PROGRAM FOR SERMEISS SPRING MEETING
MARCH 18-20, 1994
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
STATESBORO, GEORGIA

Friday, March 18

7:00 p.m. Informal Reception, Holiday Inn Oak Room

8:00 p.m. Board Meeting

Saturday, March 19

9:00-9:50 "The Middle East Peace Negotiations: The State of Play" Raymond Cohen (Georgetown)

10:00-10:50 "The Periodization of Arab History under the Ottomans" Abdul-Karim Rafeq (William & Mary)

11:00-11:50 "Turkey's New Eastern Horizons" Paul Saman (UNC-Charlotte)

12:00 Lunch

1:30-2:20 "Islamic Movements and the Gulf War" Rashid Naim (Georgia State)

2:30-3:20 "Looming Succession Crisis: Jordan after King Hussein" Curt Ryan (UNC) 3:30-4:00 Business Meeting

6:00 Dinner: The Statesboro Inn

7:30 Films, Taffy Bodman, The Statesboro Inn

Sunday, March 20

9:15-10:15 "In A State of Confusion: Rewriting Islamic Law in Colonial Asia" Scott Kugle (Duke)

10:30-11:45 Current Events, led by Dave Champagne (Fort Bragg)

12:00 Lunch