Perhimpunan Indonesia – Inggris
The British Museum is organising a guided tour for the Raffles’ collections on: 11 December 2019, 13.15–14.00 Gallery tour with the curator Alexandra Green, Gallery 91, free 8 January 2020, 13.15–14.00 Gallery tour with the curator Alexandra Green, Gallery 91, free The exhibition explores Sir Stamford Raffles’ collections from Java and Sumatra that arrived at the…
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WBS London in The Shard 17th Floor 32 London Bridge Street London SE1 9SQ A-IS members are invited to the second Joint ASEAN Societies Reception at The Shard. Tickets are £30. For more details and application form, click here. If you would like to go, please return the application form to Mei Sim Lai, Chair…
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Curzon Bloomsbury The Brunswick Centre (near Russel Square station) London WC 1N 1AW London Mini Indonesian Film Festival is the inaugural programme of feature-length films screening organised by Indonesian Film Society. The festival this year was held at Curzon Bloomsbury starting on Friday 22 November until Sunday 24 November. The programming highlighted the best of…
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London School of Economics Thai theatre LSE New Academic Building London WC2A 2AE Dr Merlyna Lim (Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair, Carleton University) is going to discuss about social media and politics in Southeast Asia. Social media platforms and mobile devices have increasingly played a critical role in facilitating and mobilising collective actions, activism,…
The Conservatory Millenium Hotel Gloucester Harrington Gardens South Kensington London SW7 4LH Together with jewellery by Sicilia Perkins. Guest designer Naniek Rachmat
Room BG01 SOAS University of London Thornhaugh Street Russell Square London WC1H 0XG Meet-the-Author session at SOAS. Open to all / Free event / Book signing / Wine and nibbles. We had an Indonesian author in town, who was doing some events in Norwich courtesy of The British Council and National Writers Centre. Indonesian author…
Chartered Accountants Hall Moorgate Place London EC2R 6EA The largest Annual career event for Indonesian Overseas
Russel Jones (1926 – 2019) We are saddened to hear of the passing of Russel Jones, who was a noted scholar of Malay and Indonesian languages and culture. He was instrumental in founding the Indonesia Circle newsletter which over the years transformed into the academic journal Indonesia and the Malay World, published by Routledge. “Russell was a key…
British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG This talk by Alexandra Green, Henry Ginsburg Curator for Southeast Asia, explored Sir Stamford Raffles’ collections of Hindu-Buddhist artefacts and drawings collected during his time as Lieutenant-Governor of the island of Java, now part of Indonesia. The objects housed in the British Museum enabled Raffles to construct…
Publisher: Lontar Foundation (June, 2019) Price: £13 (A-IS members) or £15 (non A-IS members) A. A. Navis (1924-2003) was the leading cultural and literary figure in his home province of West Sumatra and widely respected at the national level as well. He wrote novels, plays, non-fiction, and poetry, but is best known for his short stories. Kevin…
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