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Displaying from Friday, November 03, 2017
 November 2017
Friday 03
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar Series, Seminar 1 2017 : Ecological guardianship and ecotourism in Yubeng Village More Information
Ecotourism has raised new and unexpected challenges for conservation and environmental preservation in China. This presentation gives an overview of my doctoral research project, which will use a case-study of a Tibetan community in Yubeng Village in north-west Yunnan Province, to understand how (...)

14:30 - SEMINAR - Perceptions of �us� and �them�: Why and when is multiculturalism threatening? : Anthropology & Sociology Seminar Series 2017 More Information
When and why do majority-culture Australians find the concept of multiculturalism threatening? In this project, we explore the psychological underpinnings of responses to policies and practices designed to assist immigrants settle in Australia. Why do some Australians object to these policies and (...)

14:45 - FREE LECTURE - Public Event: His Excellency Dr Mari Alkatiri GCIH, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste: Future of Timor-Leste in the 21st Century : It is our pleasure to invite you to a keynote address delivered by Timor-Leste's newly appointed Prime Minister, His Excellency Dr Mari Alkatiri GCIH, to explore his vision for the future of Timor-Leste in the 21st century. Website | More Information
Situated less than an hour away from Australia's northern shores, Timor-Leste is Southeast Asia's youngest democracy and has a burgeoning youth population who are looking beyond Timor-Leste to engage with the world around them, including Australia. Dr Alkatiri will explore his vision for the (...)
Tuesday 14
17:15 - FREE LECTURE - Perth USAsia Centre - Public Presentation with Professor Simon Jackman : Trump 365 - The Inaugural Presidential Assessment Website | More Information
We invite you to join us for our last public event for 2017 featuring Professor Simon Jackman, CEO of the United States Studies Centre (USSC) in Sydney who will analyse the first year of the divisive presidency of Donald J. Trump. When President Trump first took office, illegal immigration, the (...)
Thursday 16
16:00 - SEMINAR - UWA Archaeology Seminar Series : Stone tools for breaking bones: the 130,000-year-old Cerutti Mastodon site, California More Information
The Cerutti Mastodon (CM) site has compelling evidence for in situ hammerstones and stone anvils in spatiotemporal association with fragmentary remains of a single mastodon (Mammut americanum). The CM site contains spiral fractured bone and molar fragments, indicating that breakage occurred while (...)
Thursday 23
16:00 - SEMINAR - UWA Archaeology Seminar Series : Collaborating to create the exhibition “Batavia: Giving Voice to the Voiceless” More Information
The horrific story of the 1629 Batavia mutiny and massacre remain difficult to tell. This exhibition follows new discoveries by UWA researchers as part of the ’Shipwrecks of the Roaring Forties’ ARC Project into the wreck of the Dutch ship Batavia and the mutiny, murder, and incredible feats of (...)
Monday 27
8:30 - CONFERENCE - TASA Conference 2017 : 2017 Australian Sociological Association Conference Website | More Information
The University of Western Australia is pleased to host the 2017 Australian Sociological Association Conference, which returns to Perth after ten years.

 February 2018
Monday 26
18:15 - BOOK LAUNCH - Book Launch: Our Time has Come by Alyssa Ayres : Free Event Website | More Information
Please join AIIA WA and the Perth USAsia Centre with Alyssa Ayres to launch her new book Our Time has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World. In Our Time Has Come, Alyssa Ayres considers the role India will play internationally, the obstacles it continues to face, and the implications of (...)

