Did you notice the new AIS logo?
The AIS Council has approved the new logo, which was designed by Dorothy Ferry. Many thanks to Dorothy for all her hard work on it.
Author: Ati Kisjanto
Nutmeg on the Move: Objects of the International Nutmeg Consumer. Tuesday, 14 March 2023 at 6.30 pm for 6.45 pm
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…
Indonesia’s Didi Kempot on Google Doodle
Spice Connection: Indonesian Tales From Three Cooks
Tuesday, 14 February 2023 at 6.45 pm for 7 pmVenue: The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, Westminster London SW1P 2BU The Spice Islands of Indonesia, which include the Banda Islands and Ternate and Tidore in Maluku, are home to cloves, nutmeg and mace. These remote islands became the centre of a lucrative international trade in these spices. They formed a…
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Exploring Siberut: a trip into the heart of West Sumatra’s Mentawai Islands
Tuesday, 10 January 2023 at 6.45 pm for 7 pmVenue: The Indonesian Embassy, 30 Great Peter Street, Westminster London SW1P 2BU Lying 150km off the coast of West Sumatra, the Mentawai Islands have long attracted surfers from all over the world. Siberut, the largest island in the chain, is also famous for its tattooed hunter-gatherer…
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Letter from the Chairman
Dear AIS members, I was elected as your Chair in November 2021. As we come to the one year mark and ahead of the AGM on 15 November, I wanted to update you on the work that the Council has been doing to refresh and “relaunch” the Society with a wider array of activities. This work is…
Annual General Meeting. Tuesday, 15 November 2021, 6.00pm for 6.15pm
To be held at the Indonesian Embassy and simultaneouslyvia Zoom.Zoom meeting ID: 837 8470 5069, no passcode.Click here for the Zoom link. Agenda (To see the agenda in PDF document, click here) 1. Apologies for absence 2. Minutes of the last Annual General MeetingClick here to view the minutes of the AGM 2021. 3. The Fifty-eighth Annual ReportClick here to view the…
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The A-IS Picnic. Saturday 23 July 2022
12 pm – 3 pm. Wisma Nusantara, 2 Bishops Grove, London N2 0BP Saturday, 23 July 2022, 12 pm – 3 pmWisma Nusantara, 2 Bishops Grove, London N2 0B Our much awaited summer picnic for the Society was kindly hosted by The Indonesian Ambassador, H.E. Desra Percaya and Ibu Sari Percaya at their residence at Wisma Nusantara. Members brought their own food…
Women’s Leadership in Indonesian Higher Education Institutions
Last month, Dorothy Ferary gave a talk on women’s leadership in Indonesian higher education institutions. She discussed the various policy and regulations that support gender equality and also addressed the career gap issues which still persist. She also highlighted some of the progress of women leaders in the past 20 years. You can watch the recording…
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A Guide to Paper and Watermarks. The Collection Works of Russel Jones (1972-2015).
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 6.45pm for 7pmEmbassy of the Republic of Indonesia in London,30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2BU Dr Farouk Yahya gave us a talk on Russel Jones’ works on paper and watermarks. In his presentation he mentioned the Indonesia and the Malay World’s Special Issue on Malay Manuscripts: a Guide to Paper and Watermarks….
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