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

About Us

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

November 17, 2025

Annual General Meeting 2025

Notice of Annual General Meeting and Elections

The Basrah Museum

November 4, 2025

We’re Hiring!

Administrative Assistant

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.

Thank's to our supporters