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May

30

Thursday, May 30, 2013 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm

Book Launch with Georgina Herrmann and Stuart Laidlaw

Celebrating the arrival of Ivories from Nimrud (1949-1963) VII, 1 & 2 Ivories from Rooms SW11/12 and T10 Fort Shalmaneser

May

20

Mudhifs of southern Iraq

Monday, May 20, 2013 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm

Mudhifs in the Marshes: Preserving Cultural Identity

The film-maker and travel-writer Mike Laird on the mudhifs of southern Iraq

Feb

28

Thursday, February 28, 2013 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm

An Archaeologist’s View of Northern Iraq in the 1950s

The archaeologist Dr Joan Oates on excavating in Northern Iraq with the Mallowans

Nov

22

Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm

Faisal I, Gertrude Bell and Sat’i al-Husri: The Politics of Archaeology in Iraq

Dr Ali A. Allawi on the evolution of Iraq’s identity as a modern state and the role of archaeology in this process

Oct

25

Thursday, October 25, 2012 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm

Erbil: Research, Interpretation and Conservation of the World’s Oldest City

David Michelmore on research, conservation and interpretation of Erbil Citadel

Sep

27

Thursday, September 27, 2012 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm

Mediaeval Basra

Robert Irwin on the literary and scientific life of Mediaeval Basra