7:00-9:00 Informal Reception

8:00-9:00 Board Meeting, Walker Center, Gambrell Hall

Saturday, March 29 Gambrell Hall, Room 152

9:00-9:50 "Concepts of Khilafat: Political and Apolitical" Mubasher Ahmad (Baet-ul-Jaamay Mosque, Glen Ellyn, Illinois)

10:00-10:50 "Bucolic Towns and Blocks of Cement: Environmental Protest in the Fuheis, Jordan" Lizabeth Zack (UNC-Upstate)

11:00-11:50 "Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Synthesis of Reason and Revelation in Twelfth Century al-Andalus" Deborah Hill (Georgia Southern)

12:00-2:00 Lunch

2:00-2:30 Business Meeting

2:30-3:30 "Pascal Coste, 19th century Voyager to Egypt and Iran" Caroline Williams (William & Mary)

3:40-4:40 "Islamic Education and Religious Extremism in Central Asia," Gulmiza Seitalieva (Emory)

6:00-7:00 Banquet, Capstone Conference Center, First Floor

7:30-9:00 Films, Gambrell Hall 152

Sunday, March 30 Gambrell Hall, Room 152

9:00-10:00 "Medieval Aghmat: Answers to Archaeological Questions--and a Whole New Set of Public History Issues" Ron Messier (Vanderbilt)

10:15-12:00 Current Events Discussion, led by Curt Ryan (Appalachian State)