The Department of Art and Art History provides degree programmes in history of art and fine arts and has been, since the setting up of an Art Unit in 1987, responsible for the academic formation of a generation of art historians who now occupy key posts in Malta’s cultural and heritage management institutions.

Our graduates have also proceeded to research and work with major international institutions. Our Department has stimulated an informed research programme that has resulted in the rewriting of the art history of Malta in its Western European and Mediterranean dimensions. We have also published extensively, coordinated conservation and restoration interventions, participated in the organisation of important national and international exhibitions, and organised numerous conferences and debates.

Our Department has built on its accumulated academic prestige and enjoys the respect of the international art world. We run History of Art and Fine Arts degree programmes and a Caravaggio Studies Project, and other specialised research projects.

Departmental Designations: 

Head of Department - Dr Mark Sagona

Departmental Administrator - Ms Nadette Xuereb

Fine Arts Coordinator - Dr Gilbert Calleja

M.Phil./Ph.D. Coordinator - Prof. Keith Sciberras

M.A. Coordinator - Prof. Conrad Thake

Undergraduate Dissertation Coordinator History of Art - Dr Charlene Vella

Undergraduate Dissertation Coordinator Fine Arts - Dr Gilbert Calleja

Outreach Coordinator (Public lectures, Webinars and PR) History of Art - Dr Christian Attard

Outreach Coordinator (Public lectures, Webinars and PR) Fine Arts - Dr Gilbert Calleja

Erasmus Contact Point History of Art - Dr Charlene Vella

Erasmus Contact Point Fine Arts - Dr Gilbert Calleja

Student Requests Contact Point - Dr Charlene Vella

Freshers Contact Point - Dr Christian Attard

HoASA Contact Point - Incumbent President