PROGRAM FOR SERMEISS FALL MEETING
OCTOBER 14-16, 1994
VALLE CRUCIS, NORTH CAROLINA

Friday, October 14

6:30 p.m. Dinner

8:00 p.m. Board Meeting

Saturday, October 15

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:00-10:45 "Changing Views of Ottoman History" Workshop
with Sarah Shields (UNC), Palmira Brummett (Univ of Tenn), & Herb Bodman (UNC)

11:00-11:45 "Looming Succession Crisis? Syria after Asad" Curt Ryan (Old Dominion)

12:00 Lunch

1:30-2:20 "Revisiting the Indictment of Orientalism: Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism" Carl Ernst (UNC) and John Bussanich (Univ of New Mexico)

2:30-3:20 "Jean-Leon Gerome: Orientalist Painter" Caroline Williams (William & Mary)

3:30-4:20 "Vignettes of Saudi Arabia: Old and New" Don Reid (Georgia State) and Ken Perkins (USC)

4:30 Business Meeting

6:00 Dinner

8:00 Films with Taffy Bodman (UNC)

Sunday, October 16

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

9-9:50 "Seeding Grass Roots: NGO Donors and Community Associations in Egypt and Yemen" Sheila Carapico (Univ of Richmond)

10:00-11:45 Current Events Discussion led by Lew Ware (Maxwell AFB)

12:00 Lunch and Departure