Dr Simon Mecieca
Mediterranean Institute
Books:
- 2004: “Gio Antonio Vassallo’s Storia di Malta; Questing after a National Soul”. This Malta Historical Society. 2004.
- 2005: The Knights of Saint John in Malta: A Brief History (Bonacchi, 2005).
- 2006: Dictionnaire Historique de la Corse, under the direction of Antoine Laurent Serpentini, (Albania, 2006).
- 2006: Navigation du Savoir, Etude de septs arsenaux historiques de la Mediterranee, ed. R. Ghirlando, S. Mercieca, M. Renault. (Malta, 2006).
- 2007: Mediterranean Seascapes, ed. S. Mercieca, (Malta, 2007).
Articles:
- 2000: ‘Commerce in Eighteenth-Century Malta. The Story of the Prepaud Family’, Consolati di Mare and Chambers of Commerce. Proceeding of a Conference held at the Foundation for International Studies (Valletta, 1998), C. Vassallo ed., (Malta, 2000), pp. 185-197.
- 2000: ‘Amicitia Extenditur ad Extraneos, Marriage Law and the Concept of Citizenship (1563-1789)’, Journal of Mediterranean Studies. History, Culture and Society in the Mediterranean World, Vol.10, Number 1&2, 2000. pp.151-171.
- 2001: ‘Le recit de la guerre de Troie par Homere et la Chronique du Siege de Malte de 1565 par Francesco Balbi da Coreggio: quelques observations sur un Heritage socioculturel commun, Mediterranees, Revue du Centre d'Etudes Internationales sur la Romanite, No. 29 - 2001. pp. 51-62.
- 2001: ‘Il-Kultura ta’ l-Ikel fl-Epoka Moderna’, in Malta: Esplorazzjoni – Dghajsa Karti, D. Massa ed., (Malta, 2001), pp. 73-110.
- 2002: 'From a Rural Livelihood to a Cosmopolitan Vocation; Tracing the Origins of the Gafa' Family", Melitensium Amor, Festschift in honour of Dun Gwann Azzopardi, (Malta 2002), pp. 278 - 288.
- 2002: ‘The Spatial Mobility of Seafarers in the Mediterranean: A case study based on Status Liberi Documentation (1581-1640), Journal of Mediterranean Studies, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2002, pp. 385-410.
- 2003: ‘The Possessions of Titles and Ways of Address in Early Modern Malta’, Humanitas, Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Vol. II, 2003, pp. 41-60.
- 2004: ‘Les Ports Maltais et Leur Héritage Maritime’, Acteurs Locaux et Patrimoine Immatériel: le rôle des Villes Historiques de la Méditerranée, ed. by Djamil Aissani, Giovanni Lobrano and Abdelkader Sid Ahmed, (ISPROM-Publisud, 2004), pp. 215-230.
- 2005: “An Unaccounted for Maritime Heritage? Towards another Interpretation of the Maltese Place-name ‘L-Isla’ in De Triremibus a festschrift in honour of Mr. Joseph Muscat, Ed. T. Cortis and T. Gambin, (Malta, 2005), pp. 721-746.
- 2005 : “Understanding the Present through Navigating the Past”, La Navigation du Savoir Réseau des arsenaux historiques de la Méditerranée Actes du Colloque Premières Journées internationales du patrimoine maritime méditerranéen 27 au 30 mars 2003, Villefranche-sur-mer, p. 40.
- 2005: “The Production of Salt in Malta during Early Modern Times”, La Navigation du Savoir Réseau des arsenaux historiques de la Méditerranée Actes du Colloque Premières Journées internationales du patrimoine maritime méditerranéen 27 au 30 mars 2003, Villefranche-sur-mer, pp. 122-138.
- 2006: “Models of Migration from the Past: Maltese Settlement in Italy: 16th-19th Centuries”, Africa e Mediterraneo Cultura e Societa, No. 54, 2006, pp. 59 - 61.
