Faculty of Arts

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Besides lecturing and collaborating in research activities, our academics have other responsibilities.

Check the list to find out who can help you.

Dr Gisella Orsini (Head of Department and Erasmus & Outreach Coordinator)
Dr Daniela DeBono (Senior Research Seminar Coordinator)
Professor Jean Paul Baldacchino
Mr Ranier Fsadni
Professor Paul Sant Cassia

Professor Keith Sciberras
Head of Department

Ms Nadette Xuereb
Departmental Administrator

Professor Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci
Fine Arts Coordinator

Professor Keith Sciberras
M.Phil./Ph.D Coordinator

Professor Conrad Thake
M.A. Coordinator

Dr Charlene Vella
Undergraduate Dissertation Coordinator

Dr Mark Sagona
Outreach Coordinator (Public Lectures, Webinars and PR)

Dr Charlene Vella
Erasmus Contact Point History of Art

Dr Mark Sagona
Erasmus Contact Point Fine Arts

Dr Charlene Vella
Student Requests Contact Point

Dr Charlene Vella
Online Learning Contact Point

Dr Mark Sagona
Freshers Contact Point

Ms Nikki Petroni
Fine Arts Workshops Contact Point

Dr Christina Meli
Archival Research Contact Point
Incumbent President

HoASA Contact Point

Dr Ing. John Charles Betts
Head of Department

Dr Maxine Anastasi
Coordinator BA in Archaeology programme
Member on the Course Catalogues and Programmes Committee
Member on the Faculty of Arts Research Ethics Committee

Professor Anthony Bonanno
Chairman Faculty of Arts MA Committee

Professor Timmy Gambin
Coordinator MA in Global Maritime Archaeology
Member of RDI & Mobility Sub Committees for The University of the Seas(SEA-EU)
Member of The University Maritime Platform

Dr Carmel Serracino
Coordinator BA in Classics programme
Coodinator MA by research in Classics
Departmental Erasmus Exchange coordinator

Professor Nicholas Vella
Coordinator MA in Archaeology Practice
Coordinator MA by research in Archaeology
Chairman Faculty of Arts Doctoral Committee.

BA coordinators:

  • Professor Stella Borg Barthet (1st YR students)
  • Dr Maria Frendo (2nd YR students)
  • Dr Mario Aquilina (3rd YR students) 

MA coordinators:

  • Dr Mario Aquilina and Dr Giuliana Fenech (English, Culture and the Media)
  • Professor James Corby and Ivan Callus (Modern and Contemporary Literature and Criticism)
  • Professor Lydia Sciriha and Dr Odette Vassallo (English Language)  

Erasmus coordinator:

  • Professor Stella Borg Barthet 

VLE/ Turn-it-in matters:

  • Dr Mario Aquilina 

Students’ Requests Committee:

  • Professor Stella Borg Barthet (Chairperson)

Student Welfare Committee:

  • Dr Giuliana Fenech 

PhD committee:

  • Professor James Corby
  • Professor Ivan Callus

Mature applicants:

  • Professor Stella Borg Barthet
  • Dr Giuliana Fenech 

Marilyn Mallia: Head of Department, Certificate in French Language Proficiency Coordinator, Erasmus exchanges departmental coordinator, member of FREC committee, Coordinator for Outreach events.

Anne Marie Bezzina Busuttil: Joint coordinator for Outreach events

Dominique Lanni: member of FREC committee, Coordinator Erasmus staff exchanges

Richard Spiteri: member of Admissions committee

 

PROF. MARIA ATTARD - Head of Department, B.A. and M.A. Coordinator

Director and Vice-Chair of the Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development, University of Malta

Rector’s Delegate and Chair of the University of Malta Green Travel Plan Committee,

Rector's Delegate and Chair of the Committee for Sustainability (CSUM) at the University of Malta

Chair, Board of Studies Geography (Fac. Of Arts); Sustainable Development(ICCSD)

Member of the Steering and Scientific Committee of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) and Co-Chair of WCTRS SIG G3 Urban

Transport Planning and Policy, Leeds, UK

Co-editor of the Transport and Sustainability Book Series, Emerald Publishers, UK

Co-editor of the Elsevier Journal Research in Transportation Business and Management

Associate Editor of the Elsevier Journal Case Studies on Transport Policy

Member of the international editorial board of the Journal of Transport Geography (Elsevier)

Section Editor, Transport Policy and Planning Elsevier Encyclopedia of Transportation.

Member of the editorial board of the journal Sustainable Transport and Livability published by Taylor & Francis.

Member of the editorial board of the journal Communications in Transportation - Research published by Elsevier.

Committee Member of NECTAR Cluster 2 (European Transport Researcher Association), The Netherlands.

 

PROF. JOHN A. SCHEMBRI

Board of Studies member for Geography

Board of Studies member for Contemporary Mediterranean Studies

Board of Studies member for Mediterranean Studies

Board Member, Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development, UM

Board Member, Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development Master and PhD Committees

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board on Tsunamis Monitoring coordinated by the Civil Protection Department

Executive Committee Member of the Malta Map Society

Faculty of Arts Admissions Board, UM

Faculty of Arts Board Member, UM

 

DR RITIENNE GAUCI

Member of Faculty of Arts Ethics Committee

Board member of the Malta Maritime Platform (Coordinator of Action Group 6 public relations, media management and communications).

