Professor Anthony Bonanno

B.A.(Hons), D. Lett.(Palermo), Ph.D.(Lond.), F.S.A.

Post: Professor

Research Interests: Prehistory: Malta and the Mediterranean; Roman Malta; Roman Sculpture and Art.

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Professor Anthony J. Frendo

B.Phil. (Gallarate); B.Th. (Frank-on-Main); L.anc. Ori. (Rome); L.S.S. (Rome); D.Lett. (Rome); Ph.D. (Lond.)

Professor in Near Eastern Archaeology and the Hebrew Bible (also Head of the Department of Oriental Studies)

Post: Professor

Research Interests: Near eastern archaeology with a focus on the emergence of ancient Israel as evidenced in the Hebrew Bible and Syro-Palestinian archaeology;  Northwest-Semitic languages with a focus on Classical Hebrew and Phoenician-Punic;   Biblical Studies (mainly Hebrew Bible);  Phoenician-Punic inscriptions from the Maltese islands, especially those retrieved from the site of Tas-Silg (co-director of excavations there 1996-1999) and which I am preparing for publication;  currently finishing a book on a methodological study of the relationship between text and artefact with special reference to pre-exilic Israel.

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Professor Horatio C.R. Vella

B.A.(Hons), M.A., Ph.D.

Post: Associate Professor

Research Interests:

1.  Aspects of Structure in the epics of Homer and Vergil.
2.  Enjambement and Metrical Analysis in Apollonius of Rhodes and Latin Silver Age Epic Poetry.
3.  Edition and Translation of Latin Manuscripts and Other Published Works.
4.  Cataloguing, Computerizing and Publication of Catalogues of Manuscripts and Books.
5.  Transcription of Church Registers.
6.  Jean Quintin (1536) and the Knights of St. John of Malta.
7.  History of Kirkop.
8.  Francesco Saverio Attard (1877 - 1937) and his poems.
9.  Latin Inscriptions.
10.  Byzantine Greek Manuscripts.
11.  Genealogy.
12.  The Liturgy of the Mass.
13.  Composition of Latin Inscriptions and Scrolls.
14.  Greek Mythology.
15.  Stylistic and Structural Analysis of Poetry.

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Head of Department:

Dr Nicholas C. Vella

B.A.(Hons), Ph.D.(Bristol)

Post: Senior Lecturer

Research Interests: Phoenician and Punic archaeology with particular focus on issues of culture contact and the archaeology of ritual and religion; the development of archaeological traditions in Malta and the Mediterranean especially during the inter-war period; landscape archaeology with an emphasis on the integration of ethnographic, geographic, historical, and archaeological methodologies. Current fieldwork: co-director of the Zejtun Roman Villa (Malta) Excavation Project; co-director of the Ghar ix-Xih (Gozo) Excavation Project; co-director of the Malta Survey Project 2008.

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Lecturing responsibilities and link to E-Learning site (Moodle)

Technical Support:

Mr Christopher Gemmell

Lab Officer II

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Administrative Staff:

Ms Louisa Borg

Clerk

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