Friday, March 10

7:00 p.m. Dinner

8:00-9:00 Board Meeting

8:30 p.m. Reception

Saturday, March 11

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

9:00-9:50 "Usama Bin Laden's Interpretation of the Qur'an" Roz Gwynne (University of Tennessee)

10:00-11:10 "The Effect of Politics upon Religion: A Comparison of Israel and Iran" Moshe Amon (UNC Wilmington) & David Champagne (Fort Bragg)

11:15-11:45 Business Meeting

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:30-2:30 "Painting in Nasser's Egypt, 1952-1970" Caroline Williams (William & Mary)

2:45-3:45 "Ferdinand de Lesseps and the Suez Canal: Chicanery on a Majestic Scale" Herb Bodman (UNC Chapel Hill)

4:00-6:00 Campus Tour

6:30 p.m. Dinner

8:00 p.m. Films with Taffy Bodman (UNC Chapel Hill)

Sunday, March 12

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

9:00-10:00 "The Origin of the Genre of Lamentation in Persian" Karen Berthiaume (UNC Chapel Hill)

10:15-12:00 Current Events Discussion led by Robert King (Georgia Perimeter College)

12:00 p.m. Lunch & Departure