Friday, March 23 Muscarelle Museum

6:00-6:45 “To Egypt and the Holy Land with David Roberts” Caroline Williams (William & Mary)

6:45-8:00 Reception and David Roberts Exhibit

8:00-9:00 Executive Board Meeting

Saturday, March 24 University Center--Commonwealth Auditorium

9:00-9:50 “Mixed Messages: Democracy Brokers in the Middle East” Sheila Carapico (University of Richmond)

10:00-10:50 “‘The Israel Lobby’ and Its Critics: How Mearsheimer, Walt, and Their Detractors Got It Wrong” Chris Toensing (Editor, Middle East Report, and Director of the Middle East Research and Information Project, MERIP)

11:00-11:50 “Stability and Change in Arab Public Opinion” Fares Braizat (Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan)

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Business Meeting

1:30-2:30 “Beyond the Clash of Civilizations: Progressive Islam and the Quest for Just Peace” Omid Safi (UNC-Chapel Hill)

2:40-3:40 “Endangered Music in Times of War: The Music of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq” The William and Mary Middle Eastern Music Ensemble directed by Anne Rasmussen (William & Mary)

Sunday, March 25 University Center--Commonwealth Auditorium

9:00-10:00 “The New Rome, Or the Old America?” Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (William & Mary), former Chief of Staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell

10:15-12:00 Current Events Discussion, led by Jim Miller (Clemson)