What's On at UWA

Neutron-imaging techniques are emerging as an innovative and attractive investigative approach to characterise ancient artefacts without the need for sampling or invasive procedures. Similarly to traditional X-ray methods, radiography results in a two-dimensional image of the sample studied while (...)

When outsiders have lived for many years on Ranongga in the Solomon Islands' Western Province, people may joke that they have "lost their passports" (lusim paspot) and become "citizens" of the island. Such joking calls attention to the difference between connections to ancestral (...)

The concept of archaeological significance and its assessment is a particularly vexing issue for archaeologists working in Indigenous heritage management in Western Australia. Recent events including the resources boom, proposed heritage legislation reform, associated changes to the application of (...)

The ageing and impending retirement of much of the academic workforce, as well as the growing casualisation of university staff, are two major issues impacting Australian universities today. These issues are particularly pertinent for recent PhD graduates who hope to secure academic positions (...)

This seminar present the results of interviews conducted between 2010 and 2014 with over 60 jihadists, men found guilty of committing offences under the Indonesia's Anti-Terrorism Law. This study explores their current mindset, asking to what extent do they now reject their earlier commitment to (...)

From the odd to the mundane, new forms of life are emerging in labs, workshops and studios. With the promise of exploitation for health and wealth we are seeing life as it previously never existed, albeit smothered in hyperbole, rhetoric and speculation. How do cultures such as Indigenous Australia (...)

Presenter: Dr. Luke Smillie

Dr. Luke Smillie completed a PhD at the University of Queensland in 2005. From then until 2011 he was at the University of London; firstly as a postdoctoral fellow, and then as a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer. In 2011 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in (...)

The Northern Territory's capital city, Darwin, plays host to thousands of Aboriginal visitors at any one time. Darwin also serves as a base for anthropologists who work in many different capacities throughout the northern parts of the NT, some permanent residents and others visiting for weeks or (...)

Presenter: Dr. Angela Nickerson

Dr. Angela Nickerson is Senior Lecturer and NHMRC Clinical Early Career Research Fellow at the School of Psychology, UNSW Australia. She is also Director of the Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program. Angela's research focuses on uncovering mechanisms (...)

MAAWA has been investigating Port Gregory for many years in association with the WA Maritime Museum. The rationale for the port is embedded in the story of the 1847 discovery of galena by the Gregory brothers in their survey of the West Australian northern regions. The extensive infrastructure that (...)

The Faculty of Arts Korean Studies at UWA are organising an exciting Korean music and dance performance at UWA Octagon Theatre next Thursday 15th October 2015, starting from 7.30pm. "The Rhythm of Korea" showcases Korea's music and dance at the intersection of traditional and (...)

2.30pm Marnie Tonkin, PhD Candidate, Anthropology & Sociology, UWA Title: Payinjala Pinpala Yurlu (strike camp) Aboriginal architecture in the Pilbara: an investigation of transformation and identity creation through the architectural forms of the 1946 pastoral workers strike

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Presenter: Dr. Evan Kidd (ANU)

Dr. Evan Kidd was awarded his BBSc (Hons) in 1999 and PhD (Psycholinguistics) in 2004, both from La Trobe University. He worked at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) as a postdoctoral research associate between 2003-2 (...)

Ian presents here a brief history of the Maritime Archaeological Association and its relationship with the WA Maritime Museum. The presentation will summarise and explore the results of some joint expeditions with the Museum on shipwrecks in Australia and Overseas. It will also include a discussion (...)

This presentation, part of a larger project considering "Asia" (and "Asian Studies") from the edges of the continent, draws upon current ongoing research on cultural and human interactions between Japan and Turkey. The focus of the project is on the ways individual actors, in (...)

Free public lecture organised by the archaeology department at UWA by John McNabb and entitled

Men amongst the Morlocks. Human origins and anthropology in late Victorian scientific romances and the public perception of human evolution

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Are you a good communicator, strategic thinker, flexible, adaptable, resourceful and like solving problems. Perhaps a career at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade could be your next step. The session is intended to introduce the Graduate Programs and provide tips on the application process (...)

Free public lecture organised by the archaeology department of UWA by Christine Hertler whose talk is entitled

A trip to the islands. Early migrations to the Sunda Shelf and the palaeoenvironment of Homo erectus in Java

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Free public lecture organised by the archaeology department of UWA, presented by Robin Dennell and entitled

No Longer Marginal. 10 reasons why China is important in palaeoanthropology

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Free public lecture organised by the archaeology department of UWA by John McNabb whose talk is entitled

Symmetry, cognition and the Acheulean of the British Middle Pleistocene

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