Prof. Carmen Depasquale
French language lecturer – MEDAC
Professor Carmen Depasquale lectures in French language and literature at the University of
Malta. After pursuing her literary studies at the Universities of London and Tours, she was
awarded her doctorate from Sorbonne University (Paris IV) with her thesis La Vie
intellectuelle et culturelle des chevaliers français à Malte au XVIIIe siècle. Her main areas of
interest include the works of French Knights of Malta in the Eighteenth Century, French
travel literature on Malta and French writers of Maltese origin. Her publications include an
annotated edition with an introduction and translation into English of the comedy Le
Commandeur dans sa famille (Agenda, Malta, 2005), an Eighteenth century manuscript of
the National Library of Malta; An Abridged Version of the Project for Perpetual Peace, (ed.
Roderick Pace, Midsea Books, Malta, 2008), and La Vie intellectuelle et culturelle des
chevaliers français à Malte au XVIIIe siècle (Malta University Press, 2010); as well as
numerous articles in French, English and Maltese in learned journals. She has read papers at
conferences in Europe, the USA, and Canada, and has been a guest lecturer at several
European Universities. The title Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques was conferred
upon her in recognition of her contribution towards French culture.