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Past Events 2018

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26 Oct Past event

Gustatory gumption. 
Muffin topped misogyny. 
Coffee order. Milk disorder. 
Operatic backlash.

Experience the live in a night of outrageous experiment as ten solo performance makers take us into the guts of it all and show us how to really eat the world. 

Wear protective clothing... 

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26 Oct Past event

The UNSW Wind Symphony was founded in 1991 to perform works specially composed for wind ensembles with or without percussion. The Wind Symphony provides repertoire, largely dates from after 1900, with arrangements of works from all eras and styles, including jazz, popular and art-music forms. The Wind Symphony is home to many of the woodwind and brass players on campus, and comprises about 50 players at any one time.

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25 Oct Past event

 

Kevin Rudd, Ken Henry, Richard Holden and Gordon de Brouwer with Jennifer Hewett (chair).

 

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25 Oct Past event

A UNSW Scientia Education Academy public lecture

Students’ learning is reminiscent of a building’s life cycle. It entails erecting and dismantling scaffolds, building the “products”, engaging with relevant stakeholders, and monitoring their performance. 

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25 Oct Past event

UNSW’s partnership with Matraville High School is ushering in a new era of teacher education. In a first-of -its-kind school-based university education program, UNSW Sydney is working with students, teachers, parents, and other key stakeholders to build a collaborative, inclusive and sustainable educational community for all. 

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24 Oct Past event

Under the guidance of piano legend Sonya Lifschitz, students of Performance Lab 8 have collaborated with each other to produce a Scratch Orchestra - a large group of people with varying sets of skills, abilities and interests working together for music-making. The night will consist of music from the 20th century to excite, challenge and inspire.

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24 Oct Past event

 

UNSW Built Environment with the Australian Institute of Architects is delighted to host the AS Hook Address by 2018 AIA Gold Medallist, Emeritus Professor Alec Tzannes AM.

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24 Oct Past event

Please join us for a public talk with visiting Academic Distinguished Professor Barbara Risman from the Department of Sociology and Women & Gender Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, as she discusses her latest book Where the Millennials Will Take Us: A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure.

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23 Oct Past event

"Environmental activism: in your neighbourhood, in your world" 

Nancy Hillier was a tireless campaigner on behalf of people and places in the Botany Bay area of Sydney. This annual lecture series acknowledges Nancy’s legacy by providing a forum to discuss social and environmental issues that resonate with and extend her work. In 2018 the event will feature two presenters.

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19 Oct Past event

The Orchestra’s repertoire is broadly from the Classical (1750-1810) and Romantic (1810-1910) eras. More recent works, especially works by contemporary Australian composers, are well represented in the Orchestra's programs, as is film music from the past four decades. Concertos for various solo instruments figure prominently.

The soloists in these concertos are mostly students from the University’s music department.

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19 Oct Past event

UNSW Science presents a talk by Paul Cairney, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK (@Cairneypaul). Paul is a world expert in evidence-based policy and more broadly, knowledge translation. His research spans comparisons of policy theories, methods associated with key theories and international policy processes.

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17 Oct Past event

Viva América Latina brings you a wild evening of great Latin music with a whirlwind of foot tapping, hip swinging brass, bold rhythms and intense passion.

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