PROGRAM FOR SERMEISS SPRING MEETING
MARCH 24-26, 1995
THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY

Friday, March 24

7:00 Reception, Reves Center for International Studies

8:00 Board Meeting

Saturday, March 25

9:00-11:00 "On Teaching About Islam" Shabbir Mansuri (Head of Council of Islamic Education, Orange County, CA) and seminar on the demonization of Islam: "Strange Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Islam as Alien and Predator" led by Vincent Cornell (Duke)

11:15-12:15 "The Elephant in the Bathtub: Continuing Conflict in the Persian Gulf" James Bill (William & Mary)

12:15-1:00 Cafeteria Lunch

1:00-1:30 Business Meeting

1:30-2:30 "Seeding Grass Roots: NGO Donors and Community Associations in Egypt and Yemen" Sheila Carapico (University of Richmond)

2:30-3:30 "An Introduction to Islamic Music" Anne Rasmussen (William & Mary)

7:00 Colonial Dinner at The King's Arms Tavern

Sunday, March 26

8:45-9:45 "Paradise Found" John C. Lamorcaux (Duke)

9:45-10:15 "No Place like Homs" Alan Hibbard (Middle Tennessee State)

10:30-12:00 Current Events Discussion led by Herb Bodman (UNC)