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This is the eighth lecture in the National Library of Malta Public Lectures Series 2023-2024, ‘Knowledge in the Making: Towards an Intellectual History of Early Modern Malta’. The series is organised in collaboration with the UM Department of Philosophy.

The lecture will discuss the presence of prohibited literature in the original core of what is now the National Library of Malta. The origins of such literature, its presence and accessibility in the Order's library will be delved into, referring to actual examples of such literature still surviving in the present collection. The mechanisms of control over such literature were mitigated by means through which it was still possible for such prohibited material to be read. Given the cosmopolitan nature of the Order of St John, the typology of prohibited literature available and circulating in Malta was indeed varied. The survival of the Maltese Inquisitorial tribunal records constitutes a further major source in this respect.

Prof. William Zammit is a Full Professor, having also served as Head of the Department of Library ¸£ÀûÔÚÏßÃâ·Ñ and Archive Sciences. During the last forty years he has taught or lectured at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Zammit has served as President of the National Archives Council, the legally-instituted body responsible for Maltese archival heritage. He is a member of the Cathedral Museum Managerial Council, the Malta Libraries Council and the Malta Map Society Council. He is the author of various academic books and papers and has been responsible for various research projects.

The National Library Public Lecture Series 2023-2024 is a collaboration between the National Library and the UM Department of Philosophy. The series is coordinated by Maroma Camilleri, Prof. Jean-Paul De Lucca and Mevrick Spiteri.

Free entrance. No booking required.

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