Friday, October 18

6:30 p.m. Dinner

8:00 p.m. Reception & Executive Board Meeting

Saturday, October 19

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:10-10:00 "The Influence of Islamic Science on the West in the Middle Ages" Skip Clark (West Georgia)

10:00-10:50 "Imperialist and Nationalist Forms of Knowledge: The Case of Egyptian Archeology" Don Reid (Georgia State)

11:00-11:45 "Implementing Democratic Change in Afghanistan: The Emergency Loya Jirga Selection, 2002" Ed Haynes (Winthrop)

12:00 p.m. Lunch, Crafts Fair, & Autumn in the Mountains

2:30-3:00 Business meeting

3:00-3:50 "The Emergence of Eco-Development in Jordan" John Creed (College of Charleston)

4:00-4:45 "In the Guise of Saddam Hussein, Destroying Iraq Again? Ali Al-Taie (Shaw University)

6:00 p.m. Dinner

7:30 p.m. Films with Taffy Bodman (UNC Chapel Hill)

Sunday, October 20

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:10-9:55 "Privacy, Publicity, and Politics: Debates Over the New Media Technologies in Tehran, Iran" Farhang Rouhani (Mary Washington)

10:00-11:45 Current Events Discussion

12:00 p.m. Lunch and Departure