As part of Social Sciences Week, The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, in conjunction with The University of New South Wales is pleased to present the 2018 Fay Gale Lecture with special guest Genevieve Bell.
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Gemma Lipman // Performance
When // 5pm
Where // UNSW Mall, Veranda of the Robert Webster Building
R U OK? Day is on Thursday 13 September. We have a terrific line-up of events this year including the return of lunchtime Tai Chi on the Library Lawn and the Gratitude Tree in the Commerce (CLB) Courtyard. There will also be 5-Minute Massages from our wonderful masseuse Lara Cassar and morning tea events will be held in faculties, schools and divisional units across the University.
Karin Schaupp, Head of Classical Guitar at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, has written both an Honours and Masters thesis on the subject of stage fright. Her professional expertise on anxiety management will be available to all in the third and final of a series of public talks delving into the complexities of the creative mind.
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Alison Liu // Viola
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Mitchell Hutchinson // Voice
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Jennifer Hou // Piano
UNSW Faculty of Engineering has the pleasure of presenting world-renowned structural engineer, Roma Agrawal for a lecture on Emily Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge. With the release of Roma's first book Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures, this is an exciting opportunity to listen to the story behind one of the world's iconic bridges and how Emily Roebling made her mark in a male-dominated industry.
The relationship between Schubert and the guitar may appear tenuous at best, however it forms the basis of a beautiful program, one which draws together music from the nineteenth century with sparkling Australian chamber works for guitar.
Robert SCHUMANN | Fantasiestücke
Robert DAVIDSON | Landscape
Franz SCHUBERT | Serenade from 'Schwanengesang' D957 no.4
Phillip HOUGHTON | From the Dreaming
Come and hear the best and brightest UNSW PhD candidates pitch their world-changing ideas. Participants have just three minutes to explain what they are doing, how they are doing it, and why it is important.
In 2018, the Burgundian Consort will explore the remote realms of the Nordic and Baltic states, with works from Tormis, Gjeilo, Sisask and Pärt, before rounding out the program with some traditional English madrigals from Byrd, Elgar, and Purcell.
The program will also include the premiere performance of the winner of the inaugural Willgoss Choral Composition Prize 2018.
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A Scientia Education Academy public lecture
Technology-enabled peer-to-peer sharing of goods and services has created significant disruption in the business world, and there are already hints about how it might affect education.
The UNSW Early Career Academic Network (ECAN) is thrilled to announce that our flagship Scientia Series event is returning for the fourth time in 2018. This year’s topic is Academia in the Age of Anti-Intellectualism.
The annual Inspired Learning Summit celebrates the educational innovations and partnerships that enrich education at UNSW. This year, the focus is Student as Partners - as they showcase their invaluable contributions to extending our educational collective intelligence, while demonstrating the impact it has on them and their career opportunities.
The UNSW Global Development Month is a jam-packed calendar of events supported by UNSW’s Institute for Global Development. Focused on exploring development discourse, redefining good practice guidelines and debating current critical development challenges the program aims to identify how to have impact for development in Australia and abroad.
Australian minority women writers have been inventively engaged in rewriting and revisioining the history and culture of the white nation to include perspectives that have been ignored or obscured.
Trust in contemporary societies is in declining supply and institutions, experts, elections, established practices and information sources are all feeling the effects.