Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta.
Special thanks to the head of department Dr John C. Betts.
Lectures will be through Zoom until further notice.
Link will be provided closer to the date.
Half a decade of diving the Phoenician Wreck off Xlendi – artefacts, bits and pieces with a story to tell.
Lecture by Professor Timmy Gambin, Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta. NB: The Archaeological Society Malta is a Collaborating Organization of International Archaeology [...]
The Jebel Moya Project: Pastoralists and Farmers in southern Sudan
Presentation by Dr Isabelle Vella Gregory, affiliate scholar at the McDonald Institute for Archaeology, University of Cambridge, and Dr Michael Brass, co-director of the University College London [...]
Provenance investigation of stone tools and the position of Malta in the Neolithic network of the Central Mediterranean Sea
Lecture by Dr Petros Chatzimpaloglou, affiliated post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge. Abstract https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLVPAkDCzSo
Eggstraordinary Objects: ostrich eggs as luxury items in the ancient Mediterranean
Lecture by Dr Tamar Hodos, Reader in Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Bristol. abstract
Introduction to Roman glass forming and decoration techniques
Lecture by Ms Liliya Pangelova, a Bulgarian visual artist who lives and works in Malta. She has a Masters in Ceramic and Glass Design from the [...]
A Potted History: Malta’s Earliest Pottery
Lecture by Dr Catriona Brogan, Research Fellow from the School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast; Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, University of Malta. Photo: Detailed [...]
A historiography of Maltese catacomb study: from the sixteenth century to 1899
Lecture by Ms Rebecca Xerri, graduate in Archaeology, University of Malta. Photo: St. Paul's catacombs, Rabat - Malta. Uncover Malta, 2019. abstract https://youtu.be/nsH-GGqGwHs
The contribution of Francis S. Mallia (1921-1988) to Maltese archaeological practice
Lecture by Mr Nico Muscat, Masters graduate in Archaeology, University of Malta. Photo: Francis Mallia in 1963 excavating Għar il-Friefet. Part of the University of Malta/ [...]
Annual General Meeting – POSTPONED
Details to be announced closer to the date.
Putting the stone back in the Stone Age: new research on the end of the Maltese Temple Period
Lecture by Dr Huw S. Groucutt, Max Planck Independent Research Group leader in Jena, Germany. After existing for over one thousand years, the Maltese Temple [...]
Visit to Msida Bastion Cemetery and Historic Garden
Site visit at 2 pm to the Msida Bastion Cemetery and Historic Garden, a heritage site restored and managed by Din l-Art Ħelwa. The 90-minute [...]
‘Flying high in an unfriendly sky’: How aviation changed Malta for good during the Second World War
Lecture by Mr Anthony Burgess, guest lecturer in Maritime Archaeology at the University of Malta. The impact of aviation on Malta can be seen in [...]
Afternoon site visit
Location to be confirmed.
Looking at old pots with fresh eyes: revisiting the pottery from the 1960s excavation at Ras ir-Raħeb (Malta)
Lecture by Dr Maxine Anastasi, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta. Between 1960 and 1961, several crates of pottery and other finds were [...]
The transformation of antiquities and the making of historical monuments in early modern Malta
Lecture by Mr Jonathan Borg, Head of Unit (Heritage Planning Consultations) at the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage. Ancient objects transform gradually into historic monuments as [...]
Archaeology in the Birkirkara region: structures and artefacts
Lecture by Fr. Eugene P. Teuma OFM Conv., an independent researcher.
Open-firing: a practice-based approach to understanding prehistoric firing technologies
Lecture by Dr Tim Willey, experimental archaeologist, researcher and visiting university lecturer. Undoubtedly, the earliest ceramics were open fired - that is, fired without the [...]
Morning seminar
Speakers from the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage.
Borġ in-Nadur: a 100 years on
Presentation by Ms Katya Stroud, Senior Curator Prehistoric Sites, Heritage Malta and Dr Josef Caruana, Curator Prehistoric Sites, Heritage Malta.
Landscapes of death and commemoration: preliminary results and ongoing works
Lecture by Mr David Cardona, Senior Curator for Phoenician, Roman and Medieval Sites, Heritage Malta. Malta is strewn with rock-cut, underground burials dug and used [...]