PROGRAM FOR SERMEISS SPRING MEETING
MARCH 6-8, 1998
MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE

Friday, March 6

7:00-9:00 Reception at Trench Hill

8:00-9:00 Board Meeting

Saturday, March 7

9:00-10:30 SEMINAR "Salman Rushdie: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," a 45-minute video followed by a discussion led by Rosalind Gwynne (University of Tennessee)

10:45-11:45 "Perchance to Dream: The World of Dreams in Islamic Thought and Practice" Rob Rozehnal (Duke University)

11:45-12:15 Business meeting

12:15-4:30 Lunch & Exploration of Colonial Fredericksburg

4:30-6:00 Middle Eastern Music: Performance and Demonstration, Anne Rasmussen and Ensemble (William and Mary)

6:00 p.m. Banquet at Woodward Campus Center

7:30 p.m. Films with Taffy Bodman (UNC)

Sunday, March 8

9:00-10:00 "The Challenge of Liberal Islam" Charles Kurzman (UNC)

10:15-12:00 Current Events Discussion led by Herb Bodman (UNC) and Curt Ryan (Mary Washington); Special Report on Bethlehem from Chuck Kennedy (Virginia Tech)