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  • Edited by:  Charles Briffa

    Translation Studies from Malta provides  a guide to some approaches in translation studies with Maltese as one of the languages involved. It shows some of the developments of the field in the Maltese Islands and it tries to be of direct relevance to an understanding of the processes of translation and interpreting. At the same time it places a wide range of seminal material within its covers, thus presenting different strands and offering a relevant springboard for further research as scholars explore this multifaceted discipline.                                                                                     The book treats interpreting, the art of translation, translation as an experience, translating style, and terminology. Each chapter gives  an in-depth account of certain concepts and issues which define translation studies and suggest further research.                                                Contributors: Victor Bonanno, Charles Briffa, Rose Marie Caruana, Joseph  Eynaud, Oliver Friggieri, Giselle Spiteri  Miggiani, Gabrielle Lorraine Torpiano, Clare Vassallo, Paul Zahra and Michael Zammit.                                                        

  • Author: Rose Marie Caruana 2007 - 137 pp.
  • Author: Kenneth Wain

    Series Editor: Joe Friggieri 1995 – 281 pp.

  • Author: Steven Zammit

    Are you hungry? This book offers a sweet kiss to those who are hungry for increased awareness. It is a journey into the mind; a stimulus unlocking humans' limitless nature. The reader is provided with food for thought involving the social construction of ideas. Focus is made on creating awareness of the dangerous nature of absolutes which can  debilitate humans from being open to experience and to new ways of thinking. The author aims to illustrate numerous ways in which loss of awareness debilitates psychological  growth while considering the technological age in which people are living. This illustration is made through the help of scientific theories, also including philosophical ideas. The author amalgamates various ideas on how to break the limits previously demonstrated by providing practical solutions. The society viewed as mechanised is supplied with further understanding of emotions and the need of increased emotional intelligence, resilience and meaning ... a kiss that you will never forget!  

  • Author: Professor Peter Vassallo The journal is devoted to current research in the history of cultural relations between England and Italy from 1300 to the present. Articles focus on cross-cultural literary and historical studies as well as on related disciplines such as History of Art and Architecture. The first issue was published in 1991. To date fourteen volumes have been produced The Journal, which is listed in the Modern Languages Association Directory of Learned Journals, has established itself as one of the leading journals in this interdisciplinary field of studies. Its advisory committee is composed of scholars of international repute in this field of study and includes Piero Boitani (Rome), Peter Brand (Edinburgh), Lilla Maria Crisafulli (Bologna), David Farley Hills (Swansea), John Gatt Rutter (La Trobe), Gloria Lauri-Lucente (Malta), Francesco Marroni (Pescara), Sergio Rossi (Milan), Corinna Salvadori Lonergan (Dublin), Valeria Tinkler-Villani (Leiden) and John Woodhouse (Oxford).
  • Author: Prof. Charles Briffa

    Oliver Friggieri is Professor of Maltese Literature at the University of Malta, and he is the foremost Maltese literary critic and a national author. He has published extensively and in his creative writing he attempts to intepret the sentiments and attitudes of a people living in the Central Mediterranean. The Essential Oliver Friggieri includes some translated works and implies that the selection is representative of Friggieri’s feelings, thoughts, and mind style in the source culture. It projects a compact, coherent image of him as a relevant contemporary national author: that is, as it embodies an image of some of his most characteristic works, the selection, with no particular arrangement in mind, tends to stabilise the sense among non-Maltese receptor readers of what constitutes the relevant literary output of Friggieri in a modern environment. Through the medium of literature Friggieri assumes the role of the conscience of a nation. He proclaims in traditional positive elements in his longer poetic works, but expresses present negative qualities in his ficton. His prose is not a weapon for war but a cry for justice and honesty. It is simple enough to retain the common readers’ attention and intriguing enough to involve their thinking.

  • Author: George Cassar

    This book does not look at the teachers' drive towards their aspirations solely through a historical or chronological recounting of the stages leading to 1919. The teachers' occupation is examined through an analysis of the conditions of work, the methods of recruitment, appointment and classification, teacher training and the development of salaries, all of which help the reader to conceive a clearer picture of what teachers went through while at their daily work within schools. It may also be surprising to note that certain problems concerning teachers evident in the past, are still with us, to some extent or other, even today. The study also entails a detailed enquiry of 19th and early 20th century educational thought about the teachers' role and duties in schools. It is revealing how adjourned Maltese thinkers were with regards to the scope and objectives of education in general and the function of the teacher in particular.

