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October 2014
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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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Tuesday 21 |
Theories of working memory (particularly serial recall) have assumed that people structure information in a hierarchical fashion. I’ll discuss some recent research asking how people access this hierarchically structured information. Evidence from experiments manipulating the grouping of (...)
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Friday 24 |
13:30 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : The Olympic Economy in China
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The Olympic Games, as a mega event, can potentially have a significant economic impact on the host city and, for the smaller countries, on the host nation as a whole. While the event itself will only last for a few weeks, its preparations commence up to a decade beforehand and may entail (...)
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Wednesday 29 |
14:30 - EVENT - Free Public Panel Discussion : Rare Earth and Geopolitics: Security implications of, and strategies for, rare earth elements
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Please join us for the panel discussion on rare earth elements which are used in magnets, hybrid cars, lasers, mobile phones, and computers. Growing demand for rare earths has strained their supply, and global supply chains are prone to instability with significant economic and security (...)
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Friday 31 |
13:30 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : Duty and Desire: Women’s Experiences of Marital Sexual Relationships in Indonesia
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This paper explores the experiences of Muslim married women in their marital sexual relationships with their husband. It encompasses women’s expectations, desires and practices of marital sexual relations with their husbands based on ethnographic research on Islam and women’s sexuality in (...)
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November 2014
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Sunday 02 |
15:30 - EVENT - Portraits of UWA Concert : Series of musical compositions by College Director of Music, Michael Grebla
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Young UWA composer and St George's College Director of Music, Michael Grebla, presents a series of musical compositions inspired by the landscapes, art, people and wildlife of UWA accompanied by large format photographic prints of the University. The concert will include a variety of works for (...)
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Thursday 06 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar Series 2014 - Tales from the Weld Range: A summary of Weld Range Web of Knowledge activities
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The Weld Range in Wajarri Yamatji country is home to the nationally heritage listed Wilgie Mia Aboriginal Ochre mine. At the time of European contact, the vibrant red ochre from Wilgie Mia was traded far and wide. It continues to be used ceremonially today. The spiritual and economic significance (...)
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Friday 07 |
12:00 - EVENT - UWA Staff Sports Fun Day : There is a time for work...and a time for play!
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UWA Staff Sports Fun Day is a day on campus for staff and postgraduate students to get together and participate in sport and activity. This year's theme is Brazil - be loud, be colourful and join in - up to 1000 participants expected throughout the day.
Get Involved: Contact your Team (...)
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Thursday 13 |
13:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Self-, other- and joint monitoring in monologue and dialogue : School of Psychology Colloquium
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Abstract
In the psychology of language, most accounts of self-monitoring assume that it is based on comprehension. Here I outline and develop the alternative account proposed by Pickering and Garrod (2013), in which speakers construct forward models of their upcoming utterances and (...)
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