The International Institute for Baroque Studies at the University of Malta will be organising a post-graduate seminar entitled “Life, Society and Culture in the Baroque Age.” The seminar will be held on Friday, the 13th of June 2014 from 2.00pm till 5.00pm at the Conference Room, Student House at the University of Malta.
This seminar, which will be introduced by Professor Denis De Lucca, the director of the International Institute for Baroque Studies, provides an opportunity for the presentation of research that focuses on some aspect of life, society and culture in the Baroque age. Short papers based on M.A. or Ph.D. dissertations carried out at the University of Malta will be delivered on campus in an informal setting.
Keith Hawkesford will discuss “Fire and Brimstone: The Technology and Application of Firearms during the Early Modern Period” and Isabella Grima will speak of the “L’Arte dello Speziale in Baroque Malta Investigated through a Study of the Knights’ Spogli.” Dane Munro will deliver a presentation titled “Faith-based Travel to Malta: Short of a Miracle?” whilst Joseph Camilleri will guide participants through the “Architectural Legacy of Giovanni Battista Montano (1534-1621).”
Valeria Pica will present “A Comparative Study of the Role of the Palace at the Turn of the 19th-Century: The Grand Master’s Palace, Malta; Palazzo Reale, Naples; the Quirinale, Rome” and Joseph Briffa will give a brief talk on the life and works of Pietro Paolo Troisi.
The last two talks will be delivered by James Sultana, who will discuss the theme “Witchcraft Trials: between Dark Tourism and Theatre” and Noel Buttigieg who will explore “Bread and Bread-eaters in 18th-Century Malta.”
The general public is cordially invited to attend.
For further information please contact the International Institute of Baroque Studies on andre.debattista@um.edu.mt [1] or 2340 2772.
Photograph: Painting by Caspar van Wittel – View of Naples.