  • This is the first literal translation of Stumme’s collection of 37 folktales from Malta and Gozo which were narrated to him mostly by illiterate peasants and which he recorded in phonetic script in 1903 when he visited Malta.  They are an invaluable contribution to the heritage of the Maltese islands.
  • Author: Charles Camilleri

    Rhythmic training for musicians 1993 – 102 pp.

  • Author: P. Bianchi, A. Cassola & Peter Serracino Inglott

    Pynchon Malta and Wittgenstein

    Eds: P. Bianchi, A. Cassola & Peter Serracino Inglott

  • Author: Prof. Carmel Cefai & Prof. Louis Lagana' Carmel Cefai and Louis Laganà have created this remarkable book by selecting papers from the 32nd International Conference on Psychology and the Arts, a cutting-edge conference which has for three decades been discussing artworks from a psychological perspective. Including enriching works from Greek tragedy to contemporary films, this is a book every critic will find worthwhile.
  • Author: Emmanuel Aguis

    Series Editor: Joe Friggieri1995 – 146 pp.

  • Author: Peter Serracino Inglott Series Editor: Joe Friggieri 1995 - 281 pp.
  • Author: Dr Grazio Mercieca

    MALTA UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING għadu kif ippubblika t-Tieni Volum ta’ Massimarji tal-Imħallef Philip Sciberras.  L-ewwel volum kien jitratta l-proċedura ċivili.  It-tieni volum jitratta temi ta’ dritt ċivili sostantiv, bħad-drittijiet tal-persuna, proprjetà, suċċessjoni u obbligazzjonijiet, kuntratti in ġenerali u kuntratti speċifiċi bħall-appalt, bejgħ u l-kera. Dan huwa essenzjalment ktieb ta’ referenza. 1269 pages.
  • Author: Dr Grazio Mercieca

    MALTA UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING għadu kif ippubblika t-Tieni Volum ta’ Massimarji tal-Imħallef Philip Sciberras.  L-ewwel volum kien jitratta l-proċedura ċivili.  It-tieni volum jitratta temi ta’ dritt ċivili sostantiv, bħad-drittijiet tal-persuna, proprjetà, suċċessjoni u obbligazzjonijiet, kuntratti in ġenerali u kuntratti speċifiċi bħall-appalt, bejgħ u l-kera. Dan huwa essenzjalment ktieb ta’ referenza. 1269 pages.
  • Author: Dr Grazio Mercieca

    huwa l-ewwel wieħed minn tlett volumi.  Il-volumi sussegwenti sejrin jitrattaw temi oħrajn bħad-dritt ċivili sostantiv, dritt kummerċjali, liġijiet tal-kera, dritt industrijali, dritt fiskali u liġi dwar it-traffiku. Dan huwa essenzjalment ktieb ta' riferenza u l-iskop ewlieni tiegħu huwa li jservi ta' riferenza faċli u komprensiva għall-avukati prattikanti, anke jekk il-massimarji fihom kontenut qawwi ta' prinċipji legali li jinteressaw lill-istudjuż tal-liġi u lill-istudenti. Għalhekk il-massimarji huma mqassmin skond is-suġġett b'mod alfabetiku f'kapitoli; u b'mod analitiku f'kull kapitolu. Barra l-Werrej fuq quddiem hemm ukoll, fuq wara, għadd ta' indiċijiet - tal-leġislazzjoni ewlenija u sussidjarja  ċċitata fil-massimarji; tas-sentenzi u opri legali ċċitati fl-istess massimarji, indiċi tal-massimarji nfushom kif ukoll indiċi analitiku-alfabetiku. 1088 pages

  • Author: Dr Grazio Mercieca

    huwa l-ewwel wieħed minn tlett volumi.  Il-volumi sussegwenti sejrin jitrattaw temi oħrajn bħad-dritt ċivili sostantiv, dritt kummerċjali, liġijiet tal-kera, dritt industrijali, dritt fiskali u liġi dwar it-traffiku. Dan huwa essenzjalment ktieb ta' riferenza u l-iskop ewlieni tiegħu huwa li jservi ta' riferenza faċli u komprensiva għall-avukati prattikanti, anke jekk il-massimarji fihom kontenut qawwi ta' prinċipji legali li jinteressaw lill-istudjuż tal-liġi u lill-istudenti. Għalhekk il-massimarji huma mqassmin skond is-suġġett b'mod alfabetiku f'kapitoli; u b'mod analitiku f'kull kapitolu. Barra l-Werrej fuq quddiem hemm ukoll, fuq wara, għadd ta' indiċijiet - tal-leġislazzjoni ewlenija u sussidjarja  ċċitata fil-massimarji; tas-sentenzi u opri legali ċċitati fl-istess massimarji, indiċi tal-massimarji nfushom kif ukoll indiċi analitiku-alfabetiku. 1088 pages

