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Displaying from Wednesday, August 17, 2016
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August 2016
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Wednesday 17 |
16:30 - SEMINAR - Religion, State and Society Seminar Series: Comparative Analysis of Jihadi Narratives in Pakistan
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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 (...)
Lions Eye Institute (LEI) is giving you an opportunity to speak to and hear from some of the best eye doctors and researchers at an event organised during the National Science Week. This event will be divided into two sessions. In the first session you will be able to have a round-table discussion (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Contemporary Issues in Employment Relations Annual Lecture, 2016 : Where to From Here? Labour Regulation after the 2016 Election
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In December 2015 the Productivity Commission released its much-anticipated review of the workplace relations framework. Far from being the blueprint for radical change that many had anticipated, it largely endorsed the objectives and design of the Fair Work regime – although it still proposed (...)
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Thursday 18 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - SELF MADE CITY: New Urban Development Strategies and Housing Typologies
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The Annual Dean’s Lecture, (Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts) by Kristien Ring, architect, curator and author.
With more and more people moving to urban centres worldwide, new solutions for growth are needed: strategies for densification that actually improve and (...)
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Monday 22 |
In this public lecture, sleep physician and researcher Matthew Naughton will highlight the importance of quality sleep and the health consequences of sleep deprivation.
Sleep is a crucial ingredient for a healthy life, in addition to a sensible diet and regular activity. In this current (...)
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Tuesday 23 |
17:00 - SEMINAR - School of Music presents � Free Research Seminar Dobromila Jaskot & Dominik Karski : Voice and Instrument: Organic Merging
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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 (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Use of the Term "Freedom" in Diplomatic Discourse of the Renaissance Dubrovnik : Part of the 'What's new in the Medieval?' lecture series
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A public lecture by Valentina Zovko, Australian Government Endeavour Fellow, based at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, UWA.
This lecture analyses the appearance and usage of the term "freedom" in speeches given by the Dubrovnik's Renaissance ambassadors (...)
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Thursday 25 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : How dare our Prehistoric have a Prehistory of its own?’ First insights from the historiography of (Francophone) archaeology in the Pacific.
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The CBAP (Collective History of Archaeology in the Pacific)
project is a 5 years research program led by Matthew
Spriggs that aims to develop a systematic historiography
of archaeology in the Pacific. In this seminar I will present a general overview of the project, before detailing my particular (...)
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Friday 26 |
13:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Free Lunchtime Concert: The Rest is Noise (New Music)
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Be transported from the everyday in our free lunchtime concert series, featuring the finest musical talent locally, nationally and within the School.
This week's program includes works by Damian Barbeler, Ian Clarke and Osvaldo Golijov, as well as works by UWA students Andrew Ngooi and
S (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : Night(mare) and the City: The Transnational Context of Film Noir and Modernity in Korea and Japan
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In recent decades, numerous films from Japan and Korea have been produced using characteristics associated with film noir. Much of the scholarly discussion of this body of ‘East Asian noir’ has tended to merely focus on the extent to which, through their use of aesthetic, they fit the genre (...)
15:00 - PUBLIC TALK - An Anthropological Journey Through Cellular Life : Public talk with SymbioticA resident researcher Christine Beaudoin
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Christine Beudoin will discuss her year-long research project which looks into the relationship between humans and lab-grown cells, as maintained by scientific methodology and harnessed by both biohacking and artistic practices. Her hands-on explorations have included mammalian tissue culture (...)
17:30 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Fridays@5: Masterclass - Kathleen McKellar-Ferguson (Voice)
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The ideal way to start your weekend, Fridays@Five offers unique musical experiences to delight all music lovers. See young artists be inspired through a variety of masterclasses, workshops, pre-concert talks, lectures and Q&A sessions. Delve deep into music or simply enjoy a free informal (...)
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Saturday 27 |
The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research will be holding their open day on Saturday 27 August 2016.
Join us for talks on the very latest in research and treatments, guided tours of the building by medical researchers and a rare walk through our state-of-the-art laboratories where our (...)
10:00 - OPEN DAY - Open Day - Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research : Join us at 10am on Saturday 27 August.
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On Saturday 27 August 2016, the Perkins will open its doors to the public.
Join us between 10am and 3.30pm to enjoy:
- Talks on the very latest in medical research and treatments.
- Guided tours of the building by medical researchers, including an inside-look at the spectacular (...)
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Monday 29 |
18:15 - PUBLIC LECTURE - 'Shooting an Elephant: Why I am Writing a History of Human-Animal Emotions in the Age of the African Safari' : Hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
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In this paper, Professor Iain McCalman will outline why and how a small episode of elephant killing during Theodore Roosevelt’s eleven-month African Safari of 1909–1910 led to his current book-in-progress on hunting and human-animal emotions. This book will tell the story of an eminent circle (...)
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Wednesday 31 |
16:30 - SEMINAR - Religion, State and Society Seminar Series: Has global jihadist ideology been transmitted to Indonesia?
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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 (...)
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September 2016
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Thursday 01 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : UMR PACEA, CNRS - Université de Bordeaux, France Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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The spatial distribution of chemical species on and within a rock art panel can help to better understand the relations between paint materials, deposits and alteration products and catch a glimpse of events related to the making, alteration and use of the paintings. Analyses of micro samples with (...)
19:00 - PERFORMANCE - School of Music presents - Voice! Salon Series: The Parisian Salon : Reaching out to full bloom
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Presented by Emeritus Professor David Tunley (Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques, 1983), Head of Vocal Studies, Andrew Foote and senior UWA Vocal Students. This concert will feature all French Salon music from around 1830-1870, with Professor Tunley providing the historical context of (...)
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Friday 02 |
9:00 - SYMPOSIUM - 'Feeling (For) the Premodern' : A symposium hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
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'Feeling (for) the Premodern’ is a symposium that aims to consider the emotional and affective factors in scholarly, popular, imaginative and re-creative involvements with the period 1100-1800, both during and after those dates. What is the emotional history of responses to the premodern past? (...)
16:00 - FREE LECTURE - Talk by Dr. Louise Richardson-Self : Who Can Be A Victim of Hate Speech? Locating Women in the Philosophical Literature
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In Philosophy, an extensive amount of ink has been spilled on the topic of hate speech: what is it? (Why) is it wrong? And, how does it harm? The paradigmatic case studies used to animate such questions are based on race, religion, and sexual orientation. But what about women? Can they be targets (...)
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