discussions, tours and the launch of the Shaun Tan Sundial, Centenary plant, music (...)
19:00 - EVENT - LUMINOUSnight : A one-night only free public celebration of art and culture to commemorate The University of Western Australia's Centenary
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From 7pm until midnight on Friday 8 February 2013, the UWA Crawley campus will be transformed into a walk through phantasmagoria presenting a rich program of performances and displays that celebrate key moments and individuals in the University’s glowing history.
With more than 250 (...)
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Sunday 10 |
17:00 - PERFORMANCE - sunset@subi - Belleville : The City of Subiaco is presenting acoustic gypsy quartet Belleville for a free picnic concert as part of the city's sunset@subi concert series.
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Showcasing swing at its best, Belleville will take you back to the music of Paris in the 1930s. Along with a modern gypsy jazz repertoire, this energetic acoustic group carries on the tradition of gypsy jazz created by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli.
The free sunset@subi (...)
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Friday 22 |
15:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Shakespearean Ontogeny : Public talk with Dr. Richard Paul Hamilton
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There is a popular view of biological development which goes something like this. Biological form is the cumulative result of internal genetic forces and external environmental ones. Like all models in biology this rather neat view had the advantage of allowing researchers to navigate a path (...)
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Tuesday 26 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Reading and writing historical novels in the age of instant messaging
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A trillion text messages are sent and received every hour. Every minute 48 hours of video is uploaded on YouTube alone. The “present” has never been as ever-present as it is now. Institute of Advanced Studies Writer-in-Residence Kunal Basu will discuss whether such a high premium on the (...)
20:00 - PERFORMANCE - Two Gentlemen of Verona : Direct from Shakespeare's Globe in London - Staff discount available
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UK Arts International and University Theatres presents
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Direct from Shakespeare’s Globe, London
Starring Tonderai Munyevu & Denton Chikura
Australian Premiere
“Uproariously entertaining” **** The Guardian
Staff discount available - (...)
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Wednesday 27 |
18:00 - TALK - Shining a Light on the Kerry Stokes Collection : Learn more about the Kerry Stokes Collection, artworks from which are currently loaned to UWA for LUMINOUSFLUX exhibition
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Join Erica Persak, Sarah Yukich and Kevin Robertson at this public talk as they share insights of the artwork within the Kerry Stokes Collection.
The Kerry Stokes Collection is one of the finest private collections in Australia, and they have generously loaned works by Dan Flavin, Jim (...)
UK Arts International and University Theatres presents
Kupenga Kwa Hamlet
Direct from Shakespeare’s Globe, London
Starring Tonderai Munyevu & Denton Chikura
Australian Premiere
“A rollicking, fast-paced bit of storytelling… has a surging, gung-ho vibrancy (...)
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