
Dear Woman: An Intimate Archive of Becoming Woman
Dear Woman gathers letters, objects, and voices into an intimate, intergenerational archive that traces the transition from girlhood to womanhood through care and collective listening.

Dear Woman gathers letters, objects, and voices into an intimate, intergenerational archive that traces the transition from girlhood to womanhood through care and collective listening.

Words are one of, if not the most, versatile tools one may employ. They may serve to sway opinions in favour of one’s own, express original knowledge to which one may be credited, and even prolong the memory of an individual long after life’s end. In a sense, words are worlds. However, there is one condition. For words to have power, people need to understand the language. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case.

The annual HUMS Yuletide gathering has become a familiar fixture in the University of Malta’s calendar, but it remains distinctive in bringing together scholars who otherwise rarely share academic spaces, inviting them to think and reflect together. Last year’s event hosted a range of speakers who exemplified the interdisciplinary and playful ethos of the annual event, now linked to the catchphrase ‘erudite but light’.

Celebrating Maltese artists and their work, the Malta Arts Council’s RETOLD initiative brings the MALETH exhibition back from the Venice Biennale to its homeland. Featuring powerful works by Vince Briffa and Trevor Borg, this series invites local audiences to engage with themes of identity, refuge, and belonging through contemporary Maltese art.








