International Academic Meetings
Investigations into the history of the Order of St. Lazarus The International Meetings should serve as a forum to discuss and academically research controversial aspects related to the Order’s history. The participation of early career scholars and postgraduate research researchers is positively encouraged. The Sixth International Academic Meeting is scheduled to be held in the Universitas Studiorum building of the Order of St John in Valletta, Malta during the weekend of the 23-24 October 2026. There will be, in addition, a preliminary meeting on the 22 October which will address leprosy-related and haliological issues related to the patron saints of leprosaria. A guided tour of Valletta and the buildings of the Knights of St John there will be organized on Sunday 25 October 2026 [depending on demand]. Interested individuals are asked to REGISTER their interest either by completing the online form or downloading a hard copy and sending this by email to the Academy at [email protected] . |
The First International Conference of the International Academy was held in Malta in November 2015.
The Second International Conference of the International Academy was held in Palermo, Sicily in June 2017. The event coincided with the International Pilgrimage of the Order dedicated to King Saint Louis IX in Monreale, Sicily. The Third International Conference of the International Academy was held in Malta in October 2019. The Fourth International Academic Meeting - Reviewing the history of the Order of St. Lazarus - was scheduled to be held on the 7th April 2021 at Velehrad (Czech Republic) in conjunction with the International Pilgrimage of the Order. The Covid-19 pandemic caused the meeting to be placed in abayance - instead a series of pre-narrated online lectures were prepared and made available. Another one-day Academic Meeting was eventually held in Gotha, Germany in July 2023 on the occasion of the 800th anniversary commemoration of the establishment of the Order in Germany. The Fifth International Academic Meeting was held in Valletta, Malta in February 2024. The event coincided with the International Pilgrimage of the Order dedicated to Saint Paul. 
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PROGRAMME
22.10.2026: Day event - Hansen's Disease or Leprosy: Learning from the Past - Looking to the Future
23.10.2026: Day event - Historical facets relating to the Order of Saint Lazarus
24.10.2026: Half Day event - The Order of St John in Malta: Art, Music & Management
25.10.2026: Half Day event - Guided tour of Valletta with a visit to Grand Master's Palace, the Armory, St. John's co-Cathedral and Sacra Infermeria. An organ recital will be delivered by Maestro Cannizzaro at St John's Conventual Church.
22.10.2026: Day event - Hansen's Disease or Leprosy: Learning from the Past - Looking to the Future
- The international distribution of Hansen's disease
- Environmental factors: Mycobacterium leprare & M. lepromatosis
- Immunological issues relating to Hansen's Disease
- Dr. Armauer Hansen and St Jorgens Hospital in Bergen, Norway
- Lessons learnt from the History of Leprosy in Malta
- Hansen's Disease rediscovered by the Modern Order of St Lazarus
23.10.2026: Day event - Historical facets relating to the Order of Saint Lazarus
- The historical continuity of the Order of St Lazarus?
- The continuity of the Order - a cononical view
- From Medieval Hospitaller Knights to present-day humanitarian support by AI tools
- The Holy See's approval to the merger of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Order of St Lazarus
- Beyween Kinship and Sainthood: jean de Joinville's testomony on Louis IX
- The religious life in the mother house in Crusader Jerusalem
- The turmulous decades of the Order of St Lazarus: 1966-2004
- The merger of the two Obediences of the order of St Lazarus in Sweden
- The developmental history of the Grand magistral Commadery of the Castello
24.10.2026: Half Day event - The Order of St John in Malta: Art, Music & Management
- The working of the 'Jus patronatus' sysatem of the Order of St john
- Maltese Sacred Music of the 18th century
- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggion and his 'mysterious adventure in Malta'
25.10.2026: Half Day event - Guided tour of Valletta with a visit to Grand Master's Palace, the Armory, St. John's co-Cathedral and Sacra Infermeria. An organ recital will be delivered by Maestro Cannizzaro at St John's Conventual Church.
