Department of Italian, FACULTY OF ARTS

UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
FACULTY OF ARTS
Department of Italian
Members of Staff

Head of Department: Professor Joseph Brincat, B.A.(Hons), B.A.(Hons)(Lond.), M.A., D.Lett.(Firenze)
Professor
Office: OH 306. Telephone no.: 2340 2374.
E-Mail: joseph.m.brincat@um.edu.mt
Research Interests: Italian philology; Textual criticism; The varieties of Italian used in Malta; The Romance element in the Maltese language; Contacts between English and Italian; The dubbing of American films/teleserials into Italian; The influence of TV in language acquisition.

Full-Time Lecturing Staff:

Prof. Joseph Eynaud, B.A.(Hons), M.A., D.Lett.(Firenze)
Associate Professor
Office: OH 344. Telephone no.: 2340 2307 and 21 372433.
E-Mail: joseph.eynaud@um.edu.mt
Research Interests: Italo-Maltese Literature; Methodology and Didactics; Theatre Studies; Travel Accounts.

Dr Abraham Borg, B.A., D.Lett.(Venezia, Ca' Foscari)
Senior Lecturer
Office: OH 316. Telephone no.: 2340 2955.
E-Mail: abraham.borg@um.edu.mt
Research Interests: La commedia umanistico-rinascimentale;
Letteratura comparata; La letteratura inglese e il melodramma italiano.
Presently on leave

Dr Joseph Pace Asciak, B.A.(Hons), D.Lett.(Firenze)
Senior Lecturer
Office: OH 348. Telephone no.: 2340 2265.
E-Mail: joseph.pace-asciak@um.edu.mt
Research Interests: Modern Literature, Comparative Literature,
Literary Criticism.

Dr Gloria Lauri-Lucente, B.A., D.Lett.(Siena), Ph.D.(Michigan)
Senior Lecturer
Office: OH 316 Telephone no.: 2340 2955
E-Mail: gloria.lauri-lucente@um.edu.mt
Research Interests: Italian and English lyric tradition; Petrarca and English Petrarchism; Comparative Literature; Theory of literature; Film Studies.

Dr Marina Morbiducci, D. Lett.(Macerata), Perf. (Macerata)
Lettore, apptd by Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Office: OH 316 Telephone no.: 2340 2955
Research Interests: Translation of literary texts; Teaching of Italian as FL; Curriculum development; Psycholinguistics.

Part-Time Lecturing Staff: Dr Joseph Chircop, B.Ed.(Hons), D.Lett.(Firenze)
E-Mail: djchircop@orbit.net.mt
Research Interests: Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Italian for Special Purposes.

Dr Sandro Caruana, B.Ed.(Hons), M.Ed., Dr. di Ric.(Pavia)
Office: OH 223 Telephone no.: 2340 2941
E-mail: sandro.caruana@um.edu.mt
Research Interests: The teaching of Italian as L2; Language acquisition through the media.

Administrative Staff:

Ms Romina Caruana Bond
Clerk
Office: OH 313. Telephone no.: 2340 2309
E-Mail: romina.caruana-bond@um.edu.mt

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