The 9th International Conference on Maltese Linguistics

The 9th International Conference on Maltese Linguistics, organised by the Għaqda Internazzjonali tal-Lingwistika Maltija (GĦILM), was held on 16–17 September 2025 at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany, with the theme “Rooting for Maltese”. The conference brought together more than 30 researchers from various countries including Malta, Germany, France, Slovakia, United States, United Kingdom, and China. The programme […]

Glossing workshop on Maltese & maltacentre.eu launch

On Saturday 2nd November 2024, in an event organised by the Malta Centre (Bremen-Malta), the new website of the Malta Centre (maltacentre.eu) was launched and a workshop on the glossing of Maltese was held at the University of Malta Valletta Campus. Interlinear glossing in linguistics is used to indicate the morphological structure of the words […]

Save the date: 9th Lingwistika Maltija

The 9th International Conference on Maltese Linguistics will take place on the 16 and 17 of September 2025 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The conference will be jointly organised by both branches of the Malta Centre (Malta & Bremen) and the local organiser Ruben van de Vijver. The call for papers will be sent out at the […]

Practical Maltese classes in Bremen

The annual practical Maltese classes “Maltese for Beginners” and “Maltese for Advanced Learners” took place at the University of Bremen in July 2024. You can find more information about past classes that were offered in Bremen on our dedicated page.

The 8th Conference of the Għaqda Internazzjonali tal-Lingwistika Maltija (GĦILM)

The 8th Conference of the Għaqda Internazzjonali tal-Lingwistika Maltija (GĦILM) took place between the 18 and 21 of September 2023, at the University of Bremen, Germany. Over 30 researchers attended this conference entitled “The Next Century of Maltese Linguistics”. The GĦILM conference is held every 2 years and is attended by both Maltese and foreign […]

Triangulation II – A plethora of ideas about language

The workshop Triangulation II – a plethora of ideas about language took place on 5 and 6 June 2023 at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg in Delmenhorst. Five early career researchers from Cardiff, four from Malta and four from Bremen presented their research. In addition to that, one early career researcher from Trento and one from Helsinki presented […]

Launch of Malta Centre – Malta Branch

On the 9th of February 2023, the official launch of the local branch of the Malta Centre was held at the Valletta Campus (UM). This event was organised in light of the renewal of the agreement between the University of Malta and the University of Bremen, Germany, which was signed in June 2022 and through […]

Visit to the Malta Centre in Bremen

On 22 November 2022, two research support officers from the University of Malta visited the Malta Centre at the University of Bremen, in Germany, to discuss the future of the centre and to participate in the Linguistics Week organised by the Department of Linguistics at the University of Bremen. This visit took place in light […]