{"id":188374,"date":"2014-12-30T04:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=188374"},"modified":"2014-12-30T04:00:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T18:00:14","slug":"uog-host-discussion-17th-century-guam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/uog-host-discussion-17th-century-guam\/","title":{"rendered":"UOG to host discussion about 17th century Guam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_188382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188382\" style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a attid=\"188382\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DQ-pix-right1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DQ-pix-right1.jpg\" alt=\"University of Guam anthropology professor Dr. David Atienza studies letters written by Jesuit priest Manuel Solorzano in the 17th century about his time in Guam. (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"496\" height=\"337\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188382\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">University of Guam anthropology professor Dr. David Atienza studies letters written by Jesuit priest Manuel Solorzano in the 17th century about his time in Guam. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe University of Guam Anthropology and Chamorro Studies programs are hosting a scholarly dialogue about Chamorros and Jesuit priests living in Guam in the late 17th century. The event begins at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 3 at the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) Lecture Hall and will include a display of Jesuit missionary Fr. Manuel de Solorzano\u2019s skull, a presentation from Solorzano\u2019s heir and a round-table discussion. <\/p>\n<p>Solorzano served as mission superior in the Marianas from 1680 until his death in 1684. His remains and effects were sent back to Spain and have been with his family for 300 years. In late 2013, Solorzano\u2019s heirs connected with UOG anthropology professor Dr. David Atienza, and they collaborated to bring the skull and other historical artifacts to Guam. <\/p>\n<p>Solorzano\u2019s heirs have also provided the University with digital copies of letters written by Solorzano to his father during his time in the Marianas, offering a glimpse of 17th century Guam. The unpublished letters are being translated by Atienza through the UOG Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very special as these letters have not yet been published,\u201d explained Atienza. \u201cThese letters belong to Guam, and I hope this event will open a dialogue about the time period.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Atienza added, \u201cAnyone interested in Chamorro history should attend this event. These artifacts help us to learn about the people that lived during that time. They were people full of passion in every sense.\u201d <strong>(UOG)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Guam Anthropology and Chamorro Studies programs are hosting a scholarly dialogue about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":188382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[51,67,251,445],"class_list":["post-188374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-guam","tag-people","tag-spain","tag-uog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}