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Space Adventure: A Maltese Musical Fantasy for Children
February 1, 2024

Space Adventure: A Maltese Musical Fantasy for Children

“With their 1962 children’s musical Space Adventure...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
Impressions of a Death Foretold: the Execution of Fra Sylvain de Bosredon
August 31, 2023

Impressions of a Death Foretold: the Execution of Fra Sylvain de Bosredon

“In the days before they were going to kill him, Fra Sylvain de Bosredon woke up early in the morning to the dull sound of...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
Identifying Prohibited Books in Early Modern Malta
November 24, 2022

Identifying Prohibited Books in Early Modern Malta

“Pope Paul IV (1476–1559) issued the Index Auctorum et Librorum Prohibitorum in 1559 to publicly identify books the...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
Where We’re Working: The Monastery of Santa Ursula
March 8, 2022

Where We’re Working: The Monastery of Santa Ursula

“When Cláudia Garradas learned about the opportunity to digitally preserve the archives of the Monastery of Santa Ursula...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
Protecting Travelers and Maritime Contacts in the Eighteenth-Century Mediterranean
July 8, 2021

Protecting Travelers and Maritime Contacts in the Eighteenth-Century Mediterranean

“The great Age of Sail conjures in our minds vast stretches of ocean populated by...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
Quarantine in Malta, a Print of the Lazaretto from the Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti
April 29, 2021

Quarantine in Malta, a Print of the Lazaretto from the Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti

“The increased activity of Malta’s ports after the Aragonese conquest in 1283 led to a...”

  • Cláudia Garradas
Medical Care for the Enslaved Mustafa Osmon in 18th-Century Valletta, Malta
February 4, 2021

Medical Care for the Enslaved Mustafa Osmon in 18th-Century Valletta, Malta

“The Archivum de Piro in Valletta, Malta preserves a small invoice and...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
Digitization of the Lettere consolari fonds at the Cathedral Archives, Mdina, Now Completed
October 13, 2020

Digitization of the Lettere consolari fonds at the Cathedral Archives, Mdina, Now Completed

“HMML’s Malta Study Center has completed the digitization of the important Lettere consolari fonds now held at the...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
Digitization of the Archives of the Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Completed
June 30, 2020

Digitization of the Archives of the Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Completed

“HMML’s Malta Study Center signed an agreement with the Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library's Malta Study Center Completes Digitization Project at MUŻA — Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti
May 18, 2018

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library's Malta Study Center Completes Digitization Project at MUŻA — Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti

“HMML’s Malta Study Center has completed a digitization project with Heritage Malta to...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
NEH funds 2018 Summer Institute in Mediterranean Studies at HMML
August 14, 2017

NEH funds 2018 Summer Institute in Mediterranean Studies at HMML

“HMML has a vast collection of online manuscript and resource materials on the early modern Mediterranean...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
HMML’S Malta Study Center Completes Digitization of Malta Collection at the Catholic University of America Rare Books and Special Collections
October 11, 2016

HMML’S Malta Study Center Completes Digitization of Malta Collection at the Catholic University of America Rare Books and Special Collections

“HMML’s Malta Study Center has completed the digitization of 90 manuscripts and rare Melitensia located at the...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
May 26, 2016

HMML’S Malta Study Center and the James Ford Bell Library Open Exhibition on the Great Siege of Malta

“The exhibition features more than twenty original rare books and manuscripts narrating the history of the...”

Dr. Daniel K. Gullo

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HMML’S Malta Study Center Begins Digitization Partnership with the Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti
February 18, 2016

HMML’S Malta Study Center Begins Digitization Partnership with the Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti

“The Malta Study Center at HMML has signed a partnership agreement with the Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti (FPM) to begin...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
HMML’S Malta Study Center Begins New Digitization Project at the National Archives of Malta
December 10, 2014

HMML’S Malta Study Center Begins New Digitization Project at the National Archives of Malta

“Known as the Officium Civile Sacrae Inquisitionis (OSI) Fond, the collection contains records that date from...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
Malta Study Center Partners with the Mediterranean Seminar
June 2, 2014

Malta Study Center Partners with the Mediterranean Seminar

“The seminar’s mission is to encourage scholarly collaboration across disciplines and...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
New Curator Hired for HMML's Malta Study Center
April 23, 2014

New Curator Hired for HMML's Malta Study Center

“Dr. Daniel Gullo has been named the Joseph S. Micallef Curator of the Malta Study Center.”

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