Mar
20
Friday, March 20, 2020 @ 6:15 pm-8:00 pm
This talk is retrospective, reporting on what has happened to the site and its antiquities since 1990, and what might happen in future.
Jan
21
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 @ 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq and the Friends of Basrah Museum had great pleasure in organising a reception celebrating the completion of the new Basrah Museum.
Nov
13
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Project Mosul was founded by Matthew Vincent and Chance Coughenour as a volunteer effort to aid in the digital restoration of Mosul’s lost heritage.
Sep
16
Monday, September 16, 2019 @ 1:00 pm-5:30 pm
The conference aims to evaluate the many contributions of the Jewish community in Iraq within the spheres of the arts and culture, social policy, education, government and the economy in…
Jun
12
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
This lecture will introduce one of Baghdad’s iconic Sufi shrines – that of the 12th-century Sufi mystic Shaikh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, which has managed to weather challenging times in recent decades.…
May
15
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 @ 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial) in association with the Emmanuel Society and the Harvard Club of the UK have great pleasure in inviting you…
Apr
03
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 @ 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq and the Friends of Basrah Museum event to celebrate the remarkable life of Dr Lamia Al Gailani
Feb
20
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
The Charax Spasinou Project is currently mapping and exploring the remains of this city.
Nov
14
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Through the Ark Re-imagined project, the artist Rashad Salim and Safina Projects CIC ask what the Ark might have looked like if it was based on the watercraft heritage of…