Past Events
May
15
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 @ 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Film Screening: Letters from Baghdad
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
Memorial Event for Dr Lamia Al-Gailani
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
Annual Mallowan Lecture 2019
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
The Ark Re-imagined: Navigating Iraqi Cultural Heritage on the Edge of Extinction
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…
Jun
13
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Introducing the Nahrein Network
What can antiquity, history, and heritage contribute to rebuilding lives and livelihoods shattered by decades of war and terror in the Middle East?
Mar
05
Monday, March 5, 2018 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Film Screening: Remember Baghdad
Iraq’s last Jews tell the story of their country.
Feb
14
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Iraqi-Italian Archaeological Mission at Abu Tbeirah
Introducing the fieldwork undertaken by the Iraqi-Italian Archaeological Mission at Abu Tbeirah, Southern Mesopotamia.
Nov
22
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
The Iraq Museum in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Dr Lamia al-Gailani Werr on the Museum in Baghdad: The Story of the Iraq Museum in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Jun
14
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Annual Bonham-Carter Lecture 2017
Dr. Caecilia Pieri on Rethinking Baghdad’s Built Identity and Strategies (1915-2015)