https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/134367 2026-07-12T07:38:34Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/134955 Title: THINK : Issue 44 : June 2024 Abstract: THINK is a quarterly research magazine published by the Marketing, Communications & Alumni Office at the University of Malta. 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/134953 Title: Personal space Abstract: I like to imagine personal space as a circle of chalk around us. Just like we are sovereigns over our own bodies (or, at least, we should be – looking at you, reproductive laws), our personal space, those few meters around us, falls under our remit. But how big is this circle? What’s the radius of our personal space? [excerpt] 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/134952 Title: 20 years of EU membership Abstract: Divisive and polarising as the lead-up to 1 May 2004 might have been, this date marks a significant turning point in Malta’s history: its introduction — along with nine other countries — as the newest Member State of the European Union. This year, celebrating the 20th anniversary of this landmark moment, THINK met with Prof. Mark Harwood, Director of the Institute for European Studies at UM, to discuss the island’s journey since then and where it is headed. [excerpt] 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/134951 Title: No place called home Abstract: At the end of a holiday, no matter how much you dread leaving, some small part of you just can’t wait to get home. And the closer you get to home, the greater that desire grows. But what if ‘home’ is no longer home? For many of us, home is the place where we grew up or where our family lives. It is the place where we lay our heads at night and where food tastes the best. But if these links that bind us to a place fall apart, ‘home’ loses its touch. Then, the feelings of belonging and familiarity start to seem out of place. In the poetry collection Here Was, published in 2023, Prof. Emeritus John P. Portelli (University of Toronto) attempts to capture this sentiment and the essence of home through its absence. [excerpt] 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z