University Events Calendar

21 February, 2018

An Adelaide Fringe Event: @ Nature's Pace - an Exhibition at Urrbrae House

Date/Time: Saturday, 17 February 2018 - Thursday, 1 March 2018

Location: Urrbrae House, Waite Campus

Cost: FREE

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The Friends of the Waite Arboretum and Basketry SA invite you to an Exhibition of Contemporary Basketry, Baskets, Sculptures & Fibre Jewellery.

@ Nature's Pace
An Adelaide Fringe Event at Urrbrae House

Exhibition dates: 17 February - 1 March 2018
Gallery Open:
Monday - Friday 11.00am - 4.00pm
Saturday & Sunday 1.00pm - 4.00pm

Contact: Amanda Jackson, Email: amanda.jackson@adelaide.edu.au, Website: http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/urrbraehouse/, Coordinator Urrbrae House, Business: 08 8313 7497

Petticoats and Saddlebags: Timelines of early women explorers, 1700 -1900

Date/Time: Wednesday, 21 February 2018 - Friday, 30 March 2018

Location: Barr Smith Library, Reading Room, Level 2

Cost: Free: All Welcome

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This exhibition showcases the achievements of several female explorers who, in spite of the perceived limitations of their gender, set out to explore new lands and cultures. From the palaces of Constantinople to the jungles of Brazil, over land and sea, they set out by their own means whether for personal benefit, or out of a desire to help others.

Armed with their determination and letters of introduction (and the occasional revolver) they were considered the earliest travel writers, tracing their journeys in notes and letters to family and friends back home, observing foreign cultures through a significantly different lens to the men who came before them.

The journeys of the four women featured in this exhibition influenced many future adventuresses and challenged the way many viewed not only the world around them, but the roles of women in the modern age.

The women highlighted in this exhibition are:
◾Lady Mary Wortley Montague (1689 -1762) who travelled to Constantinople (now Istanbul) with the intent of learning more about a rumoured cure for the deadly smallpox
◾Ida Pfeiffer (1979 -1861) who set out after the death of her husband to follow her dreams of seeing the world
◾Marianne North (1830 -1890) who travelled with the goal to illustrate plants from each country of the world
◾Isabella Lucy Bird (1931 -1904), the first woman to be inducted into the Royal Geographical Society thanks to her extensive exploration and subsequent publications

An interactive map of their travels is available on the Rare Books & Special Collections website.

Contact: Ms Cheryl Hoskin, Email: cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au, Special Collections Librarian, Business: (08) 8313 5224

The Future of Trade Policy in the Asia Pacific

Date/Time: Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 4:15 pm to 6:00 pm

Location: Level 7, Ingkarni Wardli, North Terrace Campus, The University of Adelaide

Cost: Free

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In Tokyo on 24 January 2018, 11 Pacific Rim countries including Australia reached an agreement to sign a revived Trans-Pacific Partnership. In March 2018 the deal will be ratified. It is understood it will deliver 18 new free trade agreements between the parties.

What does this mean for Australia?
Who stands to benefit?
How should Australian business prepare and respond?

The University of Adelaide's Institute for International Trade, in collaboration with the Centre for International Economic Studies, invite you to an interactive session lead by internationally renowned experts, on the next chapter of the economic relationships throughout the Asia Pacific.

Speakers:

• Professor Christopher Findlay is Acting Executive Director of the Institute for International Trade and Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions. Professor Findlay is an economist with expertise in international trade policy and theory, services trade and public policy. He has published extensively on trade liberalisation, Free Trade Agreements and regional integration.

• Professor Shujiro Urata is Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Research Fellow at the Japanese Centre for Economic Research, Faculty Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), and Senior Research Advisor, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). Professor Urata received his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University. He is a former Research Associate at the Brookings Institution and an Economist at the World Bank. He specialises in international economics. Professor Urata has held numerous research and advisory positions, including senior advisor to the Government of Indonesia.

• Associate Professor Shandre Thangavelu is Regional Director (Southeast Asia) of the Centre for International Economic Studies, Institute of International Trade. He is an active researcher on human capital development, technology transfer, foreign direct investment, trade, government infrastructure investment, productivity and economic growth. Associate Professor Thangavelu has written extensively on technology transfer and economic growth and has published his research in major international journals.

Contact: Lisa Hunt, Email: lisa.hunt@adelaide.edu.au, Institute for International Trade, The University of Adelaide, Mobile: 0421 359 518