The 7th Marianas History Conference
One Archipelago, Many Stories: Weaving Stories of Land & Lineage

Presented by the University of Guam and Humanities Guåhan in partnership with Guampedia, Guam Preservation Trust, the Northern Marianas Humanities Council, the Department of Chamorro Affairs, and the Guam Museum

Dates: August 29–31, 2025
Location: Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam

The Seventh Marianas History Conference (MHC) returns to the goals of telling the history and cultivating the connections between the peoples of the Mariana Islands. This conference takes as its point of departure weaving. Generations of Mariana weavers have bound together separate fibers to make useful and beautiful objects: from baskets to ocean-faring vessels. The processes and objects contain and express values central to the peoples of the Marianas. In this spirit, the 7th MHC will provide a space to weave stories, tell our histories, bind ourselves together, and connect to our pasts to remake “One Archipelago.”

This conference is also supported through grant funding made available by the Guam Economic Development Authority’s Series 7 Qualifying Certificate Community Contribution Program and the Guam Medical Regional Center.   

Full Conference Information can be found here.

Tickets & Registration

Full Conference Registration — $40 (General Public)
Tickets are available exclusively through GuamTime.

Students — FREE
Students are eligible for complimentary full-conference tickets. Email [email protected] to request your student access code, then return to GuamTime to redeem.

Early Bird Registrants
If you registered during the early bird period using the previous form, email [email protected] to request your discount code.

Free Public Programs 

(RSVP required here)

Kuentusi I Tano’ (Speaking to Land) — Film Screening
Hosted by Humanities Guåhan
Saturday, Aug 30 | 4:40–6:00 PM | UOG HSS Room 302
An ongoing film series centering Indigenous Pacific Islander voices and deep ties to land, featuring two short films: One Day Our Bodies Will Truly Be Free (Arielle Taitano Lowe) and In the Company of Butterflies (Tina Taitano DeLisle).

We Will Not Go Silent — Theatrical Performance
Presented by Breaking Wave Theatre Company
Saturday, Aug 30 | 7:00–8:15 PM | UOG Fine Arts Theatre
An award-winning devised work interweaving ancestral knowledge, contemporary voices, and climate justice through Guåhan’s complex colonial history—a call for remembrance, connection, and resistance.

Murder at To’to — Staged Reading
Presented by the UOG Theatre Program
Sunday, Aug 31 | 4:00–4:45 PM | UOG Fine Arts Theatre
Adapted by Troy McVey from Carlos Madrid’s 2023 article, “A Murder in To’to: Local Responses Against Convict Violence in Guam,” bringing archival research and community memory to life.

Conference Schedule

(See the full schedule here)
Friday, Aug 29 — Guam Museum • 4:00 PM Registration Opens • 6:00–8:30 PM Opening Ceremony
Saturday, Aug 30 — University of Guam • 8:30 AM–8:30 PM
Sunday, Aug 31 — University of Guam • 8:30 AM–5:30 PM

Support the Humanities in the Marianas

Both Humanities Guåhan and the Northern Marianas Humanities Council have recently lost their core funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). As you complete your registration, you will have the option to make an additional donation. Your contribution will be evenly split between the two councils and will directly support this important conference and our shared mission to promote the humanities in the Marianas.

All donations made to Humanities Guåhan and the Northern Marianas Humanities Council will be generously matched 1:1 by the Federation of State Humanities Councils, with support from the Mellon Foundation, up to $50,000—doubling the impact of your gift.

Thank you for supporting history, culture, and the humanities in our islands.

Questions or accessibility requests?
Email [email protected].