Perhimpunan Indonesia – Inggris
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…
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followed by a talk by Marily Van Nevel about her work with the Sumba Hospitality Foundation.
The events below are for the A-IS members only. If you are inviting non-members to the event, please email Dorothy at AIS_news@mail.com to allow access for them to the event. ONLINE via Zoom (Click here for the Zoom link). Note: Meeting ID: 824 1669 0201, Passcode: 856170Agenda (To see the agenda in Word document, click here)…
Read More “Annual General Meeting. Tuesday, 10 November 2020, 6.00pm for 6.15pm” »
ONLINE via Zoom We had Marily Van Nevel shared with us on our last event about her work with the Sumba Hospitality Foundation (SHF). Marily is the Chief of Staff of Sumba Hospitality Foundation. The Foundation supports a boarding school, a permaculture learning farm, the Maringi hotel and spa, and a training restaurant specialised in local…
Dear Members, Welcome back to the Anglo-Indonesian Society’s autumn programme of events. I hope you are all keeping well and have managed to get some kind of break over the summer, despite the extraordinary circumstances. We still don’t know, of course, when we might be able to resume holding “in person” events, so for the…
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ONLINE via Zoom. For zoom link, click here. Passcode: 138839 Sinta Tantra is a British artist of Balinese descent. Her work has been described as “exuberant”, a “hedonistic celebration of excess and decoration”, and her contribution to public art by transforming spaces with “chaotic yet captivating images” has been recognised by collectors and commissioners alike. Her…
Read More “Indonesian Contemporary Art Tuesday, 15 September 2020. 12:45pm for 1PM” »
ONLINE via Zoom Last month we had Indra Rudiansyah who is a DPhil student at the Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, shared with us his experience studying in the UK. Indra talked about his backgroud and his research on pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccine. He then shared how he joined the clinical…