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Are you struggling with your weight and longing for answers that make sense? Australian leading weight loss scientist Dr Amanda Sainsbury-Salis, author of The Don't Go Hungry Diet, will explain new ways to lose weight and keep it off with less effort. Learn about your Famine Reaction and how you (...)

The UWA Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management presents A Symposium: CHALLENGES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GREAT SOUTHERN - People Land Water

A day of talks highlighting NRM research focussed on the Great Southern including an opening address by the WA (...)

This talk will be a brief introduction to two topics on which it has proved possible to learn about how the brain may work using methods of mathematical physics. It has some relevance to the way in which theorists approach the problems of the shape, structure, and distribution of galaxies, and of (...)

When we think of what it is that historians study, the environment rarely springs to mind. However, there is a long tradition of historically-informed writing about human-environment relations, and in the midst of the rise of the new environment movement in the 1970s and 1980s, a new sub-discipline (...)

Speaker: Professor Reinhard Genzel, Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, FRG & Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Lecture Abstract: Evidence has been accumulating for several decades that many galaxies harbour central mass (...)

Surroundings Around opens up a discourse about ecosystems and integrity through focusing on the relationship between human activities surrounding the fishing culture.

Opening: Thurs 23 July 6 - 8 pm Exhibition Dates: 24 - 30 July 2009 Opening hours: Mon - Fri 12 pm - 5 pm / Sat & (...)

Militancy in Pakistan is receiving a great deal of interest globally. It has implications for neighbouring states, particularly Afghanistan and India. But how does the growth of militant groups affect ordinary citizens living in Pakistan? What impacts do these militant groups have upon the state? (...)

Dr Michelle Byrnes will be presenting her talk "My Mindful Journey: Neuroplasticity and Holistic Multidisciplinary Neurorehabilitation after Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury and Stuttering". Dr Byrnes will present a summary of her 15 year journey from a career as a Postdoctural Neuroscientist (...)

FREE PUBLIC LECTURE - ALL WELCOME. Robert French, UWA graduate in science and law and Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, returns to Perth to deliver the inaugural annual lecture of the recently-established UWA Historical Society in association with Convocation - the UWA Graduates (...)

Controversial (at times), comprehensive (in parts) and rich (in cultural significance) The University of Western Australia Art Collection is one of the state's best art collections.

The exhibition ranges from Ernest Stocks' romantic 1896 view of Perth from the west through to Elise (...)

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

concert has been cancelled due to ill health.

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The Koshka Trio;Jasmine Skinner(violin),Bernadette Peters (cello),Irina Vasil'eva (piano)

Las Cuatro estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons of (...)

An afternoon of charm and romance, celebrating French music, song, and joie de vivre! Your favourite chansons from The Beatles, Les Miserables, Edith Piaf, and Georges Bizet. Featuring the winter school choir, vocal emsemble Tuxedo Junction, and French violin and accordian duo Eddie Stasak and Lena (...)

Wagner arr. Humperdinck: Parsifal

Australian-born Simone Young is internationally recognised as one of the leading conductors of her generation. Currently Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera and the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, she has performed on some of the world’s (...)

LIWA 2009 Medical Research Seminar Series : Dr Ben Corry

The Lung Institute of Western Australia (LIWA) is pleased to present the next in its series of monthly presentations by leading Western Australian scientists, Monday 27 July 2009.

Join Dr Ben Corry, 2008 Young Scientist (...)

Starting on the 27th of July, the Interhealth branch of the Western Australian Stuent Society (WAMSS) is proud to announce its newest initiative: the Global Health Short Course. The Global Health Short Course (GHSC) is a FREE eight week course, with a public lecture on a new topic in global health (...)

Through this course:

•You will learn a brief history of Chinese tea and be introduced to different varieties of tea.

•Through hands-on activities such as tea preparation, brewing and tasting, you will experience the healthy, artistic and sensational Chinese tea culture.

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19:00 - COURSE - TAKING STRANGERS HOME: CHARACTERISATION WORKSHOPS : A UWA Extension Course

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To bring fictional characters to life for readers, writers first need to bring them alive for themselves. These workshops are designed to equip writers with strategies for creating characters and developing them through a process of familiarisation and engagement. A variety of tools will be used to (...)

Until now, a predominant theme in analyses of family business has been to claim that the tension between the ‘family’ and ‘business’ can be to the detriment of performance of family businesses. However, evidence-based research argues that the ‘family’ can be the niche advantage for (...)

Two day Symposium. Topics - Cancer & Clinical Trials; Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine; Stem Cells & Applications; Lung, Cardiovascular & Metabolism Disease. PhD students are invited to present in the scientific program with prize for Best Student Presentation