"The Maori of New Zealand", a new non-credit summer school course, will be offered by the Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies at Georgetown University on Tuesday evenings from 7:45 to 9:15 p.m., June 17 through July 22. Fee for the course is $65. The program is in conjunction with the University's School for Summer and Continuing Education.
Using an historical perspective, instructor Dr. Dora Alves will trace the history of New Zealand's indigenous people from prior to Captain Cook's arrival in 1769, through the British settlement period with wars and upheavals, to the 20th Century political arrangements. The discussion will include the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi which is still the basis for government in the island nation. Dr. Alves will also focus on the Maori cultural revival as it applies to the arts, education and language studies.
A graduate of St. Anne's College at Oxford University as well as American and Catholic Universities in the United States, Dr. Alves has also been a research associate at Georgetown University and an instructor at College Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland. She was directoral of Southeast Asia/Pacific Strategic Studies at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Maryland. A former visiting professor at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, she is the author of three books and numerous articles in academic and defense journals.
For course information, phone: 202-687-7464