Perhimpunan Indonesia – Inggris
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…
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…
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in London,30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU Dr. Ioannis Chapsos gave a fascinating talk about illegal fishing and associated crimes. He explained how illegal fishing and fisheries crimes lead to some issues including environmental (depletion of resources), socio-economic (unbridled illegal activities at sea), cultural (favouritism) and political (weak marine governance)…
Last month, Dr Fiona Kerlogue, Danie Prakosa, Dwita Herman, and Didi Budiardjo, each gave a very interesting talk about batik. Topics discussed included the history of batik, the meaning of batik in daily life, preserving traditions and heritage, as well as batik as fashion / wearable art. If you missed these very interesting talks, you can see…
Early this month, Ambassador Owen Jenkins shared his perspective on the diverse and growing relationship between Indonesia and the UK. He touched on various topics including education, trade and the environment. The video recording of the event is available here.
ONLINE via Zoom. Maluku Province is one of the poorest, least developed and least educated provinces in Indonesia. Bahasa Basudara is a free on-line language course designed specifically to help Moluccans to improve their English, German and Dutch language skills. Within a year there are now over 130 tutors and over 160 classes each week….
For our February event, Muhammad Riedha, MD, BMedSci, MSc gave a very informative presentation on the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Dr. Riedha explained how the pandemic started and the measures taken by the Indonesian government. He also discussed how the communities in Indonesia perceived the pandemic, the latest information about the pandemic and its impacts,…
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Last month Geoffrey Saba presented an illustrated overview of his collection of Indonesian kris and hilts. His beautiful collection, currently numbering over 100 hilts and a few kris, were made of various hardwoods. This event was moderated by Paul Sochaczewski, a long-time member of the Society, who is currently finishing a new book, Searching for Ganesha. If you…
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Hong Kong based Herald Van Der Linde talked about his latest book titled Jakarta: History of a Misunderstood City which explores the evolution of this settlement through the eyes of its Sundanese, Chinese, Indian, Arab and European inhabitants into the world’s fourth largest megacity with an urban area of some 30 million inhabitants today. This…
Read More “Jakarta: History of a Misunderstood City Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 1PM” »
A localman struck a deal with Korindo to sell part of the land. Source:BBC Indonesia Ayomi Amindoni and Rebecca Henschke recenty wrote about the destruction of rainforests in Papua for BBC Indonesia. Below is an excerpt from the article. “A Korean palm oil giant has been buying up swathes of Asia’s largest remaining rainforests. A…
Read More “The burning scar: Inside the Destruction of Asia’s last rainforests.” »
