Category: News & Events

  • 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.

    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…
  • Geoffrey Turner 1941-2018

    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…
  • Nimrud, NW Palace. Courtesy of the Oxford Archaeology Image Database

    The Nimrud Digitisation Project

    September 28, 2017
    British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI) can announce the start of an important initiative to digitise and release…
  • Basrah Museum

    January 6, 2017
    Basrah: its history, culture and heritage workshop and conference to celebrate the opening of Basrah Museum
  • Nimrud

    December 12, 2016
    Now that the Iraqi army has regained control of the ancient Assyrian capital city of Nimrud, the scale of the…