  • Author: G. Cassar Pullicino 1999 - 142 pp.
  • Author: D. Cutajar, F. Florentino & K. Wain

    Profiles of Joseph Kalleya, Vincent Apap, Emvin Cremona, Esprit Barthet, Antoine Camilleri and Frank Portelli with an introduction by Peter Serracino Inglott.

  • Author: D. Cutajar, F. Florentino & K. Wain

    Profiles of Joseph Kalleya, Vincent Apap, Emvin Cremona, Esprit Barthet, Antoine Camilleri and Frank Portelli with an introduction by Peter Serracino Inglott.

  • Author: Kenneth Wain

    A study of the artist 1993 – 80 pp. (colour illustrations throughout)

  • Author: Kenneth Wain

    A study of the artist 1993 – 80 pp. (colour illustrations throughout)

  • Author: Oliver Friggieri 1995 - 664 pp.
  • Author: Joe Friggieri 1992 - 184 pp.
  • Author: Dr. Renald Blundell

    Dr Renald Blundell delves into the question of love in terms of its varied dimensions, namely love being a concept as old as humankind, a fundamental instinct, a conscious choice and eventually a real experience. He manages to fuse into one whole his academic competence achieved through study and his own human perception as acquired in daily life. Thus the author identifies himself with the average reader and eventually induces towards a personal stand. This book provides a sort of handbook which can prove quite practical and useful to teachers, parents and all involoved in education, both civil and religious.

  • Author: Alfred E. Baldacchino & John Azzopardi

    2007 – 457 pp. (Colour)

    Dan il-ktieb, filwaqt li jaghti harsa hafifa lejn l-ambjenti naturali tal-gzejjer Maltin u l-ghasafar li jbejtu, li kienu, jew li jistghu jbejtu fi hdanhom, huwa mahsub biex jghin u jwitti t-triq ghal aktar djalogu bil-ghan li dan twassal biex l-ghasafar ikunu jistghu jigu aktar mifhuma,aktar apprezzati u hekk kulhadd ikun jista’ jaqsam dawn il-gzejjer maghhom filwaqt li ngawdu dak li ahna gejna fdati biex niehdu hsieb.

