Richard Wilding

27/04/2023

My second talk about Shaikh Mahmoud and the Kingdom of Kurdistan (1922-24) with Dr Ako Shwani from the University of Sulaimani will be for the Royal Society for Asian Affairs in London on 17th May. https://rsaa.org.uk/upcoming-events/the-king-of-kurdistan-shaikh-mahmud-and-the-kurdish-revolt/

27/04/2023

On 12th May I’m giving a talk at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies with Dr Ako Shwani from the University of Sulaimani to mark the 100th anniversary of Shaikh Mahmoud and the Kingdom of Kurdistan.

Discover the history of Kurdish/British relations on the 100th anniversary of the Kingdom of Kurdistan with Richard Wilding & Dr Ako Shwani

24/12/2021

The ‘New Arab’ has published an article about ‘Eye on Heritage’, our work in Syria and the films produced by our teams in Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa. The cover image shows the carved relief artwork in our 'Heritage House' in Urfa depicting heritage that has been damaged or destroyed in recent conflicts.

For thousands of years, the Euphrates River has borne some of humanity's greatest civilisations. A new video project is hoping to capture the significance of the river and its peoples by recording its oral traditions and heritage for posterity.

29/05/2021

I’m giving a zoom talk next Weds 2nd June for the Royal Society for Asian Affairs about the new Mansoojat book and my photographs of the costumes and heritage of Saudi Arabia

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Read more and register at: https://rsaa.org.uk/upcoming-events/traditional-costumes-and-heritage-of-saudi-arabia/

24/11/2018

Follow me on Instagram to see my latest work from Cairo

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25/06/2018

The audience taking their seats for my talk with Tom Bilson at Dulwich College. Tom spoke about the life of photographer Anthony Kersting (1916 - 2008), and I contrasted his photographs of Kurdistan and Northern Iraq from the 1940s with my pictures of the same locations in 2013-17.

08/06/2018

I'm giving a talk at Dulwich College on 20th June with my colleague Tom Bilson from the Courtauld Institute of Art. I'll be talking about Anthony Kersting's historical photography of Iraqi Kurdistan and Northern Iraq from 1944-46, and showing my contemporary photographs of the same subjects and locations in 2013-17. The photograph on the flyer shows the Mosque of Nebi Yunus in Nineveh, Mosul, which was destroyed by ISIS in 2014.

03/11/2017

'Return to Kurdistan' exhibition tours last week in the Houses of Parliament, with Karwan Jamal Tahir, Kurdistan Regional Government High Representative to the UK, Gary Kent, Director of All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, Jack Lopresti MP, Adam Holloway MP and Baroness Emma Nicholson.

03/11/2017

Return to Kurdistan, Houses of Parliament

Richard Wilding's exhibition 'Return to Kurdistan' in the Houses of Parliament, London. Organised with Gulan and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Kurdistan Region in Iraq.

21/06/2017

Some pages from the catalogue for Richard Wilding's exhibition 'Return to Kurdistan' at the University of Exeter's Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. The exhibition continues until September. Organised by the University of Exeter and Gulan.

22/05/2017

Richard Wilding's exhibition 'Return to Kurdistan' opens today in Exeter, United Kingdom, organised by Gulan and Exeter University's Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. There will be an official opening reception on 26th June with a talk by Richard Wilding.

09/05/2017

'Return to Kurdistan', The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London, 23rd February - 29th April 2017.

'Return to Kurdistan' is an exhibition of Richard Wilding's contemporary photography of Iraqi Kurdistan and Northern Iraq, shown alongside historical photographs by Anthony Kersting.

Organised by The Courtauld Institute of Art and Gulan.

Return to Kurdistan shows Iraqi Kurdistan and Northern Iraq in photographs by Richard Wilding, alongside images taken in the 1940s by Anthony Kersting.