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Developing thinking capacity in children: the role of Philosophy for Children

18 May 2018 3:00pm–5:00pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Keith Topping (University of Dundee)

Thessalonike: Capital of Medieval Macedonia

16 May 2018 7:30pm–8:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Presented by: Dr Amelia R. Brown

Women and Power Research Network Event - Disciplinary Perspectives: A Conversation

16 May 2018 4:00pm–6:00pm
 
in School Events and Seminars
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HPI Course Information Event

16 May 2018 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in School Events and Seminars
Come find out about our undergraduate courses for semester 2 and beyond!
Free snacks!
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Nothing but the Truth? Cognitive Bias in Forensic Reporting

15 May 2018 6:00pm–8:00pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Workshop on the complex issue of cognitive bias in forensic reporting, with Catherine Skellern, Peter Ellerton, Karen Healy and Benjamin Dighton. Organised in collaboration with the HEAL (Health, Ethics and Law) Discussion group.

An Examination of Brisbane’s Chinatown and Chinese Communities

15 May 2018 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Professor David Ip

Semiramis: Half-Warrior, Half-Queen

11 May 2018 4:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Presented by Victoria Worrall (MPhil Mid-Candidature review)

The Truth in Lies? Scipio Africanus, Locri and the Easy Life in Sicily

11 May 2018 3:30pm–4:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Presented by Stephanie Golding (UQ)
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Causal Footprints in Quantum Data

11 May 2018 3:00pm–5:00pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Sally Shrapnel (University of Queensland)

The reconstruction of Berlin's city palace

11 May 2018 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Presented by Andrew Bonnell
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Entangled Histories of Emotions in the Mediterranean World

5 May 2018 9:00am–5:30pm
 
in School Events and Seminars
CONVENORS: Megan Cassidy-Welch (UQ) & Giovanni Tarantino (CHE/UWA)
FREE EVENT BUT BOOKING ESSENTIAL
CONTACT: Giovanni Tarantino, giovanni.tarantino@uwa.edu.au

The Byzantine Augustus: The Reception of the First Roman Emperor in the Byzantine Tradition

4 May 2018 4:00pm–5:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Presented by Dr Kosta Simic (ACU)

Bex, Lies and Truth-tables

4 May 2018 3:00pm–5:00pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Presented by Rod Girle

Old Times There Are Not Forgotten: Gender, the Lost Cause, and Resistance to the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi, 1950-1968

4 May 2018 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Presented by Laura Campbell-Snape (MPhil confirmation milestone)

In Defence of the Dēmos: Raising Revenue for Athenian Warmaking 400/399 – 370/69 BC

27 April 2018 4:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Presented by Anabel Florence (PhD Thesis Review)

Menelaos, Leon, and the Tauri: Three Cases of Human Sacrifice in Herodotus’ Histories

27 April 2018 3:30pm–4:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Presented by Nile de Jonge (MPhil Mid-Candidature)

The Experience of Time and the Bihemispheric Brain

27 April 2018 3:00pm–5:00pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Presented by Associate Professor William Grey

The Original Meaning of Hostis: A Word in Ancient International Context

20 April 2018 4:00pm–4:30pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Presented by Filippo Attinelli (MPhil confirmation)

Arsinoë Aphrodite’: The Maritime Aphrodite and Early Ptolemaic Ruler Cult

20 April 2018 3:30pm–4:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
Presented by Carlos Robinson (MPhil Thesis Review)

How soteriology conditions Christian thinking about the human person

20 April 2018 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Studies in Religion Seminars
Presented by Ben Myers

"Conversations in History": Yuval Noah Harari's Homo Deus: A Brief History of the Future (2017)

20 April 2018 1:00pm–2:00pm
 
in History Seminars
Presenters: Kriston Rennie (HAPI), Ian Hesketh (ARC Future Fellow, IASH) and Patrick Jory (HAPI)

Newton’s Epistemic Triad

20 April 2018 12:00pm–2:00pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Presented by Kristen Walsh (University of Nottingham)
PLEASE NOTE TIME AND VENUE DETAILS

Justifying Scientific Realism: Forget About “The No-Miracles Argument”

16 April 2018 2:00pm–4:00pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
Presented by Michael Devitt (City University of New York)
PLEASE NOTE THE TIME AND VENUE DETAILS

PATRICIA PICCININI – DISCUSSION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ALIVE?

25 March 2018 11:30am–1:30pm
 
in Philosophy Seminars
PATRICIA PICCININI – DISCUSSION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ALIVE?

24th Annual Ancient History Day in conjunction with the Friends of Antiquity

24 March 2018 9:00am–4:00pm
 
in Classics and Ancient History Seminars
A PORTRAIT OF LESSER KNOWN WOMEN OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

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