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.
The SEMEJA event was attended by seven lecturers from ATMA, UKM, Malaysia, who were presenters at the seminar, and 11 lecturers from the Javanese Literature Study Program FIB UGM. This seminar talked a lot about history and culture both in Malaysia and in Java. Apart from the SEMEJA event, to be precise after the second day of SEMEJA, the event was continued with a public lecture filled by Prof. Madya Nor Zalina Harun and attended by students of Javanese Literature Study Program, FIB UGM.
