https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/34561 2026-04-15T04:31:41Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14889 Title: International workshop on economic vulnerability and resilience of small states Abstract: The University Gozo Centre hosted an International Workshop organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the University of Malta. The workshop held between 1 and 3 March 2004, was inaugurated by H.E. Jagdish Koonjul, the Chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) which represents forty states in the United Nations. The workshop focused on economic vulnerability and resilience building of small states. 2004-05-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14640 Title: Five bells from the Knights’ Ferreria at the Gozo Cathedral Abstract: The Cathedral belfry that dominates the Gozo Citadel now house a set of five new bells which were produced by John Taylor Bellfounders Limited of Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, the largest bell-foundry in the world. They replace five other bells, the earliest of which has pealed from the belfry for the past three hundred and sixty four years. 2004-05-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14639 Title: The ecclesiastical decorative arts in the Maltese Islands Abstract: The development of the ecclesiastical decorative arts in the Maltese Islands is one of those fields of artistic practice, which, so far, had not yet received any scholarly and academic attention. As a result, the story of church decoration in the Maltese Islands, albeit of utmost importance in the holistic understanding of artistic endeavour in Malta, has been almost totally ignored. Over the ages, since the re-Christianisation of the Maltese Islands in the thirteenth century, church decoration has proved to be one of the keystones of art in Malta. Together with painting, sculpture, and architecture, the decorative arts played a seminal role in the embellishment of the numerous places of worship that dot the islands. This study focuses on the oeuvre of Emanuele Buhagiar who was one of Malta's most important designers of church furniture and liturgical objets d'art. 2004-05-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14638 Title: A brief outline of the geophysical properties of the Island of Gozo Abstract: The geo-morphology of Gozo is one of its environmental assets. Through the span of time, geo-morphological processes generated different landforms that today embellish the island with its scenic beauty and rural character. Various geo-morphological processes have produced a varied surface landscape and coastline, restricted in accessibility where it controls the inhabitants lifestyle and their living. 2004-05-01T00:00:00Z