Perhimpunan Indonesia – Inggris
12 pm – 4.30 pm. Wisma Nusantara, 2 Bishops Grove, London N2 0BP We look forward to our much awaited summer picnic for the Society kindly hosted by The Indonesian Ambassador, H.E. Desra Percaya and Ibu Sari Percaya at their residence at Wisma Nusantara. Members are asked to bring their own food and drink -and picnic rugs. You may also wish…
Last month, Dorothy Ferary gave a talk on women’s leadership in Indonesian higher education institutions. She discussed the various policy and regulations that support gender equality and also addressed the career gap issues which still persist. She also highlighted some of the progress of women leaders in the past 20 years. You can watch the recording…
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6.45pm for 7pmEmbassy of the Republic of Indonesia in London,30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU (Subject to Covid restrictions) We will have a social night and a celebration evening with a special cake. Michelle Wibowo, an Indonesian sugar craft artist and award winning sugar arts and cake sculpturer will create a cake for the event….
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Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 6.45pm for 7pmEmbassy of the Republic of Indonesia in London,30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU Dr Farouk Yahya gave us a talk on Russel Jones’ works on paper and watermarks. In his presentation he mentioned the Indonesia and the Malay World’s Special Issue on Malay Manuscripts: a Guide to Paper and Watermarks….
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Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 6.45pm for 7pmEmbassy of the Republic of Indonesia in London,30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU (Subject to Covid restrictions) Dr. George Beccaloni who worked at London’s Natural History Museum gave a talk in March on the important 19th century scientist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) and the Wallace Correspondence Project (WCP). If…
SOAS Centre of South East Asian Studies is organising a lecture on the politics of greater India and Indonesian collections in the museum of “asian arts”. Since the nineteenth century, today’s South and Southeast Asia have become part of scholarly and popular thinking that defines the region as a single, superior, Hindu-Buddhist civilisation with its…
Back in January, Daniel Quinn gave a talk on the mountains and volcanoes of Java, drawing on his large photographic archives from literally hundreds of weekend trips. The talk featured both the famous and the obscure on a tour from west to east. If you missed the event, click here to see the recording of the event. Dan…
Dalya Alberge’s article in The Guardian makes us wonder if the site of Srivijaya Empire has indeed been found. Below is an excerpt of his article: “Treasures worth millions found in the last five years along the Musi River could be the site of the Srivijaya empire. It was a fabled kingdom known in ancient…
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Paul Sochaczewski has recently published his latest book titled “Searching for Ganesha: Collecting Images of the Sweet-Loving, Elephant-Headed Hindu Deity Everybody Admires”. In his book he shares some of the museum-quality photographs of Ganesha statues, carvings, and amulets in his collection. He illustrates how Hindu public relations experts retrofitted Ganesha into the Mahabharata, under what…
ONLINE via Zoom.Sacha Schwarzkopf is an Urban Designer and has been head of PT AECOM Indonesia since 2015. In recent years he has worked on the Subang Smart City of Industry Master Plan in Malaysia and the Lombok Integrated Tourism Master Plan in Indonesia. AECOM have been involved as consultants in relation to the relocation…
