OAR@UM Collection:/library/oar/handle/123456789/1354222025-11-10T01:40:49Z2025-11-10T01:40:49ZTHINK : Issue 44 : June 2024/library/oar/handle/123456789/1349552025-05-05T09:09:42Z2024-06-01T00:00:00ZTitle: THINK : Issue 44 : June 2024
Abstract: THINK is a quarterly research magazine published by the Marketing, Communications & Alumni Office at the University of Malta.2024-06-01T00:00:00ZPersonal space/library/oar/handle/123456789/1349532025-05-05T09:06:48Z2024-06-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Personal space
Abstract: I like to imagine personal space as a circle of chalk around us. Just
like we are sovereigns over our own bodies (or, at least, we should
be – looking at you, reproductive laws), our personal space, those
few meters around us, falls under our remit. But how big is this
circle? What’s the radius of our personal space? [excerpt]2024-06-01T00:00:00Z20 years of EU membership/library/oar/handle/123456789/1349522025-05-05T09:01:25Z2024-06-01T00:00:00ZTitle: 20 years of EU membership
Abstract: Divisive and polarising as the lead-up to 1 May 2004
might have been, this date marks a significant turning
point in Malta’s history: its introduction — along with nine
other countries — as the newest Member State of the
European Union. This year, celebrating the 20th anniversary of
this landmark moment, THINK met with Prof. Mark Harwood,
Director of the Institute for European Studies at UM, to discuss
the island’s journey since then and where it is headed. [excerpt]2024-06-01T00:00:00ZNo place called home/library/oar/handle/123456789/1349512025-05-05T09:00:33Z2024-06-01T00:00:00ZTitle: No place called home
Abstract: At the end of a holiday, no matter how much you dread
leaving, some small part of you just can’t wait to get
home. And the closer you get to home, the greater that
desire grows. But what if ‘home’ is no longer home?
For many of us, home is the place where we grew up
or where our family lives. It is the place where we lay
our heads at night and where food tastes the best. But if
these links that bind us to a place fall apart, ‘home’ loses
its touch. Then, the feelings of belonging and familiarity
start to seem out of place. In the poetry collection
Here Was, published in 2023, Prof. Emeritus John P.
Portelli (University of Toronto) attempts to capture this
sentiment and the essence of home through its absence. [excerpt]2024-06-01T00:00:00Z