Computime are sponsoring a series of lectures which are being organised by the Malta Historical 
Society, dedicated to the memory of Jean Quintin D’Autun (Quintinus) on the 450th anniversary of his death. These lectures will be held at the newly rehabilitated Palazzo De La Salle, Republic Street, Valletta, on Tuesday 29th November, Wednesday 30th November and Friday 2nd December, 2011, between 18.00hrs and 20.30hrs.
Mr Louis Bellizzi, Director at Computime Ltd, said “Interest in Malta’s history and heritage has been growing among its own citizens for some time and is still gathering momentum. Particularly during the last few decades we have been blessed with an ever growing number of talented historians that between them now publish scores of well researched books on Melitensia every single year. The Malta Historical Society has been at the forefront of this revival encouraging new research and promoting its dissemination through a number of activities. It is therefore a privilege for us to sponsor the next edition of History Week.”
Preparations are well underway to hold the fourteenth edition of History Week which this year will see the participation of a healthy mix of established historians such as Prof. Dominic Fenech, Prof.Carmel Vassallo and Dr. Roger Vella Bonavita, and also a number of emerging assiduous historians who will be given a chance to present various aspects of their research. While it is hoped that these lectures will help provoke an awareness of the work which is currently being done in the field of Maltese studies, the general public is invited to attend and participate in the ensuing discussions which promise to be highly interesting.
Founded in 1950, the Malta Historical Society (MHS) is Malta’s leading non-governmental and not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the academic study and diffusion of Maltese history and culture. The society’s committee is composed of eleven members of whom Judge Dr. Giovanni Bonello is President and Professor Mario Buhagiar, Head of the History of Art Department of the University of Malta, is Vice-President.
The Malta Historical Society would like to thank its main sponsors for this event, Computime Limited, who have generously contributed towards the organization of History Week 2011 and the eventual publication of the proceedings.