Event: Her Story: Discovering Women's History in Malta
Date: Saturday 14 January 2023
Time: 09:00 - 15:00
Venue: Fort St. Angelo, Birgu
Women were for a very long time to use Sheila Rowbotham’s phrase “Hidden from Historyâ€. However, slowly but surely Women’s History started to happen and today Women’s History is one of the most exciting fields of historical studies.
In Malta too we now have excellent academics and historians who have produced and are producing research on Women’s History on the islands. This conference plans to showcase the work of some of these historians, who will be sharing their most recent work on women in Maltese history coming from three historical eras Modern Era, Victorian Era, Contemporary Era.
Programme
- 09:00: Opening
- President Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (Video recorded message)
- Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, Former President of Malta
- 09:30: - Discovering Women’s History in Malta; a Personal Journey
17th / 18th Century
- 10:00: Dr Christine Muscat - Hospitaletto delle Donne in Valletta, 1620-1685
- 10:30: Coffee Break
- 11:00: Louise Fiott - Women and Slavery in 18th Century Malta
- 11:30: Prof. Yosanne Vella – Maltese Women in Time of Revolt– the French Period 19th Century
- 12:00: Evelyn Pullicino - Different Perspectives of Motherhood in 19th Century Malta
- 12:30: Caroline Tonna - Female Entrepreneurs in Dressmaking and Millinery in the 19th Century
Lunch Break (13:00 - 14:00)
20th Century
- 14:00: Simon Cusens - The Role of Women in WWII: The Case of Malta
- 14:30: Simone Azzopardi - Women at Work: Female Labour in Post-WWII Malta
- 15:00: and Abigail Pace - Isabelle Borg: an Artist Who Happened to Be a Woman
Closing
For registration, please email Prof. Yosanne Vella.
