PROGRAM FOR SPRING MEETING
MARCH 19-21, 1993
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

Friday, March 19

6:30 Dinner

8:00 Board Meeting

Saturday, March 20

8:00 Breakfast

8:40-9:40 "The Ahmadiya Movement: Its Growth and Relevance in Contemporary Islam," Mubasher Ahmad (Islamic Institute, Baltimore)

9:50-10:50 "Sijilmasa: The Archeological Record," Jim Miller (Clemson) and Ron Messier (Middle Tennessee State)

11:00-12:00 "The Discourse of Power: Britain, the Arabs, and the Great War," Carl Smith (Wayne State)

12:00-1:15 Lunch

1:15-2:05 "Faith, Power, and Politics in Iran," Dave Champagne (Fort Bragg)

2:15-3:05 "Never the Twain Shall Meet: A Quarter Century of US-PLO Relations," John Creed (College of Charleston)

3:10-3:45 Business Meeting

3:50-4:45 Workshop for SERMEISS teachers, with Dave Champagne (Fort Bragg)

6:00 Dinner

8:00 Films, Taffy Bodman (UNC)

Sunday, March 21

9:00-10:00 "R. Stephen Humphreys' Islamic History: An Assessment," John Williams (William & Mary)

10:15-11:45 Current Events, led by Ken Perkins (USC) and Herb Bodman (UNC)

12:00 Lunch and Departure