Makna Aksara. 1830 & Roekmini. A book talk with Peter Carey & Melissa Sunjaya.

Wednesday 25 November 2026 at 2:30pm at the Indonesian Embassy,
30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU,

Historian Peter Carey author of !830 and Roekmini and visual artist Melissa Sunjaya, both prominent figures in their own rights. 1830 published by Tulisan, is a bilingual (Indonesian-English) collaborative work by Melissa Sunjaya and Peter Carey that reinterprets colonial history. 1830 marked the end of the Java War (1825–1830) and the capture of Prince Diponegoro, which symbolized the end of the “Old Java” era and the beginning of full Dutch colonial control. The 1830s was also an important period for the standardization of the Javanese script.

Please RSVP at bit.ly/MaknaAksara1830Roekmini by 23 November