Friday, July 17, 2020 The Javanese Literature Study Program at Universitas Gadjah Mada and the Balinese Literature Study Program at Universitas Udayana in collaboration with the Bali Provincial Cultural Value Preservation Center (BPNB) held a public lecture with the theme of study “Mantra Ruwat: Relationships of Compendiums of Manuscripts in Palace and scriptorium Merapi-Merbabu”. The public lecture on this occasion was held online using the facility Webinar from Cisco Webex and broadcast live through the channel Youtube BPNB Bali. The activity which lasted almost 2.5 hours presented speakers Rendra Agusta (Researcher of Surakarta Manuscripts) and Dr. Abimardha Kurniawan (Researcher of Merapi-Merbabu Manuscripts) and was guided by Zakariya Pamuji Aminullah (Lecturer of Javanese Literature Study Program). The public lecture starts at 01.00 pm WIB / 02.00 pm WIB until 05.00 pm WIB / 06.00 pm WITA starting with remarks from the Head of the UGM Javanese Literature Study Program and then continuing with material presentation, responses as well as remarks from BPNB Bali Province, discussions and questions and answers.
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On December 31, 2019, the UGM Javanese Literature Study Program won the achievement of being the only undergraduate study program at UGM that successfully completed-tracer study UGM 2019 as much as 100%. Need to know,Tracer Study UGM 2019 is a survey conducted to evaluate and improve the implementation process and education system at UGM. The results of the survey will become valuable data for UGM and are needed for various development needs and progress of UGM.
This annual award is given by the Directorate of Partnerships, Alumnus and International Affairs UGM to five faculties and eight study programs that get a percentage of completion-tracer study highest percentage, as well as to the administrative staff of each faculty who succeeded in making the program a success. On that occasion, the Javanese Literature Study Program won response rate of 100%, followed by the Regional Development Study Program with 88.57%, the Environmental Geography Study Program with 85.45%, the Dentist Education Study Program with 84.57%, the Aquaculture Study Program with 83.33%, Economics Study Program 80.85%, Forestry Study Program 72.4% and Veterinary Professional Education Study Program 50%
On September 27–30, 2019, HMJ KAMASUTRA in collaboration with the UGM Javanese Literature Study Program presented a manuscript tadarus performance in an invitation to the event Jogja Literature Festival 2019. The event was one of GAMASUTRA’s first collaborative stages carried out in a modern theatrical style. In this performance, GAMASUTRA representatives read the text of the Babad Trunajaya-Surapati (transliterated by Sudibjo Z.H. and translated by R.Soeparno).
For ten days from 10 to 20 September 2019, Osaka University, Japan, together with the Javanese Literature Study Program, Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada held a cultural collaboration program. This activity is the second time an Indonesian-Javanese cultural visit has been held between Osaka University and Universitas Gadjah Mada since 2017. During this visit, Dr. Yumi Sugahara as a student accompanying the lecturer brought a group of around 19 students. At the beginning of the visit, the Head of the Javanese Literature Study Program, Dr. Sri Ratna Saktimulya, M.Hum. warmly welcomed the visit with 26 Javanese Literature students and their prospective companions at the Winotosastro hotel.
On Tuesday, September 10, 2019, new students were invited by the Head of the UGM Javanese Literature Study Program, Dr. Sri Ratna Saktimulya M.Hum. to participate in the Pura Pakualaman Labuhan event. The ceremony which is held every 10th of Muharram or 10th of Suro is intended as a form of gratitude to God Almighty for still being able to experience the Javanese New Year. Apart from that, Labuhan is also a symbol of ‘getting rid of bad luck’ by the Javanese so that the year to be passed will be filled with good things, while bad things will stay away. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out direct interaction between students and Javanese culture itself so that the direct picture that has been obtained can be used as a means to develop their scientific competence.
On August 22 and 23, 2019, the Javanese Literature Study Program held a joint seminar with ATMA (Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu), UKM (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) from Malaysia. SEMEJA is an abbreviation of the Malay-Javanese Seminar which is a collaboration between ATMA, UKM and the Javanese Literature Study Program, Department of Language and Literature, Faculty of Cultural Studies (FIB), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). SEMEJA is an annual event that is held alternately every year. Previously, this event was held at ATMA, UKM, Malaysia and this year it was held at FIB UGM.