Past Events

Prof Graeme Barker FBA on ‘Neanderthals and Modern Humans in the Zagros Mountains: New Investigations at Shanidar Cave’

The archaeologist Professor Wathiq Ismail al-Salihi explores the site of Hatra: an Arab Kingdom in Roman Times

Rolf Killius elaborates on the rich traditional music in Iraq with recently digitised recordings from the British Library archive.

The Ur Project – digitising Sir Leonard Woolley’s excavations (1922-1934) at the ancient city of Ur

Dr Géraldine Chatelard on the Marshlands and the archaeological sites of Eridu, Ur and Uruk.

Professor Helen Berry explores the paradoxes and contradictions of Gertrude Bell’s life from the perspective of women’s history

Professor Emilie Savage-Smith looks at the surgeons and physicians of medieval Iraq

Ikon Director Jonathan Watkins gave an illustrated talk for BISI about his experiences as curator of the Iraqi Pavilion for the 2013

Dr Jane Moon talks about the excavations at the old Babylonian settlement at Tell Khaiber