Perhimpunan Indonesia – Inggris
5th floor Plantation Place 30 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 3BY AGENDA 1. Apologies for absence 2. Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting Click HERE to view the minutes of the AGM 2018 3. The Fifty-fifth Annual Report Click HERE to view the ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2018-2019 4. Financial Accounts for 2018-2019 5. Election…
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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…
Read More ““To the Contrary” (by A.A. Navis) Translated by Kevin W. Fogg and Matthew G.B. Woolgar” »
From the Membership Secretary THE ANGLO-INDONESIAN SOCIETY – MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL NOTICE 2019-2020 On behalf of A-IS Council, I hope that you are finding the e-newsletter and events informative and enjoyable, and thank you for being a member of the Society. If you are an Ordinary member or a Corporate member, we hope that you will…
St. Matthew’s Westminster 20 Great Peter Street Westminster SW1P 2BU The former governor of Jakarta, Ahok, was arrested on charges of blasphemy two years ago. This was because, as a Christian, he dared to quote the Qur’an during his election campaign. Since then, there have been several incidents of religious intolerance followed. The international public started…
St. Matthew’s Westminster 20 Great Peter Street Westminster SW1P 2BU We were delighted to welcome Moazzam Malik CMG as our guest speaker. Moazzam recently completed a very successful tour of nearly 5 years as UK Ambassador in Indonesia. Read Moazzam’s “Farewell Letter to Indonesia” here. In his talk, Moazzam spoke movingly about former President Habibie,…
Read More “A Talk by Moazzam Malik CMG. Wednesday 11 September 2019 at 6.15pm for 6.45pm” »
Wisma Nusantara, Hampstead Ambassador Rizal Sukma and Ibu Hana have kindly hosted the A-IS summer picnic at their residence this year. The summer picnic was a great opportunity for members to get to know each other and enjoy a fun day out that combines the best of Indonesian and British picnicking traditions with Balinese…
Read More “The Anglo-Indonesian Summer Picnic. Sunday, 21 July 2019. 12 noon – 4 PM.” »