Category: PAST EVENTS

Next meeting is THIS THURSDAY, February 6, 1-2.30pm GMT. For more information, contact Ian Rowland rowland@myphone.coop.People who have not read the book are very welcome to attend the talk. The next meeting of the book club will discuss Laksmi Pamuntjak’s novel “Amba/The Question of Red”, a love story set in the context of the Communist purges of…

Read More “The AIS Book Club. Amba/ The Question of Red. Thursday 6 February. 1-2.30pm. On Zoom.” »

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…

Read More “There is no meeting in August. September meeting. 1621, Banda. The Genocide of Jan Pieterszoon Coen ” »

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…

Read More “Lecture on the biodiversity of Papua’s Cyclops mountainsBy Dr James Kempton, University of Oxford. Tuesday 11 June 2024, 6.30pm for 6.45pm.” »

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…

Read More “July meeting. Indonesian Science Diplomacy in the UKby Dr Bagus Muljadi. Tuesday 9 July at the Indonesian embassy, 6.30pm for 6.45pm” »

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…

Read More “The Summer Picnic. Saturday July 13, 11am – 2pm. ” »

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…

Read More “AIS Book Club. Isna Marifa’s Sapaan Sang Giri/Mountains More Ancient. Thursday 3rd October 1.30pm. Zoom meeting” »

Latest developments on Indonesia’s energy transition– what to expect in 2024 and beyond Monday, 25 March 2024At the World Resources Institute London Office, 3 Orchard Pl, London SW1H 0BF Free entry for AIS members. In November 2022 Indonesia agreed a Just Energy Transition Partnership with its International Partners Group worth $20bn over three to five years to support…

Read More “AIS Corporate Roundtable Briefing Series” »

The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU.In person and via zoom. Chaired by Julia Macfarlane, Scottish/Indonesian journalist and AIS council member,with Fiona McKay Scottish/Indonesian fashion curator and Fatma Ayu, Indonesian journalist They will talk about their connection with Raden Adjeng Kartini, an intellectual who elevated the status of Indonesian women, and their…

Read More “May meeting. Panel discussion on Kartini and Identity featuring Julia Macfarlane, Fiona MacKay and Fatma Ayu. Tuesday 14 May 6.30pm for 6.45pm” »

Tuesday 14th January, 6.45pm for 7pm. The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU.In person and via zoom. There are still a few places available for the AIS dinner at the Indonesian Embassy on January 14th. We need to confirm numbers with the caterer at 1pm on Friday 10 January. Members who wish to attend must RSVP and pay…

Read More “January meeting. A sit-down Indonesian dinner” »

The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU.In person and via zoom.(Zoom joining details: This link or meeting ID: 860 5440 3695 and Passcode: 849067) What makes chocolate so alluring? Why is it the inspiration for endless culinary creativity? Sam Bilton explores our complex relationship with this versatile confection made from the humble beans of the…

Read More “February’s meeting. The Philosophy of Chocolate by Sam Bilton. Tuesday 20 February 2024,6.30pm for 6.45pm” »