The institute is a six-session course that provides a comprehensive understanding of NMI history and meets the Public School System history certification requirement.
Topics include geography and pre-contact culture & history, the Spanish, German, and Japanese colonial periods, World War II and the Naval/Trust Territory era, status negotiations and the CNMI Constitution, and current issues and cultural preservation.
These topics will be covered by a number of notable scholars and authors, including Scott Russell, Carlos Madrid, Dirk Spennemann, Don Farrell, Jessica Jordan, Jose Dela Cruz, Brenda Tenorio and Lino Olopai.
The 2011 institute will take place during the month of August. A $100 registration fee includes all course materials and light refreshments.
Registration forms are available at the council office on Middle Road and online at the Council website: www.nmihumanities.org. For more information, interested participants may also contact Merced Ada at 235-4785 or [email protected].
