Heritage Malta is holding a second 'Fragments' seminar on Saturday 12 May – this time on 'Archaeological Fragments and other sources of information'.
This half-day seminar, to be held once again at the Gran Salon of the National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta, will have as distinguished speakers Prof. Anthony Bonanno, Prof. Nicholas Vella, Sharon Sultana, Katya Stroud, David Cardona and Nathaniel Cutajar.
The discussion session, moderated by Prof. JoAnn Cassar, will include as invited panelists Prof. Anthony Frendo, Prof. Liberato Camilleri, Dr Joan Abela, Kenneth Gambin and Dr Reuben Grima.
Attendance is free of charge, but prior registration is required at archaeology@heritagemalta.org.
09:00 Welcome and Introduction - Prof. JoAnn Cassar, Chair, Research Sub-Committee, Heritage Malta
09:10 Opening address - Dr Joseph M. Buttigieg, Chairman, Heritage Malta
09:20 Sharon Sultana: Fragments in Museums: Their ‘Role’ and our Responsibilities
09:35 Nathaniel Cutajar: A Contextual Approach to Post-Medieval Ceramics: Case Studies from Birgu and Valletta
09:50 Katya Stroud: The Fragmentary Nature of Sources for Prehistoric Malta
10:05 Prof. Anthony Bonanno: From Piece to Whole: Reconstructing Greco-Roman Sculpture
10:20 David Cardona: Architecture in Fragments
10.35 Prof. Nicholas Vella: Embracing Fragmentation: The Story of Tas-Silġ, Malta
10:50 Questions to the speakers
11:15 Coffee break
11:45 Panel discussion - Moderator - Prof. JoAnn Cassar
12:30 Open discussion with audience
13:30 Closing remarks - Noel Zammit, CEO, Heritage Malta
Programme
08:30 Registration
08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome and Introduction - Prof. JoAnn Cassar, Chair, Research Sub-Committee, Heritage Malta
09:10 Opening address - Dr Joseph M. Buttigieg, Chairman, Heritage Malta
09:20 Sharon Sultana: Fragments in Museums: Their ‘Role’ and our Responsibilities
09:35 Nathaniel Cutajar: A Contextual Approach to Post-Medieval Ceramics: Case Studies from Birgu and Valletta
09:50 Katya Stroud: The Fragmentary Nature of Sources for Prehistoric Malta
10:05 Prof. Anthony Bonanno: From Piece to Whole: Reconstructing Greco-Roman Sculpture
10:20 David Cardona: Architecture in Fragments
10.35 Prof. Nicholas Vella: Embracing Fragmentation: The Story of Tas-Silġ, Malta
10:50 Questions to the speakers
11:15 Coffee break
11:45 Panel discussion - Moderator - Prof. JoAnn Cassar
Prof. Anthony Frendo: From the Parts to the Whole: How Written and Non-written Fragments can be a Gateway to the Past
Dr Joan Abela: The Archaeology of the Written Word- Digging through Archives
Prof. Liberato Camilleri: Statistical Techniques in Analyzing Numerical Data – The Meaning of Numbers
Kenneth Gambin: Museum Collections as Sources of ¸£ÀûÔÚÏßÃâ·Ñ
Dr Reuben Grima: Reading the Landscape
12:30 Open discussion with audience
13:30 Closing remarks - Noel Zammit, CEO, Heritage Malta
