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AIS Book Club: The AIS Book Club met on November 26 to discuss Orang-orang Oetimu/People from Oetimu by Felix Nesi

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Thanks everyone for calling in from everywhere from Tokyo to Aberystwyth via Jakarta, and contributing your thoughts. It was a lively discussion, and a fascinating but somewhat challenging book. Next meeting will be in March 2026, where we will discuss The Weaverbirds/Burung-Burung Manyar by Y.B.Mangunwijaya The Book Club discussions are always in EnglishMore details from Ian at rowland@myphone.coop

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Calling All Balinese chefs

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AIS has received the following appeal:My name is Bertille Duthoit, and I am a journalist for ARTE TV. I work on the show Voyage en Cuisine, which airs in France and Germany from Monday to Thursday. This program explores the history and geography of a country or region through its gastronomy. Each episode focuses on a…

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Book Club. November

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Join our book club explored Indonesian literature giving you insight into this fascinating archipelago. In November we discussed Felix Nesi’s People from Oetimu. The novel explores the turbulent history and colonial experiences of the island of Timor, particularly focusing on the village of Oetimu in West Timor. It deals with themes of colonialism, collective memory,…

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November Meeting: Annual General Meeting followed by a talk by chef and AIS Vice Chair Petty Elliott “Indonesia, an archipelago of plenty”.

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Tuesday November 11 at 18:30 at the Indonesian Embassy and via Zoom 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU. Every one of Indonesia’s more than 17,000 islands tells its story through food, flavours and culinary traditions, creating one of the world’s most vibrant culinary landscapes. Petty will share her culinary journeys across the archipelago, reflecting its extraordinary natural…

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Tuesday 24 June meeting hosted jointly with the London School of Economics South East Asia Centre at the LSE in room CKK 1.15Book Talk: Majapahit: Intrigue, betrayal and war in Indonesia’s greatest empireby Herald van der Linde

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The rise and fall of the Majapahit Empire is one of intrigue, murder, secrets, suspense, revenge, and war in a land filled with beautiful temples and imposing palaces. It remains, however, the most powerful empire in Asia that most people have never heard of. At its peak the Majapahit empire, in the days of King…

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Jauh dari mata, dekat di hati (Out of sight, but close to the heart). Museums, colonial collections and postcolonial diasporas by Wim Manuhuttu, historian and heritage professional.

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Tuesday 10 June at 6.30pm. At the Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU and simultaneously via Zoom The debate surrounding colonial collections in Western museums has developed in the past decade under pressure of former colonized nations, civil society and postcolonial diasporas.Who gets to decide which artefacts are exhibited and which narratives are being…

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Book Club. Celebrating Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s Birth Centennial. Wednesday 9 July 2025. 1-2.30pm UK time. 7-8.30pm Jakarta time. On Zoom

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We will discuss Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s The Fugitive. The book was set in the Japanese occupation. In the twilight days of Japanese power in his country, an Indonesian army officer sparks an insurrection against the occupation army but is forced to flee into the jungle when he is betrayed by one of his own comrades. (GoodReads)…

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Back to the Future: Reflections on the Java War Bicentiennial by Professor Peter Carey. Saturday May 17 at 12pm London time, and only via ZOOM (PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DAY AND TIME. AND THAT IT WILL NOT BE IN PERSON). This is because the speaker is joining us from Indonesia.

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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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February Meeting. Just Energy Transition in Indonesia: Balancing Sustainability and Social Impact by Rezha Bayu Oktavian Arief. Tuesday 11th February, at 6.30pm.  At the Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU and simultaneously via Zoom

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Rezha is the co-founder and CEO of Obviously Sustainable, a social enterprise and advisory firm focused on helping businesses and organisations achieve sustainability through research, policy advocacy, social impact programmes and impact measurement. He has a decade of experience in social impact and public policy work in an NGO, local startups and big tech companies such as…

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