Home / Programme / Maltese: The Protagonist of a New Digital Database – GħMU Maltese: The Protagonist of a New Digital Database – GħMU 24th March, 2021 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text].[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZKb-BjQzBw[/embedyt] This discussion serves as an introduction to the research portal of the Department of Maltese at the University of Malta – malti.mt. Sephora Francalanza interviews Michael Spagnol whilst demonstrating different part of the portal, consisting of resources related to dialects, oral tradition, grammar, terminology and historical linguistics. Viewers will also learn how to access research carried out and/or published by the lecturers and students within the Department. Sephora Francalanza graduated in Maltese and in Translation. She is the Public Relations Officer for Għaqda tal-Malti – Università and currently works as a journalist. Michael Spagnol studied Maltese and Linguistics at the University of Malta, completed his PhD in Linguistics at the University of Konstanz, Germany, and did a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ta’ Leipzig, Germany. His fields of specialisation are morphology, lexicography and dialectology. He works on a number of research projects on terminology, dialects, and oral traditions. He is currently Head of the Department of Maltese (2019-).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] SHARE POST Similar Posts Editorial Notes: Noah Fabri – A conversation between the writer and the editors – Aphroconfuso – Stand 7 🇲🇹 9th November, 2025 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Read More Celebrating Italian Literature – Istituto Italiano di Cultura La Valletta – Is-Sala tal-Qarrejja 🇮🇹 9th November, 2025 4:30 PM - 4:30 PM Read More Celebrating Italian Literature – Istituto Italiano di Cultura La Valletta – Is-Sala tal-Qarrejja 🇮🇹 9th November, 2025 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Read More Children’s Literature in Maltese: What stories are reaching our young readers? – NBC – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 🇲🇹 9th November, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Read More Editorial Notes: Kurt Borg – A conversation between the writer and the editors – Aphroconfuso – Stand 7 🇲🇹 9th November, 2025 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Read More Editorial Notes: Nicole Borg– A conversation between the writer and the editors – Aphroconfuso – Stand 7 🇲🇹 9th November, 2025 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Read More What about the Very First Maltese?: Book presentation and talk by Veronica Veen and Adrian van der Blom – Inanna Publishers – Is-Sala tal-Qarrejja 🇬🇧 8th November, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Read More Meet the Author & Book Signing: Lorraine Galea – Pandora Books – Stand 33 🇲🇹 8th November, 2025 6:30 PM - 7:15 PM Read More Designing Games for Young Children: Frances & Ġorġ – The Wanderer’s Tome – Is-Sala tal-Qarrejja 🇬🇧 8th November, 2025 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Read More