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1ST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH LECTURE SERIES
Some Early Dutch Friendship Links and the Background of the
Children of the VOC in Malaysia
Wednesday, 16th August 2006
(Please note: our lecture
this month is on the 3rd Wednesday of the month)
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14th August
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Time:
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10:00am for 10:30 start
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Location:
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Badan Warisan, 2 Jalan Stonor, 50450 KL, tel: 2144 9273
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Cost:
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RM 15 Members, RM 25 Guests
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Almost 40 years before Portuguese Malacca was captured
by the Dutch in 1641, an intrepid Dutch captain forged the
first friendship alliance with the Sultan of Johor. That first
contact had far reaching consequences that would lead to a
continued close friendship and ultimately, winning Malacca.
The VOC stands for 'Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie' which
was the Dutch East Indies Company. Children of the VOC refers
to the descendants of settlers who sailed to the East with
the VOC and who had made the Dutch colony where they lived
their new home. In Malaysia, these 'Children of the VOC'
are made up of descendants of settlers from Dutch Malacca,
Sri Lanka and elsewhere. Today, the Malaysian Dutch descendants
exist as a forgotten Eurasian subgroup that seems to be
on an eventual collision course with oblivion.
Dennis De Witt, a 5th generation Malaysian Dutch Eurasian,
has been doing research on his heritage for the last 13
years and he has been involved in various activities concerning
Dutch heritage in Malaysia, including the Malaysian Dutch
Descendants Project, which aims to locate the Dutch descendants
left in Malaysia. Today, we are fortunate to have Dennis
talk about the Dutch in Malaysia and their descendants that
remain. His lecture will be accompanied by a number of illustrations
and never before seen pictures from private collections.
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ISTAC: The International Institute
of Islamic Thought and Civilization
Thursday, 24 August
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21st August
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Time:
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10:00am for prompt 10:30am start
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ISTAC, 205A Jalan Damansara, Damansara Heights
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Cost:
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Members RM 15, Guest RM 25
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Today we have the unique opportunity to visit ISTAC, a beautiful
oasis in Damansara Heights. It is a private research and postgraduate
institution offering master and doctoral degrees in Islamic
and other civilizations, philosophy, ethics and contemporary
issues, Islamic spiritual culture and contemporary society.
ISTAC has many aims and objectives: i.e.; study and research
regarding problems encountered by Muslims in the present age,
Islamic response to the intellectual and cultural challenges
in the modern world and various schools of thought, religion
and ideology, philosophy on education, the meaning and philosophy
of Islamic art and architecture, Islamic civilization in the
Malay world, Islamic sciences, and much more. For ISTAC to achieve
it's goals, it has had to assemble a high level library-- ISTAC
has a world renowned library consisting of over 150,000 volumes
in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Malay, German, Dutch, Russian,
Latin and Greek! It is no exaggeration to say that while great
scholars have built great libraries, it is also true that great
libraries have produced great scholars as ISTAC can certainly
prove.
We are most fortunate that the Deputy Director of ISTAC,
Prof. Dr. Ajmal Al-Aidrus will take us on a tour of ISTAC,
including the library, plus the priceless collection of manuscripts
dating 900-1000AD. There will be a talk in their beautiful
conference hall and you will be able to ask questions of this
very personable Professor. Here is a chance for you to experience
Islam in quiet surroundings and with trained scholars, so
I hope that you will join us for this very special morning.
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VISIT TO SILVERFISH BOOKS,
MALAYSIA'S LEADING PUBLISHER AND ADVOCATE FOR CONTEMPORARY FICTION
Tuesday, 29 August
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25th August, limited to 20 people only
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Time:
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10.00am for 10.30am start
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Location:
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Silverfish Books, 67 - 1, Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru (Bangsar
Village and of Telawi 3)
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Cost:
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Members RM 15, Guests RM 25
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Members
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For further information, please refer to the
Booking Policy at the bottom of this page
Non-Members: Please note - attendance
by non-members is permitted on a single-time basis: you must
become a member if you wish to attend a second MCG event.
New Membership Applications are available here.
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Silverfish Books, established in 1999, is an independent bookshop
focusing on literature, philosophy, religion and Malaysiana
- for people who like to read by people who read. Customers
and browsers come to Silverfish Books not only for the individually
selected titles but also advice on reading.
Since 2000 Silverfish Books has also become one of Malaysia's
leading publishers of the Malaysian (and Singaporean) experience
– regardless of whether by local or expatriate writers.
Mr Raman Krishnan, the founder of Silverfish Books, will
talk about the problems of running an independent bookshop,
publishing, censorship laws, state of reading and writing
in the country and other related issues.
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