The Canon of Curaçao is a list of fifty themes (called "windows") that chronologically summarizes the

history of Curaçao The history of Curaçao starts with settlement by the Arawaks, an Amerindian people coming from the South American mainland. They are believed to have inhabited the island for many hundreds of years before the arrival of Europeans. Pre-colonial ...

. In the windows 50 subjects are described in approximately 400 words each. Complementing the

Canon of the Netherlands The Canon of the Netherlands (; also known as the Canon of Dutch History) is a list of fifty topics that aims to provide a chronological summary of Dutch history to be taught in primary schools and the first two years of secondary school in the ...

and its regional canons, the Canon of

Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...

was compiled on the initiative of the General Faculty of the

University of Curaçao The Dr. Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez University of Curaçao, formerly University of The Netherlands Antilles (UNA; nl, Universiteit van de Nederlandse Antillen), is the state university of Curaçao. It is a public university, graduating appro ...

(UoC), for the purpose of history education. In 2020, the canon was released by a committee appointed by the University of Curaçao, the ( nl, Nationaal Archief Curaçao, NAC), and the Foundation for School Materials ( pap, Fundashon Material pa Skol, FMS). The committee members are: *

Dr. Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...

R. M. Allen,

anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...

, part-time lecturer at UoC * Drs. E. Baetens, former

geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...

teacher and FMS employee * Drs. W. Kamps, former staff member of the General Faculty of UoC * Drs. M. Scriwanek, director of the NAC * Drs. R. Sille, former history teacher and rector of the Kolegio Alejandro Paula (KAP) * Drs. H. Vlinkervleugel, chairman of the Curaçao association of history teachers * Drs. I. Witteveen, former director of the National Archaeological Anthropological Museum (NAAM) and former FMS employee

The 50 windows

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{{reflist Dutch history timelines Historiography of the Netherlands History of Curaçao

The 50 windows

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