UK Events Organised By BASIS Organisations

Each sponsored organisation has its own programme of events held in the UK and overseas.

Thursday 26 January 2012
Changing Turkish Foreign Policy In A Changing World
Lecture, 6.30pm-7.30pm
A reception will be held after this lecture. We anticipate a full house and recommend an early response if you plan to attend.
RSVP to Claire McCafferty.
Email: biaa@britac.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 7969 5204
Website: www.biaa.ac.uk

Wednesday 15 February 2012
Libya 2002-06: Further Reflections
Anthony Layden, former British Ambassador to Libya
Lecture, 5.30pm-6.30pm
For further information and to register, contact: Mrs Shirley Strong. Email: shirleystrong@btconnect.com
Website: www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/libya

Tuesday 21 February & Wednesday 22 February 2012
The Parthian And Early Sasanian Empires: Adaptation And Expansion
Conference, 9.00am-6.00pm
This two day conference will bring together an international group of experts to present papers on new aspects of the history of culture of the Iranian empires of the Parthians and Early Sasanians from 3rd Century BC to 4th Century AD.
Open to all and free to attend.
For further information and to register, contact: Mariam Emamy.
Email: BIPS@britac.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 7969 5203
Website: www.bips.ac.uk

Tuesday 13 March 2012
Umm al-Biyara in Petra: Excavating the Iron Age settlement and Nabataean palace, 1960-2012
Crystal Bennett Annual Memorial Lecture, 6pm-8pm
Speaker: Prof Piotr Bienkowski (University of Manchester)
Umm al-Biyara, the highest mountain in Petra, was the first Iron Age ‘Edomite’ site to be excavated, by Crystal-M. Bennett. Prof Bienkowski will take us through those original, pioneering excavations, as well as his current fieldwork on the very edge of the summit which has identified a Nabataean royal residence.
Open to all and free to attend.
Venue: Institute of Archaeology lecture theatre, UCL, London.
For further information and to register, call Penny McParlin.
Email: cbrl@britac.ac.uk
Telephone: 0207 969 5296
Website: www.cbrl.org.uk/news.html

28th-30 March 2012
Clerical Authority in Shi’ite Islam: Culture and Learning in the Seminaries of Iraq and Iran Abstracts
Keble College, Oxford
This international conference, the conclusion of a British Academy-BIPS-BRISMES collaborative project, will examine the seminary system for training the clergy of Shi’ite Islam, from its early history to its establishment in Iran and Iraq, its impressive success in the modern period, and its potential future development.
Open to all and free to attend.
For further information and to register, contact Jane Clark.
Email: jane.clark@exeter.ac.uk
Telephone: 01392 264040
Website: www.thehawzaproject.net

Friday 13 April 2012
The Idea Of Chivalry In The Persianate World
Workshop, 9.00am-6.00pm
This workshop investigates various manifestations of chivalry (Javanmardi) ranging from the literary to cinematic in Iran, Central Asia and Kurdish regions.
Open to all and free to attend, though space is limited. For further information and to register, contact: Mariam Emamy.
Email: BIPS@britac.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 7969 5203
Website: www.bips.ac.uk

Tuesday 8 May 2012
The Rock Carvings Of The Messak: A Story Of Pastoral Adaptation
Dr Maria Guagnin, Member of the Society’s Fezzan Rock Art Project Workshop, Lecture, 5.30pm-6.30pm
For further information and to register, contact Mrs Shirley Strong.
Email: shirleystrong@btconnect.com
Website: www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/libya

Tuesday 2 October 2012
Dr. Nicholas Drake of King’s College London, “How fish swam across the Sahara and the implications for the peopling of Libya and its biodiversity”.
Lecture, 5.30pm
For further information and to register, contact: Mrs Shirley Strong.
Email: shirleystrong@btconnect.com
Website: www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/libya

Tuesday 7 December 2012
Following the Society’s Forty-Third Annual General Meeting. 
Olwen Brogan Memorial Lecture, 5pm.
Mr. Ahmed Buzaian, Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya, “Olive Oil and Wine Production in Roman Cyrenaica”.
For further information and to register, contact: Mrs Shirley Strong.
Email: shirleystrong@btconnect.com
Website: www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/libya