Events Calendar

Programme for the season October 2007-May 2008. Lectures will start at 6 pm. The October, November, December, April, and May lectures will be given at the premises in Valletta which we have been using for the past three seasons, kindly placed at our disposal by the Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.

Palazzo de la Salle
219 Republic Street(on the other side from Casa Rocca Piccola)
Valletta

Lectures in January, February, and March will be given one corner down on the same side, at the MUT premises, kindly placed at our disposal by the Malta Union of Teachers

Teachers' Institute
213 Republic Street
Valletta

Site visits will be on the last Saturday of the month, starting at 2.

2008

Wednesday 16 January	Lecture by Professor George E. Camilleri Teeth in Archaeology
Saturday 26 January	Site visit led by Dr Anton Bugeja to the Mosta area of Tal-Wej and environs (cart ruts, dolmen, tombs, cave). Meeting in front of Mosta Church at 2.
Wednesday 20 February	Lecture by Dr Nicholas C. Vella and Mr Nathaniel Cutajar The Mgarr ix-Xini regional park project and excavations at Ghar ix-Xih (Gozo)
Saturday 1 March	Site visit led by Dr Nicholas C. Vella to Borg in-Nadur and Ta' Kaccatura, Birzebbuga. Meeting at 2 in front of Borg in-Nadur temples.
Wednesday 12 March	Lecture by Ms Bernadette Mercieca Funerary Ritual in the Tarxien Cemetery Period
Saturday 29 March	Site visit led by Dr Stephen Spiteri to Ta� Kassisu and Armier coastal entrenchments. Meeting at 2 at the top of Marfa hill, below the Red Tower, where the road forks right to L-Ahrax and Armier.
Wednesday 16 April	Lecture in Maltese by Mr Mario Vassallo who will be giving a powerpoint presentation using English headings The location of the Maltese Neolithic Temples
Monday 21 April *EXTRA*	Lecture by Professor John Oakley, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classical Studies at the American School of Classical Studies Athens. Children in Athenian Funerary Art during the Peloponnesian War Professor Oakley has made the study of Greek vase painting the focus of his academic work and draws on vase painting for the basis of this lecture. Time: 6 pm Place: Hotel Excelsior, Floriana MEMBERS AND THOSE INTERESTED ARE INVITED TO STAY ON FOR DINNER AT THE EXCELSIOR AFTER THE LECTURE AT THE SPECIAL PRICE OF €20. IT WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET PROFESSOR OAKLEY AND A GROUP OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES, ATHENS WHO WILL BE IN MALTA ON A FOUR-DAY STUDY TOUR.
Saturday April 26	Day trip to Gozo, taking in various archaeological sites and including a stop for lunch at a restaurant. Meeting at Cirkewwa around 9:15 in good time for the 9:45 ferry
N.B: Wednesday 28 May	Lecture by Mr David Cardona The Roman architectural decoration of the Maltese Islands NB! THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THE SAME EVENING AT 7P.M
Saturday 31 May	Site visit led by Dr Timmy Gambin which will be a harbour walk 'On the trail of Maltese Merchants'. Meeting at 4 pm not 2 pm, in front of Ta' Liesse Church, Valletta