- 2006: ‘The 1581 catastrophe or The Story of Two Poor Families’ Affliction’, Celebratio Amicitiae, ed. Maroma Camilleri and Therese Vella, (Malta 2006), pp. 11-19.
- 2006: “Joe the Maltese Black Slave” in The New Arrivals, (A comic Story for the Magazine “The New Arrivals”.
- 2006: ‘Malta: Les arsenaux maritimes au cours des années aperçu de leurs dimensions urbaines’, La Navigation du Savoir Étude de sept arsenaux historiques de la Méditerranée, edited by Simon Mercieca, Robert Ghirlando and Renault, (Malta, 2006), pp. 170 - 225.
- 2006: - ‘Were Frontier Lands in the Central Mediterranean “Isolated Worlds”? The Island of Malta as a Case Study’, Frontiere del Mediterraneo, Seminario Internazionale di Studi (Cagliari, 10-12 ottobre 2002) ed. Maria Eugenia Cadeddu and Maria Grazia Mele, (Pisa, 2006), pp. 129-148.
- 2007: ‘Introduction: Conjectures on a Mediterranean Road Map through the Salon of the Navigation du Savoir Project’, Mediterranean Seascapes, S. Mercieca, ed., (Malta: 2007), pp. xi – xviii.
- 2007: ‘«La Navigation du Savoir Project» and the Search of Malta’s Late Medieval Ship-shed’, Mediterranean Seascapes, S. Mercieca, ed., (Malta: 2007), pp. 3 - 40.
- 2007: ‘Verso una ricerca di nuova collettivitá per un’arte individualista, in LibrolibrodArtistaLibero3, Catalogue of the Terza edizione biennale del Libro d’Artista, (Italy: 2007).
- 2007: - “Fonti religiose per lo studio della famiglia a Malta”, Popolazione e Famiglia el Mezzo Giorno Moderno Fonti e nuove Prospettive d’Indagine, ed. Giovanna da Molin, (Cacucci Editore – Italia, 2007), pp. 125-164.
- 2007:- “Malta, Un avamposto di nostalgia cavalleresca”, Alle Origini dell’Europa Mediterranea. L’Ordine dei Cavalieri giovanniti, ed. Antonella Pellettieri (CNR, Italy, 2007), pp. 145-177.
- 2007- “Introduction á la démographie historique maltaise: Une vue generale des source et des documents conservés dans les archives’’, Histoire des familles, de la démographie et des comportements, eds. Jean- Pierre Poussou and Isabelle Robin-Romero (PUPS, 2007), pp. 183-200.
- 2007: “"Vale of Tears": An Analysis of Piri Reis’ Maps and Descriptions of Malta and their Relevance to the Early History of Hospitaller Malta”, The Order of St. John from Jerusalem to Malta: Some Aspects and Considerations, ed. G. Cassar, (Malta, 2007) pp. 19-34.
- 2007: “Marriage Prospects in Early Modern Malta: The Integration of Venetian Subjects in an Alien Country”, Melita Historica, Vol. XIV, no. 3 (2006), pp. 303-324.
Entries in an International Dictionary
Wrote a number of entries for the Dictionaire historique de la Corse, edited by Antoine Luarent Serpentini and to be published by SARL, les Editions ALBIANA. 2006.
Unpublished Dissertations
- 1990: Aspects of the Receiver of the Hospitaller Order of St. John (Unpublished B.A. (Hons) dissertations University of Malta).
- 1992: Aspects of a Hospitaller Commandery. (Unpublished M.A. dissertation, University of Malta).
- 1994: Etude de la Population Maltaise à travers l’ exemple de la Ville Portuaire de Senglea: Sources et Methodes. (Diplome d’étude Approfondi – Paris IV- Sorbonne).
- 2002: Community Life in the Central Mediterranean. A Socio-Demographic Study of the Maltese Harbour Towns in Early Modern Times. Bormla: 1587-1815. (Ph.D. Thesis – Paris IV-Sorbonne.