On Tuesday,7 March 2023, Faculty of Cultural Sciences organised a Cultural Night as one of the main events of the 77th Anniversary of Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada. This event was enlivened by performances from students and alumni of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM. Apart from being directly witnessed by the civitas of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM, this event was also broadcasted on one of national TV channels, namely Indosiar. The event was opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Scinces, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Prof. Dr. Setiadi, S.Sos., M.A. and the Rector of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Prof. dr. Ova Emilia, M.Med.Ed., Sp.OG., Ph.D.

Apart from being the highlight of the Anniversary of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM, Cultural Night was also an event for the inauguration of the PUSAKA JAWA program (UGM Center for Javanese Studies). Pusaka Jawa was established to be a center for learning Javanese culture. This study center is expected to attract young Indonesians to study Javanese culture and art as we hope that other cultural studies centers will emerge. According to the Dean of the Faculty of Culural Sciences UGM, Prof. Dr. Setiadi, S.Sos., M.A., Pusaka Jawa has a tagline called hamong, hamot, hamemangkat. Hamong means empowering, hamot means bridging, and hamemangkat means integrating and developing.

This Cultural Night event was not only an event to perpetuate culture and arts, but also an event for the younger generation to participate in learning the culture.

1 March 2023 – Indonesian Consortium of Cultural Science organised Forum and Meeting Coordination on Wednesday,1 March 2023. The meeting discussed the implementation of MBKM Online and the formation of LAM (Lembaga Akreditasi Mandiri) Cultural Sciences. This meeting was attended by Deans and Vice Deans from 18 universities in Indonesia. 

The forum was opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM, Prof. Dr. Setiadi, S.Sos., M.A. and the Vice Dean of Education and Teaching, Prof. Dr. Wening Udasmoro, S.S., M.Hum., DEA emphasised the importance of inter-collaboration within the Faculties of Cultural Sciences in running the duties as an educational institution. 

The events were filled with 2 coordination meeting sessions, where each session discussed the implementation of the MBKM Online and the Formation of LAM in Cultural Sciences. In this session, each representative from the universities exchanged ideas and shared the efforts from each university in implementing MBKM and contributed their ideas regarding the formation of the LAM in Cultural Sciences.

At the end of the meeting, the Coordination Meeting resulted in several agreements, including the mechanism for forming LAMs and the composition of a team of experienced assessors who will conduct hearings with BANPT, LAMs is affiliated with BANPT, and the Forum revised the AD/ART and the MoU of the Indonesian Consortium of Cultural Science (consisting of 18 universities). 

In order to celebrate Bulan Bahasa, INCULS UGM held Kembulan Bulan Bahasa on Friday, October 21, 2022. “Mengenal Bahasa, Mengenal Budaya” or “Knowing Language, Knowing Culture” became the theme of Bulan Bahasa chosen by INCULS UGM for this event. Not only celebrating Language Month, there were also quiz competitions and decorating cones, INCULS student performances, and flashmobs which were participated by various foreign students. In addition, INCULS UGM also collaborates with the Indonesian Literature Student Family, FIB UGM, Yogyakarta Language Center, and APPBIPA Jogja.

Monday, September 26, 2022, Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM received a visit from Embassy of the Republic of Korea. Attending the visit were Mr. Lee Kee Sung as an Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, in charge of Political Affairs. There was also held public lecture for the Department of Korean Language and Culture, FIB UGM. This visit was carried out referring to diplomatic relations between Indonesia and South Korea which have lasted for almost 50 years. It is hoped that this visit will strengthen the existing cooperative relations.

On Friday, September 23, 2022 at 09.00 WIB, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Southeast Sulawesi Language Center Office, well known as Kantor Pusat Bahasa Sulawesi Tenggara and The Faculty of Cultural Science, UGM. The collaboration is aimed to Linguistics Masters Study Program FIB UGM. The Southeast Sulawesi Language Center is currently trying to revitalize, protect, and internationalize regional languages and literature. The cooperation is expected can be a forum for the protection, development, and development of regional languages and literature.