Fit-22 ta’ Novembru, żewġ uffiċjali tar-riċerka mill-Università ta’ Malta żaru ċ-Ċentru tal-Ilsien Malti fl-Università ta’ Bremen, fil-Ġermanja, biex jiddiskutu l-futur taċ-ċentru u jieħdu sehem f’xi attivitajiet tal-Linguistics Week organizzat mid-Dipartiment tal-Lingwistika tal-Università ta’ Bremen.

Din iż-żjara saret fl-isfond tat-tiġdid tal-ftehim bejn l-Università ta’ Malta u l-Università ta’ Bremen. L-ewwel ftehim kien sar fl-2012, is-sena li fiha twaqqaf iċ-Ċentru tal-Ilisen Malti fi Bremen. Permezz tal-ftehim il-ġdid li sar f’Ġunju tal-2022, minbarra l-fergħa taċ-Ċentru tal-Ilsien Malti fil-Ġermanja, twaqqfet fergħa lokali wkoll. Michela Vella, studenta mill-Istitut tal-Lingwistika u tat-Teknoloġija fil-Lingwa, u Raffaello Bezzina, student mid-Dipartiment tal-Malti, huma ż-żewġ uffiċjali tar-riċerka li jamministraw din il-fergħa lokali ġdida.

Accompanied by the head of the Department of Maltese, Dr Michael Spagnol, the two research officers met Prof. Thomas Stolz, the Director of the Centre, and Maike Vorholt, the Administrator of the Centre in Bremen, and discussed a number of topics including:

1. collaboration initiatives between the two entities;
2. formation of a new website for the Centre that will include useful linguistic resources, such as a bibliography of Maltese linguistics;
3. the conference of the International Association of Maltese Linguistics (GĦILM) which will take place in September 2023 in Bremen.