The French Embassy is organizing two series of history lectures, one in English focusing on some aspects of the historical ties between France and Malta in a broader Mediterranean context and the other in French about powerful women in the Mediterranean history.
Program of lectures:
- 27 FEB 2025, 6:30 PM : Privateering and trade in the 16th- and 17th-century Mediterranean by Prof. Géraud Poumarède - Valletta Design Cluster with the Italian Cultural Institute of Valletta and the Alliance française
- 6 MAR 2025, 6:30 PM : Zénobie, Reine de Palmyre par Dr. Wifek Aouinet - with the Alliance française at their premises (Hamrun)
- 12 MAR 2025, 6:30 PM : Early persecutions of the Protestants in France and Malta by Pr. Céline Borello and Pr. Carmel Cassar - Valletta Design Cluster
- 13 MAR 2025, 1:00 PM : L'idée de tolérance en France à l'époque moderne par Pr. Céline Borello - Msida Campus (Venue: GW255) with the French Department of the UM
- 13 MAR 2025, 6:30 PM : Catherine de Médicis, une Reine de France née en Italie, par Pr. Céline Borello - Jesuit's Church Valletta with the Jesuit's Church Foundation and the Alliance française
- 27 MAR 2025, 6:30 PM : Inside the French-ruled territory (1798-1800) by Pr. Yosanne Vella - National Library of Malta
- 9 APRIL 2025, 6:30 PM : Marie-Caroline d'Autriche, Reine de Naples et soeur de Marie-Antoinette par Pr. Alain Blondy - Valletta Design Cluster with the Alliance française (the exact room will be precised to the participants)
For any inquiry, please write to valentin.martinez@diplomatie.gouv.fr
