Category: PAST EVENTS

Apologies but the email to apply for tickets for the Hari Batik Nasional event was incorrect.Resending with the correct email address This is a ‘By Invitation Only’ event with a limited number of places available, therefore please book early. Please address your application with name and contact details to Petty Elliot at petty.elliott@gmail.com by Monday 18 September to book your place….

Read More “Hari Batik Nasional at the Indonesian embassy in London. Monday 2 October  3.30pm-6pm [Please note the earlier start time]” »

Venue: The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, Westminster London SW1P 2BU As a child, Chris Thorogood dreamed of seeing Rafflesia – the plant with the world’s largest flowers. He crafted life-size replicas in an abandoned cemetery, carefully bringing them to life with paper and paint. He has now dedicated his life to studying the biology of such…

Read More “Pathless Forest: The Quest to Save the World’s Largest Flowers by  Dr Chris Thorogood, Deputy Director and Head of Science at The University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum. Tuesday 12 September 6.30pm for 6.45pm ” »

Sunday September 10, 11am-2pm at the Indonesian ambassador’s residence. FREE ENTRY But since this is at the residence of the Indonesian ambassador, please RSVP to aismemb.cr@gmail.com so we can have an idea of numbers.  

Tuesday, 13 June 2023 at  6.30pm for 6.45pm Venue: The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, Westminster London SW1P 2BU This presentation by DrAnnabel Teh Gallop is a change to the advertised programme due to the unavailability of Jon Lambe, the British ambassador to ASEAN, who we hope will be able to speak early next year. From the very…

Read More “The Hajj From Southeast Asia: the pilgrimage recorded in books, words and art” »

AIS Chairman Moazzam Malik was among the speaker at this packed event attended by Mr Arsjad Rasjid, chair of the Asean BAC, chief executive of Indika Energy and executive chairman of the Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin). 21 June 2023 The Oriental Rug and Textile Society will host a talk on contemporary Indonesian batik at 7pm at the University Women’s Club in…

Read More “Association of South-East Asian Nations Business Advisory Council
Visit of Chair and business delegation to the UK
15 May 2023” »

The international profile of Indonesian literature continues to grow. Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Ayu Utami and Intan Paramaditha, for example, are now globally-recognised authors, and both Eka Kurniawan and Norman Erikson Pasaribu have been longlisted for the International Booker Prize in recent years. This increasing recognition is mainly thanks to the now wide availability of excellent translations…

Read More “Launch of the AIS book club – Wednesday 13 September 2023” »

Monday, 20 March 2023 at  10am-12pm Venue: The National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE This oversubscribed roundtable was a discussion of the the role of downstream industries in driving Indonesia’s economic transformation, particulary in the electronic vehicle and downstream mineral resources industries The session also dissected strategic sectors of downstream industries powered by sustainable finance initiatives as well…

Read More “The inaugural meeting of the AIS Corporate Briefing Series: Indonesia’s economic development through electric vehicles and downstream mineral resources industries” »

AIS vice-chair Petty Elliott launched her latest book, The Indonesian Table, at the Indonesian Embassy on April 25. In front of dozens of people she discussed her culinary journey from Manado in Sulawesi to Jakarta and then across the archipelago. The book, which contains more than 100 recipes from Sumatra to Papua, can be bought in…

Read More “A Taste of Indonesia. 26th April 6-8pm. The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU.” »

Venue: The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, Westminster London SW1P 2BU European explorers reached the Banda Islands, the eastern Indonesian archipelago that is home to nutmeg and mace, in 1519. Within 150 years there was not only a global trade in the spices but aficionados were commissioning and collecting objects related to nutmeg from…

Read More “Nutmeg on the Move: Objects of the International Nutmeg Consumer. Tuesday, 14 March 2023 at  6.30 pm for 6.45 pm” »