PROGRAM FOR SERMEISS SPRING MEETING
MARCH 27-29, 1992
University of South Carolina–Beaufort

Friday, March 27

Afternoon and evening check-in at the Sea Island Inn.

8:00-10:00 Informal reception at the home of Larry Lepionka

Saturday, March 28

7:30 a.m. Board Meeting

9:00-10:00 "The Fascinating World of Shibam and the Wadi Hadhramaut" Ronald Lewcock, (Georgia Tech)

10:15-11:15 Films with Taffy Bodman

11:30-12:30 "Islamic Renewal and Political Mobilization in the Muslim Philippines" Tom McKenna (University of Alabama)

12:30-2:00 Lunch

2:00-3:00 "Imperial Outposts on a Desert Frontier: The Mamaluk Citadel of Shobak" Colin Brooker (Beaufort, SC)

3:15-3:45 Business Meeting

Sunday, March 29

9:00-10:15 "The Impact of the West as an Organizing Theme in Modern Arab History: Reflections 50 Years after Gibb and Bowen’s Islamic Society and the West" Carl Brown (Princeton University)

10:30-11:45 Current Events Discussion led by Herb Bodman (UNC-Chapel Hill)