PROGRAM FOR SERMEISS FALL MEETING
OCTOBER 8-10, 1999
VALLE CRUCIS, NORTH CAROLINA

Friday, October 8

6:30 p.m. Dinner

8:00 p.m. Board Meeting & Reception

Saturday, October 9

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:10-10:45 "Seminar on Human Rights and Islam" led by John Parcels (Georgia Southern)

11:00-11:45 "Archeology and National Identity in Modern Egypt" Don Reid (Georgia State)

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:30-2:00 Business Meeting

2:00-3:20 "The Kerak Resources Project in Jordan" Wes Burnett (Clemson), Umit Yilmaz (Clemson), and Bill Young (Georgia Southern)

3:30-4:20 "Caravans, Commerce, and Cities: Medieval Markets and Caravanserais" Julie Coco (Middle Tennessee)

6:00 p.m. Dinner

8:00 p.m. Films with Taffy Bodman (UNC Chapel Hill)

Sunday, October 10

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:00-9:45 "Pagodas as Minarets: Muslims in China" George Pruden (Armstrong Atlantic State)

10:00-11:45 Current Events Discussion led by David Champagne (Fort Bragg)

12:00 p.m. Lunch and Departure