Promoting the research and education about the history, societies, and cultures of Iraq.

Membership

Being a member helps support our work to promote research and education about the history, society and culture of Iraq.

Funding

We offer range of grants and scholarships to assist academic work and education on Iraq in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Events

We fund and organise public lectures, study days, and other public events in London, elsewhere in the UK, and Iraq.

Next Event

Our next event will be shown here soon. You can view our past events along with audio and video at our Event Archive.

Latest News

May 3, 2022

Dr Abdulameer al-Hamdani

The Trustees of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Dr Abdulameer al-Hamdani on Friday April 29th in Nasiriyah, Iraq.

November 16, 2021

BISI Joins BIRI

The British Institute for the Study of Iraq is interested in collecting your reminiscences and stories about growing up, living or working in Iraq in the period up to 1990.

Recent Projects

BISI works to advance research and public education about Iraq in all of the arts, humanities and social sciences subjects, and enables exchange and collaboration between UK and Iraqi academics. Our grants and scholarships have helped the fund the following research projects.

Research Grant