Perhimpunan Indonesia – Inggris
This is not on the usual day/date for AIS meetings – the second Tuesday of the month – because it is being held in collaboration with the Indonesian Embassy to mark National Batik Day. This is 2nd October, the anniversary of when UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, recognised batik as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage…
Dr.Bambang will talk about his experience as a doctor from Indonesia in the UK and on appearing on Britain’s Got Talent.
The British Library will host an event with David van Reybrouck, the author of Revolusi, a seminal book on the four years of fighting in Indonesia after the 1945 declaration of independence, on Monday 7 Oct 2024.This ticketed event (£12, with concessions) will take place at the British Library at 7-8.30pm. The author will be in conversation with…
Tuesday 10th September at the Indonesian embassy By Marjolein van Pagee, Dutch Historian & Author In 1621 Dutch VOC-leader Jan Pieterszoon Coen went to the Banda islands in the Moluccas with the aim to kill all the inhabitants and to establish a plantation colony. Four hundred years after the genocide was committed, the Netherlands commemorated this historical…
The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU.In person and via zoom. In a change to the advertised programme, the Anglo-Indonesian Society is delighted to welcome Oxford University’s Dr James Kempton. Last summer he led Expedition Cyclops, a four-week scientific research expedition to the Cyclops Mountains of Papua.The team rediscovered Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, a species…
Bagus Muljadi is an assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is also the steering committee coordinator of the UK-Indonesia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Sciences (UKICIS), a group of research-intensive universities of which Nottingham is a founding member. Prior to joining Nottingham, he was a postdoctoral research associate in…
The annual AIS summer picnic at the ambassador’s residence will be on July 13, 11am – 2pm. Please bring your own food (Indonesian or British) and drinks to share or enjoy yourself. For food to share, please write the dish name, all the ingredients clearly and any allergens. Also please bring your own rug or chair…
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The AIS Book Club’s next read will be Isna Marifa’s Sapaan Sang Giri/Mountains More Ancient, about enslaved Indonesians and indentured labourers in South Africa. As usual, the book can be read in Indonesian or English, and the discussion will be in English. The e-book of the English version is available on Google Play Books for about £6. It will meet, by Zoom on Thursday…
A fantastic programme that ends with contestants racing to Lombok. Available on iPlayer
Talking Batik with Lisa King and Dr Fiona Kerlogue. Tuesday 14 May 2024, 4 – 6pm EVENT DETAILSProduct Launch13 May 2024 – 19 May 2024, 10:00 – 17:00Talk14 May 2024, 16:00 – 18:00VENUE INFORMATIONNew & Lingwood 14 Chiltern StreetW1U 7PY BOOKING INFORMATION £10.00 Lisa’s new collection will be on display for the duration of London…