https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/38912 Fri, 15 May 2026 00:38:17 GMT 2026-05-15T00:38:17Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40594 Title: Some FIC activities : a pictorial record Abstract: Article presents photographs from different Mediterranean Institute Foundation for International Studies events. Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40594 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40593 Title: List of research institutes in the network Editors: Tabone, Carmel Abstract: A presentation of Research Institutes within the Mediterranean Region that will be participating in the Network. Information on each Institute is given with reference to its objectives, main areas of specialization and publications where this is available. Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40593 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40592 Title: Introduction : Miediterranean social sciences network Abstract: The end of science is knowledge: the discovery of what concerns man and his world. The object of social sciences is the shared world of man, man's relationships and the product of these relationships. "Order" is the focal point of research in this area of science, order in social relationship which should serve for the benefit of all mankind. Discoveries in the social sciences must therefore necessarily contribute to the creation and maintenance of social order. The practical relevance of research in this field of knowledge is not limited to that area which happens to come under the scientist's analytical eye. What a social scientist finds in the area of this observation is relatively applicable to any other area with the same properties and conditions. This would be more expedient if the areas concerned were somehow synonymous, sharing common elements and characteristics. Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40592 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40591 Title: Getting to know us Abstract: The Maltese archipelago consists of a group of five islands situated approximately sixty miles from Sicily and one hundred and twenty miles from the North African shore. Malta, the largest island, has an area of about ninety-five square miles and its sister island, Gozo, an area of about twenty-six square miles. The remaining three islands are barren and uninhabited. Over the past decade, the population has remained stable at about 325,000 with over 90% living in Malta and the other 10% residing in Gozo. Malta has been conquered by a succession of peoples including the Romans and the Arabs. This has resulted in a culture which portrays vividly the different racial influences. However, when Malta became a British colony in 1814, a process of anglocization was initiated which has had lasting effects on Maltese social and political life despite the achievement of independence in 1964. Malta became a Republic a decade later. The majority of Maltese can trace their cultural roots to other countries, the main ones being Italy and Britain and at the beginning of the century loyalties were often divided between Malta and one or the other of these countries. With the formal creation of a Maltese language, Maltese nationalism began to develop, blurring the old loyalties and creating allegiance to the notion of a Maltese State. Religion is a further unifying force as 95% of the population are of Roman Catholic faith. Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40591 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z