Wirt Għawdex will hold the fifth in its series of talks for 2025 on Friday the 16th of May at 6.30pm at St Cecilia Chapel, Għajnsielem. The talk by Vanessa Buhagiar, which will be delivered in English, will focus on the prosecution of rape in eighteenth-century Malta. In this lecture, Ms Buhagiar will investigate how the concept of rape was understood, presented, and prosecuted in court in eighteenth-century Malta by analysing the documentation of numerous cases heard in the courts and reported across Malta and Gozo. Insights into the experiences, narratives, and understandings of ‘rape’ of an early eighteenth-century society will be explored.

APS Bank is sponsoring the series of talks while Delicata Winery are kindly sponsoring the events’ post-talk drinks.

The event on Facebook can be found here: www.facebook.com/events/1343225436910397.

Free registration is suggested through this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSds2e9r9zCB_MrqcsWv78J3k8vRpQku7DU-tT9xlZOMMXqj3w/viewform?usp=dialog.