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  • Poster for Serata ta’ Qari b’Solidarjetà ma’ Gaza Event

    Serata ta’ Qari b’Solidarjeta ma’ Gaza

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    Notarial Archives Foundation 217, St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta

    Serata ta’ Qari b’Solidarjetà ma’ Gaza L-Erbgħa, 10 ta’ Settembru 2025, 7:00 PM L-Arkivju tar-Reġistri Nutarili, 217 Triq San Pawl, il-Belt Valletta Fid-dawl tal-vjolenza u l-għaks li għadhom sejrin f’Gaza, qed norganizzaw serata ta’ qari b’solidarjetà ma’ Gaza u ħutna Palestinjani. Se jinqraw siltiet minn kitbiet ta’ awturi Palestinjani tradotti għall-Malti, kif ukoll riflessjonijiet minn […]

  • Banner for the Malta Sicily archival symposium 2025

    Inter Insulas: Archives as Bridges Between Malta and Sicily

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    Aula Magna, UM Valletta Campus University of Malta, Valletta Campus, St. Paul's Street, Valletta, Malta

    Overview The Notarial Archives Foundation is proud to announce the upcoming Malta-Sicily archival symposium.Title: Inter Insulas: Archives as Bridges Between Malta and Sicily Date: Wednesday, 15 October 2025 Location: Aula Magna, University of Malta, Valletta Campus | Online (Zoom) This one-day Malta-Sicily symposium marks the first formal collaboration between the Notarial Registers Archive in Valletta […]

  • Finding Corsairs Notarial Archives Poster

    The Earliest Human Presence on Malta: Views from the Latnija Cave (Mellieħa)

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    Notarial Archives Foundation 217, St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta

    Speakers: Prof. Eleanor Scerri & Prof. Nicholas Vella (University of Malta) Language: English About the Lecture: Last April, the announcement of the results of archaeological excavations at the Latnija Cave received acclaim for rewriting the narrative about the earliest human presence on Malta. This lecture will consider the evidence uncovered by an international team of archaeologists […]

  • In Search of Corsairs at the Notaria Archives Poster

    In Search of Corsairs at the Notarial Archives: My Journey

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    Notarial Archives Foundation 217, St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta

    Speaker: Liam Gauci Language: English About the Lecture: Join Liam Gauci this November as he takes you on a journey through the Notarial Archives of Malta. What began as a serendipitous discovery in 2009 soon turned into a quest through centuries-old, uncatalogued documents, covered in dust and bearing the marks of history. Some pages were stained […]

  • The Brocktorffs, Composers and Society in 19th-century Malta

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    Notarial Archives Foundation 217, St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta

    Speaker: Dr Anna Borg Cardona Language: English About the Lecture: The 19th century was a time of significant change and innovation. Lithography was introduced into Malta and embraced by local artists, including the Brocktorffs. Improvements in the pianoforte led to the impressive increase in music outlets in Valletta, and the growth of the amateur performer. At […]

  • Women in Maltese Photographic History

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    Notarial Archives Foundation 217, St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta

    Speaker: Dr Charles Paul Azzopardi Language: English About the Lecture: The male-dominated business history of Maltese photography until now states that photography had no female protagonists in Malta until the Second World War, with the first Maltese female photographer, erroneously deemed Carmela Meilak, in Gozo. This is a significant lacuna, as new research has shown the presence […]

  • Il-Kumpless Storiku ta’ Sant’Agata: Il-Ftit li Nafu … u Ftit mill-Ħafna, li ma Nafux

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    Notarial Archives Foundation 217, St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta

    Kelliem: Raymond Saliba, Kuratur tal-Kumpless ta' Sant'Agata Lingwa: Malti Sommarju: Il-kumpless storiku ta' Sant'Agata, jikkomprendi (i) Il-Knisja prinċipali; (ii) Mużew b'riperti arkejoloġiċi, ġejoloġiċi, artistiċi u folkloristiċi, fost oħrajn; (iii) firxa kbira t'Ipoġej, Puniċi, Pagani/Rumani u Kristjani; (iv) żewġ Knejjes sotterranji; (v) Shelters tat-Tieni Gwerra Dinjija u (vi) Il-Kunvent MSSP u l-Kulleġġ SPCM. Hawn qed insemmu […]

  • The Militia List (1419/1420): some considerations about its toponymic and onomastic content

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    Notarial Archives Foundation 217, St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta

    Speaker: Simon Salafia Language: Maltese Summary: Wettinger’s Militia List (published in 1969) provides a valuable sample of the personal names and surnames of people living in Malta in the early fifteenth century. While family names have been analysed by several local scholars, including Wettinger himself, the personal names of our ancestors living in Malta some […]

  • Putting Arms to Paper: Fighting Manuals as Pedagogical Texts in Italy and Germany, c. 1380–1700

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    Notarial Archives Foundation 217, St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta

    Speaker: Adam Peter Fretwell Language: English Summary: This lecture examines European fighting manuals produced between approximately 1380 and 1700, focusing on Italian and German traditions and treating these sources as pedagogical artefacts rather than merely repositories of technique. Beginning with late medieval manuscript traditions - most notably Fiore dei Liberi’s Fior di Battaglia and the […]

  • Ejja Nagħmlu Festa bil-Kantilena

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    Notarial Archives Foundation 217, St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta

    Taħdita speċjali għall-anniversarju tal-iskrizzjoni tal-Kantilena fir-Reġistru tal-Memorja tad-Dinja tal-UNESCO. Bi sħab mad-Dipartiment tal-Malti fl-UM. Kelliem: Dr Olvin Vella Taqsira: Nitolbukom taqraw il-Kantilena minn qabel, jekk qatt ma qrajtuha. U mbagħad ħalluna nġorrukom aħna u nsemmu l-karigi politiċi fil-Medjuevu, kemm waqa' bini għax ma kinux jagħmlu t-testijiet tal-blat, x'erba' espressjonijiet kellhom, kemm il-kliem jibdel it-tifsira tiegħu, […]

  • The Secrets of Parchment: Exploring Research and Craftsmanship through the Ġilduża Project

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    Notarial Archives Foundation 217, St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta

    Overview Title: The Secrets of Parchment: Exploring Research and Craftsmanship through the Ġilduża Project Date & Time: Wednesday, 29 April, 2026 | 18:00 Location: Notarial Registers Archive, 217, St Paul Street, Valletta Bringing together leading experts, the seminar will examine parchment from multiple perspectives, from traditional craftsmanship to scientific research. At the centre of the […]

  • Contested Images: Women’s (Mis)representations in Malta, c. 1960s–1980s

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    Notarial Archives Foundation 217, St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta

    Contested Images: Women’s (Mis)representations in Malta, c. 1960s–1980s Speaker: Dr Simone Azzopardi Abstract: As post-independence Malta grappled with cultural friction between Catholic conservatism and features of secularisation, debates about decency, morality, and the image of women surfaced in censorship battles, public scandal, and the pages of the commercial press. Advertising, film, radio and print media […]