Category: Latest News

  • Ukhaidhir Castle, Iraq

    March 23, 2023
    In March 1985, my wife and I set off from London to drive to Baghdad on my appointment there as…

  • May 3, 2022
    The Trustees of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq were deeply saddened to hear of the death of…

  • November 16, 2021
    The British Institute for the Study of Iraq is interested in collecting your reminiscences and stories about growing up, living…
  • Basra Museum

    July 16, 2021
    We are delighted to announce the release of our new film The Epic Story of a New Museum for Basra:…
  • 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…
  • Sherqatis outside their tent at Abu Salabikh, 1978. (Image courtesy of Dr Ellen McAdam)

    November 24, 2020
    The British Institute for the Study of Iraq is interested in collecting your reminiscences and stories about growing up, living…
  • Basrah Museum

    October 14, 2020
    The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI) and the Friends of Basrah Museum (FOBM) have announced that they…
  • The Palaces at Nimrud

    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…
  • 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 in Amman, Jordan.

    April 5, 2019
    The Trustees of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death…