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July 2016
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Thursday 07 |
8:30 - CONFERENCE - 7th Wave Conference Series : he '7th Wave' reflects the ever changing landscape in Higher Education
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The '7th Wave' reflects the ever changing landscape in Higher Education - every 7th wave is larger than the rest and will bring the biggest learning innovation changes.
The first of the 7th Wave Conference Series is a two-day event exploring opportunities to build on the momentum of (...)
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Tuesday 12 |
14:00 - Short course - ANOVA, Linear regression and Logistic Regression : The course is designed for people with knowledge of basic statistics who want to learn more about regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA).
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This course covers techniques that can be used to analyse data with continuous and categorical variables. The course will begin with simple linear regression and then proceed with approaches that can be used with more than two variables such as multiple regression. ANOVA with interactions and (...)
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Thursday 14 |
15:00 - FREE LECTURE - Towards an Australian Maritime Strategy for the 21st Century : Indo-Pacific Security Forum
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Perth USAsia Centre together with Australian Industry & Defence Network WA (AIDN-WA) are pleased to invite you to attend our second Indo-Pacific Security Forum event with Professor Michael Evans, General Sir Francis Hassett Chair of Military Studies at the Australian Defence College and a (...)
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Tuesday 19 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Bridging the Measurement Scale Gap in Seismic and Rock Physics Characterization of Unconventional Plays
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A public lecture by Dr Kyle Spikes, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas, Austin and 2016 UWA Gledden Visiting Fellow.
Seismic and rock physics characterization of unconventional oil and gas plays requires the integration of data from nanometer and micron scales to (...)
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Wednesday 20 |
The Social Impact Festival is your chance to create, learn, connect, and build capacity to make Western Australia a better place for all.
We live in a time characterised by both crisis and opportunity, and by a groundswell of initiative across all sectors. This is a time for Western (...)
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Tuesday 26 |
Music has the power to to enrich and change lives. Here at the UWA School of Music, we provide classes that support this and promote music in the community for everybody.
Our JMS group music programs, designed for children aged 18 months to 12 years, will nurture your child's musical (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Evolution at the End of the World - stories of plant resilience in the southwest Australian biodiversity hotspot
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The 2016 George Seddon Memorial Lecture by Professor Kingsley Dixon, Director, ARC Centre for Mine Restoration, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University.
Western Australia and the southwest in particular is blessed with one of the richest floras on earth - in fact we (...)
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Wednesday 27 |
17:00 - FREE LECTURE - What is Australia's Role as a Regional Leader? : Panel discussion facilitated by ABC's James McHale
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The McCusker Centre for Citizenship are co-hosting an event with Global Citizen next Wednesday 27 July at 5.00pm in Wesfarmers Business School,UWA.
Why not come along and hear in person from UWA's very own Michael Sheldrick from Global Citizen in New York?
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Thursday 28 |
Public lecture by Professor Jane Lydon, Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History at The University of Western Australia.
Conceptions of Australian national identity have emphasized the nation’s collective youth and innocence, federated only in 1901. The Australian national anthem reminds (...)
19:00 - Poetry Night - Strumfrei Poetry Night : Poetry with a difference in Perth's hidden spaces.
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Head downstairs to the Studio Underground Foyer at the State Theatre Centre. Listen to Australian poets Paul Hetherington, Amanda Joy and Siobhan Hodge while enjoying a beverage or two. Strumfrei16 will also mark the launch of UWA Publishing's new poetry series, UWAP Poetry.
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Friday 29 |
10:00 - WORKSHOP - Poetry as Painting : In this workshop, critically acclaimed poet Paul Hetherington will demonstrate how visual imagery activates and energies poetry.
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Poetry and painting have been compared since antiquity. John Hollander (echoing Simonides) has said that ‘Works of art are silent; poetry speaks its mind’.
In this workshop critically acclaimed poet Paul Hetherington will demonstrate how visual imagery activates and energises poetry (...)
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Saturday 30 |
10:00 - WORKSHOP - Prose Poetry as a Contemporary Art Form : In this workshop poet Paul Hetherington will introduce you to key prose poetry techniques and provide the opportunity to write your own prose poems.
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Prose poetry is a powerful literary form in the 21st century. It is neither exactly like lyric poetry, nor is it quite like conventional prose fiction.
As Peter Johnson says, ‘the prose poem plants one foot in prose, the other in poetry, both heels resting precariously on banana peels� (...)
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August 2016
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Tuesday 02 |
On Tuesday 2nd August 2016, ACICIS will hold an evening cocktail function at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at The University of Western Australia.
On the night, the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor International will officially welcome ACICIS to its new host university.
The (...)
18:30 - EVENT - Reading and Interpreting Brecht : Q&A with Dr Wang Xiaoying, Director of Black Swan Theatre's 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle'
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The UWA Cultural Precinct, the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies and the Black Swan State Theatre Company are pleased to host a special Q&A event as part of The Caucasian Chalk Circle season presented by Black Swan State Theatre Company, in collaboration with the National Theatre of China. (...)
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Wednesday 03 |
16:30 - SEMINAR - Religion, State and Society Seminar Series: Notes on the Epistemology of Religious Violence
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CMSS’s Religion, State & Society Seminars will explore the role of religion in shaping lived experiences of Muslims in the contemporary globalised world. This involves exploring the interaction between Muslims and non-Muslim in political, social, cultural and economic spheres at local (...)
A public lecture by Ben H. Shepherd, 2016 Fred Alexander Fellow and reader in History at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland.
The German army is widely regarded as having been the most skilled and effective land-based fighting force of World War II, but also one whose reputation is (...)
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Friday 05 |
9:00 - EVENT - Perth Blood Institute presents Another Bloody Breakfast : Join Professor Ross Baker and Dr Clair McLintock for the Women and Bleeding Disorders Forum
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Professor Ross Baker presents ‘Another Bloody Breakfast' with special guest, Dr Clair McLintock, Lead Clinician of Obstetric Medicine and obstetric physician and haematologist at National Women’s Health, Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand.
Dr McLintock specialises in women with (...)
12:00 - EVENT - Bangladesh at the Crossroads: Threat of Militancy and Radicalisation
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Bangladesh has witnessed a rise in violence targeted at bloggers, writers, intellectuals, members of minority faith groups, and foreigners, by groups claiming to be affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Islamic State (IS). The seminar will explain the latest (...)
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Tuesday 09 |
17:00 - SEMINAR - School of Music presents � Free Research Seminar : The Rise of Australian Women Composers
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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 (...)
19:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Friends of the UWA Library Speaker : Racist furniture and White Australia: �The Factories Act of 1904�
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Did you know that every piece of furniture once had to declare if it had been touched by ‘Asiatic’ hands? Or that Boans used to proudly advertise that all its furniture from its factory in East Perth was made with 100% White Labour? Starting with a small kitchen table (...)
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