{"id":363408,"date":"2022-03-03T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=363408"},"modified":"2022-03-03T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:00:25","slug":"chamoru-origins-among-topics-to-be-taken-up-at-uog-research-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/chamoru-origins-among-topics-to-be-taken-up-at-uog-research-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"CHamoru origins among topics to be taken up at UOG research conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rindraty Limtiacow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The public is invited to hear from researchers on their latest findings related to Pacific Islander origins and Pacific Islands culture, artifacts, languages, and literature at the 43rd CLASS Annual Research Conference. <\/p>\n

The conference, organized by the University of Guam\u00a0College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, will be held virtually from 9:30am to 4pm on Friday, March 11.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The CLASS Annual Research Conference is a multidisciplinary platform for local, regional, and global scholars, scientists, visual and performing artists, and students to present and discuss their discoveries and experiences specific to the Pacificregion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In celebration of the University of Guam\u2019s 70th anniversary jubilee, the theme of this year\u2019s conference is \u201cRetrospective(s): A Look at Origins and How They Take Us Into the Future.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The conference will feature 23 presentations, including:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u201cUsing Genomic Data to Uncover Early CHamoru Origins,\u201d a presentation by Miguel Vilar, Ph.D., and Frank Camacho, Ph.D., on the DNA analyses of the CHamoru people as part of the National Geographic\u2019s Genographic Project\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u201cInscription of Carolinian Wayfinding and Canoe Making to the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding\u201d by Ashley Meredith, National Cultural Anthropologist for the Federated States of Micronesia\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00b7 \u201cAncient CHamoru Burial Aftercare: A Panel Discussion on What Practices and Procedures Should Occur After the Discovery of Ancient CHamoru Burials\u201d led by Speaker Therese Terlaje\u00a0<\/p>\n

A complete agenda of presentations and panels can be found at\u00a0url.uog.edu\/classarc.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Keynote speaker\u00a0
\nRindraty Celes Limtiaco, president and executive director of the Pacific Daily News, will deliver the keynote speech at 12:30pm. Limtiaco began her career as a reporter covering politics, government, and education and worked her way up the journalistic ladder to become a publisher.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Limtiaco has now been with the PDN for 30 years\u2014as president and publisher for the previous 13 years while now also having the responsibility of executive editor. With her years of experience in the island\u2019s media sector, she has reported, directed coverage on, or engaged in the way the island has grown and developed in the past decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With a belief that everyone has a responsibility to make the community a better place, she is devoted to helping community organizations and projects that focus on the island\u2019s economic and social development.\u00a0
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\nRegister for the conference\u00a0
\nThe conference is free of charge and open to the public. Register at\u00a0bit.ly\/uog43rdclassarc. For more information, visit the conference webpage at\u00a0url.uog.edu\/classarc\u00a0or contact Dr. David Ruskin at\u00a0arc@triton.uog.edu. (UOG)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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