 March 2018
Thursday 01
16:00 - SEMINAR - UWA Archaeology Seminar Series : Archaeology Seminar Thursday 1 March More Information
In this seminar Martin Porr will discuss a range of aspects of an ongoing project that is aimed at developing a systematic and collaborative assessment of the materials related to the German ethnographic expeditions to the Northwest Kimberley
Friday 09
14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar Series Semester One 2018 : GENDER FLUIDITY AT WORK: EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE NON-BINARY More Information
Using an experimental research design and a visual methodology, this study examines the extent of employment discrimination against non-binary job applicants whom identify and present as neither male, nor female. It employs social identity theory to investigate the way in which recruiters tend to (...)
Thursday 15
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar : Stylistic Changes and Chronological Sequences in Tibetan Rock Art More Information
Whilst the major concentrations of Chinese rock art are becoming increasingly well-researched, the rock art of the Tibetan Autonomous Region remains under-explored. Surveys by Yushu Museum staff from 2013 to 2016 have revealed a large number of new rock art sites, particularly along the Tongtianhe (...)
Friday 16
11:00 - SEMINAR - Linguistics Seminar : Developments in the grammatical analysis of Central Australian languages 1890-1910 More Information
A number of grammatical descriptions of Arandic varieties from Central Australia appeared between 1890 and 1910. These reflect a variety of theoretical approaches to grammar which were emerging from German philology and linguistics in the early twentieth century. Far from being ahistorical (...)

11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : Asia’s dramatically changing demography: some implications More Information
The Asian region has moved rapidly through the demographic transition since the 1970s, but demographic prospects are very different for East Asia (facing shrinking populations), South Asia (facing substantial further increases) and Southeast Asia (in between). Individual country situations vary (...)

14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology and Sociology Seminar : Peopling Antarctica: Towards an anthropology of the southern continent More Information
Anthropologists have long demonstrated how the concepts and practices of kinship are fundamental to social life. However, the way in which these concepts are expressed, and practices enacted, varies greatly from context to context. This paper begins from the question: if kinship really is (...)
Tuesday 20
12:30 - DISTINGUISHED VISITOR - Media and Communication Discipline Seminar : Professor John Hartley, FAHA, Curtin University, joins us as a guest presenter More Information
Within the theme of culture and technology, and in the context of planetary-scale and population-wide digital connectivity, the paper discusses ‘open knowledge’ from the perspective of semiotic history and the history of ideas. I distinguish between two kinds of knowledge, which I trace back to (...)
Friday 23
11:00 - SEMINAR - Asian Studies Seminar : Framing Disaster: The Commodification of Suffering In Indonesian Newspapers More Information
This study aims to analyse the media coverage of disaster in Indonesia by looking at how two daily print newspapers (Kedaulatan Rakyat and Kompas) reported on two different types of disasters: the Mt. Merapi eruption of 2010 and forest fires in 2015. It will focus on the images used in the (...)

14:30 - SEMINAR - Anthropology/Sociology Seminar Series : Anthropology & Sociology Seminar Series More Information
Special Seminar: Three PhD Students' Introductory Seminars

18:15 - SCREENING - In Pursuit Of Harmony: Premier Screening of the first ever Documentary Film, Exploring the Ancient Game of Go �The Surrounding Game� : The W.A. Migration Research Network Harmony Week event More Information
All are welcome to the premier screening of the first ever documentary film, exploring the ancient game of Go “The Surrounding Game”, followed by a panel discussion with academics, students and practitioners with interest in applying lessons from Go to social science, IT, education and ways of (...)
Tuesday 27
18:00 - BOOK LAUNCH - Free Event: North Korea's Missile Stand-off: Prepare For War : The Perth USAsia Centre and Black Inc. will be launching the second issue of Australian Foreign Affairs - Trump in Asia: The New World Order. Website | More Information
This second issue brings together some of this country's best minds to examine the United States' sudden shift from the "Asia Pivot" to "America First". It provides insights into Donald Trump's White House and explores how his unpredictable approach to international affairs is (...)
Thursday 29
16:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar : The Application of 2D Morphometrics on Ceramic Assemblages: An Example from Călineşti-Oaş, an Early Neolithic Site in Northwest Romania More Information
The present study is centred on the analysis of ceramic breakage and alteration approached through 2D morphometric computational techniques. Just like sediment particles, the size and shape of a fragment is altered under conditions of abrasion and breakage. While some of these conditions can occur (...)


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