UK events organised by BASIS organisations

Each sponsored organisation has its own programme of events held in the UK and overseas. Highlights of their UK programmes for the 2008-09 academic year appear below. Details of the full programmes for each organisation can be found on their individual websites.

 Monday 1 February 2010, 5.30pm
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
The Society for Libyan Studies
Motoring in the Libyan Desert 1916-1941
A lecture by Professor Andrew Goudie, Master of St Cross College, Oxford
Open to all. This event is free of charge and no registration is required.

Thursday 4 February 2010, 6.30pm
BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq
The Iraq National Library and Archive at a time of National Crisis: difficult choices and unanticipated challenges
A lecture by Dr Saad Eskander in aid of the BISI appeal to bring Iraqi scholars to the UK
Ticket cost £10/£7.50, apply to bisi@britac.ac.uk

Tuesday 9 February 2010, 4.00pm
The Great Hall, Kings College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
The British School at Athens
Annual Meeting of Subscribers, followed at 5.30pm by open lectures:
The Work of the BSA in 2009: Professor Catherine Morgan, Director
Reflecting on images: Sacred Space and Secular Contestation: Professor Margaret E Kenna
RSVP: bsa@sas.ac.uk

Monday 8 March 2010, 6pm
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
The British School at Rome
Ten year on ... past projects and future challenges.  The BSR Library and Archive 1999-2009
A lecture by Valerie Scott, Librarian, BSR
RSVP: bsr@britac.ac.uk

Thursday 11 March 2010, 5.30pm
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq
The Defence of Inhumanity: Air Control and the British Idea of Arabia
A lecture by Dr Priya Satia, Stanford University
No tickets required, but please confirm to bisi@britac.ac.uk

Monday 10 May 2010, 5.30pm
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
The Society for Libyan Studies
Life in the Maritme Villas of Roman Tripolitania
A lecture by Professor Luisa Musso, Universita di Roma Tre
Open to all. This event is free of charge and no registration is required.

Tuesday 11 May 2010, 6pm (tbc)
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq
Iraq and Afghanistan: criminal benefit from cultural loss
A BISI Appeal Lecture by Vernon Rapley, New Scotland Yard
For details and tickets, see www.bisi.ac.uk

Thursday 17 June 2010, 5.30pm (tbc)
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq
Women and Gender in Iraq: historical and contemporary perspectives
BISI Bonham Carter Forum and Lecture with Dr Nadje S Al-Ali, SOAS
No tickets required, but please confirm to bisi@britac.ac.uk

Monday 4 October 2010, 5.30pm
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
The Society for Libyan Studies
Recent Developments in Libya
A lecture by Sir Vincent Fean, British Amnbassador to Libya
Open to all. This event is free of charge and no registration is required.

Tuesday 7 December 2010, 5.00pm, following the Society's AGM
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
The Society for Libyan Studies
Beads, Mummies and Monuments: Garamantian Burial Practices and Trans-Saharan Trade
A lecture by Professor David Mattingly FBA, University of Leicester
Open to all. This event is free of charge and no registration is required.