Radio program to feature historian
The Northern Marianas Humanities Council will be featuring a war historian on “Your Humanities Half Hour” radio program this Sunday, Aug. 31, from 2pm to 2:30pm on Power 99. Catherine R. Perry hosts the program.
Alfredo Flores, who did a presentation at the history conference at Saipan World Resort in June, will be presenting his paper, “The Agony Over Land: U.S. Military Land Acquisition on Guam and Chamorro Land Stewardship, 1944-1972.” His presentation will explore the aftermath of World War II and how the U.S military engaged in a significant expansion project that changed Guam.
Flores is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles and specializes in 20th century U.S. history with an emphasis on American empire, immigration, race/ethnicity, and labor with subfields in Asian-American history, Pacific Islander history, and Native American history.
He is also a co-founding member of the University of California Los Angeles graduate coalition of the Native Pacific and Famoksaiyan.
Alfred Flores, do you thing living under the DOI is like living in prison. I think the CNMI should be put under the DOE. Life will be much fun HERE under the DOE. The Interior is treating us like the native Americans.