This year the National Library of Malta is launching a new initiative earmarked to promote and encourage the importance of research for the educational and cultural field. This programme - Discoveries from the Past: Promoting Research Findings - is coordinated by Maroma Camilleri and Mevrick Spiteri and provides the general public with the opportunity to learn about new findings brought to light as a result of research work.
Sessions are organised in collaboration with the Department of History and the Department of Conservation and Built Heritage of the University of Malta.
Sessions are organised in collaboration with the Department of History and the Department of Conservation and Built Heritage of the University of Malta.
This first lecture in a series of 8 free public lectures will be held on Wednesday 13 November 2019 at 18:30 at the National Library, Valletta.
This lecture will be divided into two sessions:
Session 1 - 'The diaries of paymaster John Cecil Baker: The British Mediterranean Fleet, c.1894-1901' by James Hamberger, Graduate Student, B.A. (Hons.) in European and Global History.
This talk will take a micro-historical approach in order to provide an in-depth and personal insight into what life would have been like with the British Mediterranean Fleet, 20 years before the outbreak of the First World War (1914-1918). The main sources for this discussion are the diaries and photo album of British Paymaster, John Cecil Baker.
Session 2 - 'Emmanuel Meli and his Family Business: A Transition from Cart to Motor' by Bernard Meli, Graduate Student, B.A. (Hons.) in History.
This talk will deal with three main points: the life of Emmanuel Meli, the family he created with his wife Josephine, and how the extended family affected the evolution of the business itself.