  • Il-politika hija dak il-proċess li jfassal ideat u toroq li bihom u fuqhom jitwettqu żviluppi tajbin, inqas tajbin jew ħżiena fis-setturi diversi tal-ħajja ta’ kuljum. Kull fejn hemm tmexxija, hemm politika li tista’ tissarraf kemm fi tmexxija u riżultati tajbin, kif ukoll fi tmexxija ħażina. Jien li ġej mill-qasam mediku, imma għaddejt 45 sena minn ħajti fil-qasam politiku, stajt nirrelata ma’ u napprezza l-livell għoli tal-materjal li hawn f’din il-pubblikazzjoni. F’dawn il-kontribuzzjonijiet sibt faċċati li jittrattaw bil-miftuħ dawk l-isfidi u problemi etiċi, morali u politiċi li jien stess iffaċċjajt matul dawk is-snin u li ħsibt mhux ftit fuqhom matul il karriera twila tiegħi fil-politika. L-Eċċellenza Tiegħu t-Tabib George Vella President ta’ Malta   Dan ix-xogħol jistħoqqlu tifħir, tal-anqas, għal żewġ raġunijiet ewlenin. Raġuni waħda hija l-interdixxiplinarità tiegħu. Kelma twila u tqila li tfisser li l-materjal u s-suġġetti f’dan il-ktieb mhumiex mgħarbula u skjerati minn lenti dejqa ta’ dixxiplina partikulari. It-tieni raġuni hija l-ilsien Malti li bih issawru l-kapitli ta’ dan il-ktieb. Bl-interdixxiplinarità tiegħu, u miktub kif inhu bil-Malti, dan il-ktieb huwa xempju tal-qrubija bejn l-akkademja, l-ekonomija u s-soċjetà Maltija; xhieda ta’ kif u kemm l-Università kapaċi wkoll tersaq qrib in-nies. Il-Professur Godfrey Baldacchino, Soċjologu   Nilqa’ lill-qarrejja kollha ta’ dawn is-saġġi fuq aspetti varji tal-politika mogħtija minn għadd sabiħ ta’ akkademiċi u prattikanti li wara li wasslu l-kontenut, l-argumenti u l-analiżi riċerkati tagħhom lis-semmiegħa, ikkollaboraw biex il-programmi jinqalbu fi ktieb. Bħala produttur u preżentatur fuq Campus FM, l-awtur ta’ din il-pubblikazzjoni għamel biċċa xogħol fejjieda biex l-għerf imberraħ minn wara l-mikrofonu jsib postu mitbugħ f’dan il-volum denju. Dott. Charles Xuereb, Chairperson tal-Bord Editorjali tar-Radju tal-Università   Dwar l-awtur Dott. Mario Thomas Vassallo huwa l-Kap tad-Dipartiment tal-Politika Pubblika fl-Università ta' Malta fejn jgħallem l-amministrazzjoni pubblika, ir-riċerka xjentifika u l-governanza, fost oħrajn. Kitbietu ġew ippubblikati minn djar tal-kotba f’Malta u oħrajn internazzjonali. Koeditur tas-serje ta’ kotba bl-isem Public Life in Malta. Ipproduċa għadd ta’ sensiliet radjufoniċi li jittrattaw temi soċjali, politiċi u ta’ Melitensia fuq Campus FM, FM Bronja u Radju Malta.
  • The Journal of Mediterranean Studies (JMS) is an interdisciplinary journal published twice yearly since 1991. It is specifically aimed at scholars whose professional academic interests are concerned with Mediterranean societies and cultures within the fields of Social Anthropology, History, Classics and Archeology, Popular Art and Literature. The journal intends to provide a forum whereby scholars working in academically and geographical contiguous areas can explore, and be exposed to, parallel and related theoretical issues. It sets out to establish a framework for interdisciplinary discussion, particularly important when studying Mediterranean societies and cultures, and to encourage dialogue between academics. This prestigious journal is indexed by Scopus and SCImago.  
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  • JMS Vol 28 No 1 Cover The Journal of Mediterranean Studies (JMS) is an interdisciplinary journal published twice yearly since 1991. It is specifically aimed at scholars whose professional academic interests are concerned with Mediterranean societies and cultures within the fields of Social Anthropology, History, Classics and Archeology, Popular Art and Literature. The journal intends to provide a forum whereby scholars working in academically and geographical contiguous areas can explore, and be exposed to, parallel and related theoretical issues. It sets out to establish a framework for interdisciplinary discussion, particularly important when studying Mediterranean societies and cultures, and to encourage dialogue between academics. This prestigious journal is indexed by Scopus and SCImago.  

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    £Stg 60.00,  120 Euros,  US$ 120  Institutions

      10 euros for local subscription  
  • Editors: Prof. Peter Vassallo & Prof. Gloria Lauri-Lucente

    which is a double issue has just been published. Authors in this issue:   Michael O'Neill,   Tomothy Webb,  Jane Stabler,  Sue Brown,  Rose Sneyd,  Petra Caruana Dingli,  Giovanni Iamartino,  Mariaconcetta Costantini,  Michela Marroni,  Anna Enrichetta Soccio,  Francesca D'Alfonso,  Tania Zulli,  Robert Hollander  and  Gloria Lauri-Lucente

  • General Editor: Peter Vassallo;    Volume Editor: Gloria Lauri-Lucente

    Published by the Institute of Anglo-Italian Studies, University of Malta and devoted to current research in the historic cultural relations between England and Italy from 1300 to the present. Volume 15 (2015 - 2016)

    Please contact us for volumes 1 - 11

  • Author: General Editor: Peter Vassallo;    Volume Editor: Gloria Lauri-Lucente

    Published by the Institute of Anglo-Italian Studies, University of Malta and devoted to current research in the historic cultural relations between England and Italy from 1300 to the present. Volume 12 (2014)

    Please contact us for volumes 1 - 11

  • Author: Dr. Peter Aguis 2010 - 263 pp.