Perhimpunan Indonesia – Inggris
The Royal Society for Asian Affairs (RSAA) is a membership organisation that runs a programme of lectures and other events looking at the whole of Asia. It also publish the quarterly journal Asian Affairs. The RSAA has an upcoming online event entitled “The Battle for the Soul of Islam”, on May 21st, which will focus on the contest…
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There will be NO MEETING in April, due to the Idul Fitri holiday Peter is a retired history professor whose specialist subject is the Javanese Prince Diponegoro, who led a war against the Dutch from 1825-1830. Peter’s doctoral thesis was entitled: Dipanagara and the Making of the Java War: Yogyakarta History, 1785-1825. He later wrote a biography of…
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Kirsten will discuss her newly-published book that examines Islamist, separatist, and communal violence across Indonesian history since 1945 through six case studies. It asks why conflict only emerged in some parts of Indonesia despite the shared history. Looking at where the violence is located not just in a geographic sense but above all in a conceptual…
AIS 2024 AGMand a talk onYoung People’s Role in Strengthening UK-Indonesia Relations Tuesday 12th November 6pm for 6.15pm, The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, London and simultaneously via Zoom(Zoom joining details: This link or meeting ID: 951 1003 9870 and Passcode: 186993) Please note the earlier than usual start timeAll the documents for the meeting are below or attached via the…
Young People’s Role in Strengthening UK-Indonesia Relations by Hilmi Kartasasmita. Tuesday 12th November 6.30pm for 6.45pm, The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, London and simultaneously via Zoom Hilmi KartasasmitaMaster’s Student & President of The Indonesian Student’s Association at OxfordJunior Advisor in The Executive Office of The President (2019 – 2024)Founding Member of The Global Indonesia Professionals’…
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…
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…
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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…