The Malta Historical Society is a society devoted to the

history of Malta Malta has a long history and was first inhabited in around 5900 BC. The first inhabitants were farmers, and their agricultural methods degraded the soil until the islands became uninhabitable. The islands were repopulated around 3850 BC ...

. It was founded in 1950 after a public appeal by professor Arturo Bonnici in ''Lehen is-Sewwa'', the

Catholic Action Catholic Action is the name of groups of lay Catholics who advocate for increased Catholic influence on society. They were especially active in the nineteenth century in historically Catholic countries under anti-clerical regimes such as Spain, Ita ...

newspaper. Bonnici was subsequently elected the first president. Other past presidents include Seraphim Zarb, Vincent Borg,

Godfrey Wettinger Godfrey Wettinger (December 22, 1929 – May 22, 2015) was a Maltese historian. He is known for his discovery, together with Fr. Mikiel Fsadni, of '' Il-Kantilena'', a document that is widely considered to be the oldest work of Maltese literature ...

, Albert Ganado, Stanley Fiorini, Mario Buhagiar,

Giovanni Bonello Giovanni Bonello (born 11 June 1936 in Floriana) is a Maltese judge, judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 1 November 1998 until 31 October 2004. As the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe rejected the names proposed by the ...

, Roger Ellul Micallef and Theresa Vella.

was also a founding member. Its journal is ''Melita Historica''.

References

1950 establishments in Malta History of Malta Learned societies of Malta {{Malta-stub