Thursday, September 12, 2013 @ –
Gertrude Bell and Iraq – A Life and Legacy Conference – Gertrude Bell & the Making of the Iraqi State
By Ali Khadr
Session II, Day I (continued) of the Gertrude Bell and Iraq – A Life and Legacy Conference
Gertrude Bell & the Making of the Iraqi State
Chair: Sir Terence Clark KBE, CMG, CVO
Papers:
Dr Wolfgang Köhler —‘We’ve got our King crowned’ – Gertrude Bell’s part in the establishment of the Iraqi state
Ms Myriam Yakoubi — Gertrude Bell and the Anglo-Hashemite romance
Dr Saad Eskander — Gertrude Bell and the Formation of the Iraqi State: The Kurdish Dimension
Organised by The British Institute for the Study of Iraq with the British Academy in association with the Gertrude Bell Archive at Newcastle University.
Media Partner: BBC History Magazine
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