Category: News & Events

  • Dr Abdulameer al-Hamdani

    May 3, 2022
    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.

  • BISI Joins BIRI

    November 16, 2021
    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.

  • Basrah Museum Film

    July 16, 2021
    We are delighted to announce the release of our new film The Epic Story of a New Museum for Basra: Humanity Always Wins.

  • Chadirji: The Baghdad Trend Setter

    March 4, 2021
    Most people knew Rifat as a renowned architect and researcher, however, for several decades many also recognised him as a trend setter in Baghdad. 

  • Call for Contributions

    November 24, 2020
    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.

  • Merger News

    October 14, 2020
    The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI) and the Friends of Basrah Museum (FOBM) have announced that they are to merge.

  • The Nimrud Archives

    August 18, 2020
    Thanks to generous support from an anonymous donor, BISI has begun to catalogue the archive.

  • Jews of Iraq Conference

    July 28, 2020
    This major international conference took place between 16 and 18 September 2019. Organised by The British Institute for the Study of Iraq in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern

  • Dr Lamia Al Gailani Werr

    April 5, 2019
    The Trustees of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of Dr Lamia Al Gailani-Werr last Friday 18 January 2019

  • Geoffrey Turner 1941-2018

    December 12, 2018
    Obituary: Geoffrey Turner, one of the foremost authorities on the architecture of the Neo-Assyrian empire, passed away in Brussels on 7 October 2018 after a long illness.