Annual General Meeting (AGM). Tuesday, 10 November 2020
followed by a talk by Marily Van Nevel about her work with the Sumba Hospitality Foundation.
Category: 2020
Annual General Meeting. Tuesday, 10 November 2020, 6.00pm for 6.15pm
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)…
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Sumba Hospitality Foundation: Empowering Sumbanese Youth Through Vocational Education. Tuesday, 10 November 2020 after the AGM
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…
The Anglo-Indonesian Society Chairman’s message
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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Indonesian Contemporary Art Tuesday, 15 September 2020. 12:45pm for 1PM
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…
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Life as a PhD Student who Joined the COVID19 Vaccine Clinical Trial Team Wednesday, 14 October 2020. 5.45pm for 6pm
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…
AIS ZOOM MEETING 14 JULY: FAREWELL REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR DR. RIZAL SUKMA
Dear Members, You will have seen from the newsletter that we already have a great event lined up on 14 July at 12.45 for 13.00, celebrating Indonesian cuisine, with not one but three renowned chefs sharing their secrets! I am now both delighted and saddened to say that we will be joined at the start…
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Indonesian Cuisine Tuesday, 14 July 2020. 12.45pm for 1pm
In our July event, we had Chef William Wongso and Chef Petty Elliott share with us about Indonesian cuisine. Unfortunately, Ibu Sri Owen could not join us because of a technical issue. Chef William Wongso pointed out that there is no specific “Indonesian” cuisine. Rather, Indonesia has distinctive regional cuisines. Chef Petty Elliott emphasised the…
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Indonesian Contemporary Art. Tuesday, 15 September 2020.
ONLINE via Zoom Last month, we had a great session on Indonesian contemporary art with British artist of Balinese descent, Sinta Tantra and the Director of the international contemporary art gallery David Zwirner, Galuh Sukardi. Galuh started the session with an overview of the development of Indonesian contemporary art followed by Shinta who showed some…
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John Read Obituary
READ, John F W – died peacefully on 16th June 2020, aged 87, having been diagnosed with motor neurone disease some months earlier. Much loved husband of Farida, father to Nicholas and Sophia, and grandfather to Howard, Grace, Zoe and Emma. Funeral service for family to take place at St Mary’s church, Saffron Walden. John…