Friday, October 15

6:30 p.m. Dinner

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

Saturday, October 16

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:10-10:00 "Guilty as Charged, or Innocent as He Was? A 1722 Arab-Iranian Episode" Ali al-Taie(Shaw)

10:00-10:50 "Anna Young Thompson: American Missionary, Cultural Ambassador, and Reluctant Feminist in Egypt, 1872-1932" Louisa Moffitt (Marist)

11:00-11:45 "Paradoxes of Neoliberalism and Consumerism: A Spatial Analysis of the Veiling Fashion Industry in Istanbul" Banu Gokariksel (UNC-Chapel Hill)

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

2:30-3:00 Business meeting

3:00-3:50 "Return to Democratization? Jordan’s 2003 Elections and the Question of Democracy Under King Abdullah II" Curt Ryan (Appalachian State)

4:00-4:50 "Determining the Shape of Muslim History: Perceptions and Agendas" Vernon Egger (Georgia Southern)

6:00 p.m. Dinner

7:30 p.m. Films, Vernon Egger (Georgia Southern)

Sunday, October 17

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:10-9:55 "Islam and Democracy: Recent Shi’a Interpretations" Soleiman Kiasatpour (Western Kentucky)

10:00-11:45 Current Events Discussion led by Don Reid (Georgia State)

12:00 p.m. Lunch and Departure