An evening lecture in partnership with the St John Historical Society. This event will be BSL-interpreted.

The Malta Study Center at the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library in Minnesota leads an international project to preserve and digitally reconstruct the widely dispersed archives of the Order of St John, much of which was scattered following Napoleon’s invasion of the island in 1798. Dr Gullo will explore the significance of the Museum’s Maltese material and its links to private and public collections around the globe. This lecture marks the start of a new partnership with the Museum of the Order of St John to digitise manuscripts and rare printed books from the collection and make these more widely available to scholars and the public.

Dr Daniel K Gullo joined the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) in 2014 and serves as the Joseph S. Micallef Director of the Malta Study Center. He earned his PhD in History from the University of Chicago. Prior to joining HMML, Gullo served as Assistant Professor of History and Geography at Columbus State University, where he co-founded the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program. He has also taught at Northeastern Illinois University and was a Spenser Fellow at the Newberry Library. In addition to leading digital preservation projects for the dispersed archives of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Gullo served as the project director of vHMML.org from 2015-2020, HMML’s online resources for the study of manuscript cultures.

Tickets are free and must be pre-booked via the Museum’s Eventbrite page. Donations welcome if you can.

This event will take place in the historic Chapter Hall at St John’s Gate, accessible by stairs only. There is a lift which reduces the number of stairs guests need to ascend. For more information on access please visit our access pages here, or email museum@sja.org.uk