Friday, March 15 Holiday Inn, Decatur

8:00-10:00 Reception, Oakhurst Room

8:00-9:00 Board Meeting, Rutland Board Room

Saturday, March 16 Urban Life Auditorium at Georgia State
(Travel from hotel by Marta rail or by car.)

9:00-10:00 "Shaykha Manal on Trial: Sanctity, Heresy, and the Role of Islam in Contemporary Egypt" John Iskander, (Georgia State)

10:10-11:10 "Holy Moses: Moses in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Traditions" Allen Davidson (Georgia Southern)

11:15-12:15 "Xinjiang: Politics and Change in China's Central Asian Province" Michael Bishku (Augusta State)

12:15-1:30 Lunch Banquet & Dance Exhibition, Alumni Hall Food by Cedars of Lebanon ($10 per person)

1:30-2:00 Business Meeting

2:10 Travel to Fernbank Museum for Syria: Land of Civilizations exhibit ($10 @ group rate)

5:00 Depart for Hotel

5:30 Dinner (map and suggestions to be provided)

7:30 Films with Taffy Bodman (UNC Chapel Hill), Decatur Holiday Inn, Swanton Amphitheater

Sunday, March 17 Urban Life Auditorium

9:00-10:00 "Paramonastic Prayers in the Qur'an" Devin Stewart (Emory)

10:15-12:00 Current Events Discussion led by Lisa Pollard (UNC-Wilmington)

12:00 Lunch & Departure