Executive Committee Member of the Malta Map Society

Malta National Delegate of the International Association of Geomorphologists

 
 

Dr Kathrin Schoedel
Head of Department
BA Coordinator
MA Coordinator

Dr Elisabeth Birk
Certificate/Diploma in Language Proficiency Coordinator

Dr Katrin Dautel
Erasmus Coordinator
B.Hums Committee member
Faculty Mentor for Student Athletes (SASP)

Professor Dominic Fenech
Dean
Head of Department
Departmental Erasmus Exchange coordinator

Dr Joan Abela
Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Laws
Scholar of Repute
Institute of Maltese Studies
President of the Notarial Archives Foundation
Member of the National Archives Board
Member of the Cathedral Archives Board

Dr Mark Aloisio
Coordinator European
Global History

Ms Simone Azzopardi
Member of the board of studies M.A. in Mediterranean Studies
Joint coordinator for outreach events.

Professor Emanuel Buttigieg
Coordinator Diploma in Maltese History
Coordinator M.A. Hospitaller Studies
Member of the Faculty of Arts Doctoral Committee
Member of the board of studies M.A. in Mediterranean Studies
Join coordinator for outreach events.

Professor John Chircop
Chairman of the Mediterranean Institute
Editor, Journal of Maltese History
Director, Public Memory Archive.

Mr Charles Dalli
Member of the Faculty of Arts MA Committee
Member of the Editorial Board, Malta University Press.

Professor Victor Mallia-Milanes

Professor Simon Mercieca
Coordinator CMS

Professor James Sater
Head of Department
Ph.D. and Outreach Coordinator

Dr Valentina Cassar
M.A. Coordinator

Dr Angela Pennisi di Floristella
Erasmus Exchange
BA Dissertation Coordinator

Professor Isabelle Callejar Ragonesi
MIRSA Coordinator

Professor Anna Khakee

Professor Gloria Lauri-Lucente: B.A. coordinator, M.A. coordinator, Head of Department of Italian, Director of the Institute of Anglo-Italian Studies, Erasmus coordinator
Dr Fabrizio Foni: Administrator for the Facebook pages of the Department, Institute, and the M.A. in Film Studies 
Mr Glen Bonnici: Certificate in Language Proficiency in Italian coordinator
Professor Joseph Pace Asciak: Erasmus coordinator
Professor Joseph M Brincat
 
  • Michael Spagnol - Kap tad-Dipartiment, Koordinatur tal-BA, Koordinatur tal-MA, Koordinatur tal-proġett MALRP03 "Djaletti"
  • Manwel Mifsud - Direttur taċ-Ċertifikat fil-Qari tal-Provi u Koordinatur tal-proġett MALRP04 "Ġabra Terminoloġika"
  • Olvin Vella - Koordinatur taċ-Ċertifikat fil-Qari tal-Provi u Koordinatur tal-proġett MALRP08 "Dizzjunarji"
  • Bernard Micallef - Direttur tad-Diploma fil-Letteratura Maltija, Koordinatur tal-MA, u Koordinatur tal-proġett MALRP05 "Ir-Riċerka fl-Imgħoddi u l-Ġejjieni"
  • Adrian Grima - Koordinatur tad-Diploma fil-Letteratura Maltija, Koordinatur tal-proġett MALRP02 "It-Tradizzjoni Orali", u Membru tal-Kumitat tal-Affarijiet Studenteski tal-Fakultà tal-Arti
  • George Farrugia - Koordinatur tal-korsijiet tal-Malti Mediku, Koordinatur tat-Teżini tal-BA, u Koordinatur tal-proġett MALRP07 "Inizjattivi ta' Riċerka"
  • Immanuel Mifsud - Rappreżentant tad-Dipartiment fil-Fakultà tal-Arti u Koordinatur tal-proġett MALRP09 "Kitbiet Inediti ta' Mary Meylak"
  • Arnold Cassola - Koordinatur tal-proġett MALRP01 "Maltese in Scicli in 17-18th Century"

Dr Dennis Mizzi
Head of Department
Coordinator BA in Hebrew Programme
Coordinator BA in Near Eastern Studies programme
Coordinator BA in Chinese programme
Coordinator Certificate in Language Proficiency in Chinese
Coordinator MA by research in Hebrew
Coordinator MA by research in Near Eastern Studies
Coordinator MA by research in Chinese

Ms Wei Chen
Coordnator BA in Chinese programme
Coordinate MA by research in Chinese
Coordinate Certification in Language Proficiency in Chinese

Dr Abigail Zammit
Marketing & Promotion and Facebook Administrator

Dr Kurstin Gatt
Coordinator BA in Arabic programme
Coordinator MA by research in Arabic programme
Coordinator Certificate in Language Proficiency in Arabic

Prof. Claude Mangion
Head of Department
Website Administrator
B.A. & M.A. Coordinator
Erasmus Coordinator

Prof. Jean Paul De Lucca & Dr Niki Young
Erasmus Coordinators 

Professor Gillian Martin
Head of Department
Coordinator for MA in Health, Medicine and Society

Professor Mark Anthony Falzon
Chairman, Doctoral Committee

Dr Michael Briguglio
Member on the Students Requests Committee

Head of Department: Professor J. A. G. Ardila

Erasmus Area Coordinator: Ms Alessia Cilia Portelli

Coordinator Certificate in Language Proficiency (Spanish): Professor J. A. G. Ardila

Postgraduate Coordinator: Professor J. A. G. Ardila

BA Hons Dissertation Coordinator: Ms Alessia Cilia Portelli

Language Units Coordinator: Ms Antoinette Zammit Bugeja

Outreach and Marketing Officer: Professor J. A. G. Ardila

Recruitment Officer: Ms Alessia Cilia Portelli

Director of the Standing Seminar in Spanish: Ms Paulina Pérez Sosbilla

Professor Sergio Portelli
Head of Department
Responsible for the Termbase Digitization Project


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