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Displaying from Sunday, September 28, 2014
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September 2014
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Sunday 28 |
15:30 - CONCERT - Quintet Plus One Concert : Perth's historically informed 'A-Team' perform a variety of classical works.
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Perth's historically informed 'A-Team' perform a variety of works including Mozart's Jupiter Symphony, Handel's Organ Concerto in F major, C.P.E. Bach's String Symphony No. 3 in C major and Boccherini's Quintet Op.39 No.3.
Harpsichord/Organ: Stewart Smith
Violin: Paul Wright and Shaun (...)
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Tuesday 30 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Understanding the relationship between cognition and sociality using experiments in wild, free-living populations : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Seminar: Cooperation may present unique cognitive challenges. Individuals in cooperative groups perform behaviours that provide fitness benefits to others, exposing themselves to the risk of exploitation, yet they are also presented with opportunities to gain benefits unavailable to solitary (...)
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October 2014
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Thursday 02 |
This October musicians from across Australia and New Zealand will come together for a piano and percussion spectacular featuring Steve Reich’s
mesmerizing Sextet for marimbas, vibraphones and keyboards.
Players from the University of Western Australia and the Western Australian (...)
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Friday 03 |
Join the staff and students of the School of Music to hear the finalists of the Chamber Music Prize Week.
UWA students will be joined by special guest performers from the WA Young Artists Chamber Music Program (WAYACHAMP).
A fantastic way to start your weekend!
Tic (...)
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Tuesday 07 |
11:00 - FESTIVAL - 2014 UWA Mental Health Day : Join in to raise awareness & promote the mental health of those studying & working in higher education
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The Health Promotion Unit & Student Guild will be hosting the inaugural Australian and New Zealand University Mental Health Day (ANZUMHD) on October 7 as part of UWA Mental Health Week, to raise awareness and promote the mental health of those who study and work in higher education. Over 30 (...)
13:00 - WORKSHOP - Laughter Yoga for students and staff : Free Laughter Yoga workshop as part of UWA Mental Health Week
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Come and have a giggle and let off steam at the free Laughter Yoga workshop hosted by the Health Promotion Unit as part of the UWA Mental Health Week. Janni Goss from Laugh WA will teach you how to giggle your way to stress relief! Spaces are limited so register today!
13:00 - EXPO - Mini pop-up Postgraduate Expo : Mini Postgraduate Expo on Tuesday 7 October between 1-2pm in the Bayliss Building
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Missed out on the Postgrad & Honours Expo? No problem! Come along to our mini pop-up Postgrad Expo on 7 October between 1-2pm in the Bayliss Bldg. Staff from eight faculties will be there to answer your questions about postgraduate study - and to hand out free pizza!
16:30 - Masterclass - School of Music and MusicaViva presents - Masterclass with the Borodin Quartet
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The School of Music and MusicaViva are delighted to be welcoming members of the legendary Borodin String Quartet to UWA for a Masterclass with UWA School of Music Students.
Masterclasses are an invaluable experience for our young musicians who are honing their craft, but are also an (...)
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Friday 10 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Anthropology & Sociology Seminar Series 2014: Charmaine Lim, PhD Candidate in Anthropology & Sociology and Oliver Laing, PhD Candidate in Anthropology & Sociology/Political Science
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Charmaine Lim
Title: Imagining Home & Constructing Identity: Transnationalism & Diaspora amongst Filipinos in Australia
As Basch, Glick Schiller and Blanc have argued, “those who must live across borders may come to see themselves as perpetually unauthentic” (1994: 242). The (...)
13:30 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series : Design by Disasters: Seismic Architecture and Cultural Adaptation to Earthquakes from Europe to Asia
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It is nearly 15 years since Dennis Mileti published Disasters by Design: a Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States, a title by which he somewhat ironically inferred that many disasters were the predictable result of interactions of hazards, communities and the physical infrastructure (...)
18:30 - TALK - Twilight Drinks with Dual Olympian, Richard Pengelly : "Future Talent - Nurture It Now": How can we provide positive environments to help young adults prosper and realise their true potential in life?
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Join us for what promises to be a fascinating presentation from Richard Pengelly, Dual Olympian and Chairman of True Blue Dreaming, a not-for-profit youth and community development mentoring program which seeks to link university students as mentors to educationally disadvantaged youth and children (...)
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Tuesday 14 |
15:00 - Lecture-performance - School of Music Presents : World Musician Vickneswaran Ramakrishnan
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Presented as part of the World Musician in Residence Program (made possible by a generous donation from a private donor to the School of Music) we are pleased to welcome Vickneswaran Ramakrishnan (tabla) and Praashekh Borkar (sarod) in a workshop-performance focussing on Hindustani classical music (...)
18:00 - FREE LECTURE - Banning the Burqa is not the Answer : This lecture will discuss the place of the burqa in Australian society.
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The place of the Islamic face veil in public places has again arisen as an
issue for debate in Australia. Politicians from all sides have variously
called for its banning, called it confronting or appealed to liberal values in
defence of freedom of choice. In light of the recent debates it is time (...)
18:00 - SEMINAR - Japan Careers Seminar - Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Alumni Association in WA : Hear from graduates working in Japan-related fields! Find out about possible career pathways.
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The Japan Careers Seminar has been organised by the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Alumni Association in WA with the support of the Consulate General of Japan in Perth, for over 20 years. There are approximately 500 JET alumni in WA and many of them continue to work in Japan-related fields (...)
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Thursday 16 |
The conference will provide a platform to discuss and present the latest research from OI Post Grads. Different laboratories will introduce the in house research facilities at UWA and time will be allocated during the conference for ‘speed dating’ sessions - one on ones with current post docs (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series : Megaliths, Astronomical Alignments, and Stone Palaces in Guangxi, China, (or Turning Archaeological Lemons into Lemonade)
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In June 2014, six researchers in archaeology and ancient languages, were asked to participate in an independent review of interpretations made by an English-American historical linguist working in Pingguo County, Guangxi, China. He had interpreted rocks and features as being aligned with stars as (...)
The School of Music offers a number of stimulating and enjoyable broadening units for all undergraduates studying at UWA.
Come and hear part of the wealth of musical talent on campus in this concert featuring our brand new ensembles for Semester 2 - the Ukulele Ensemble & Rumba (...)
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Friday 17 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Anthropology & Sociology Seminar Series 2014 - Associate Professor Shino Konishi � History, School of Humanities and School of Indigenous Studies: Gogy�s attachment to Barrallier: Indigenous intermediaries in colonial NSW
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This paper is a work in progress examining Francis Barrallier’s 1802 expedition to discover a means of crossing the Blue Mountains. Barrallier’s was not the first unsuccessful attempt to cross the mountains which had thus far served as the impenetrable boundary of the Port Jackson colony (...)
17:00 - FREE LECTURE - CMSS Panel Discussion: The Role of Political Leadership in Building Communal Harmony : A panel of distinguished political leaders will discuss the role of political leadership in fostering and sustaining communal harmony.
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The Australian Government’s decision to elevate the threat level of violent extremism
in the country against the backdrop of the developments in Iraq and Syria has reignited
debates on the place of Muslims and Islam in Australia. The feeling of being victimised
among some Muslim minority groups (...)
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Saturday 18 |
19:30 - CONCERT - Artistry! Innovation : The exceptional ability of young emerging artists and their passion for music will always create an extraordinary experience for concertgoers.
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A specially commissioned piece for the School of Music, made possible by a donor, will see a world premiere by internationally renowned Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe performed alongside his monumental work Memento Mori. The concert will coincide with UWA's Institute of Advanced Studies' (...)
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