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PROGRAM FOR SERMEISS SPRING MEETING
MARCH 27-29, 2009
EMORY UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA


Friday, March 27 The Moffitt residence, 1003 Highland View NE, Atlanta 30306

7:00-9:00 Informal Reception

8:00-9:00 Board Meeting


Saturday, March 28 Woodruff Library, The Jones Room

9:00-9:50 "Accusations of Genocide in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" Jason Tatlock (Armstrong Atlantic State)

10:00-10:50 "The Almohads and the Western Mediterranean: A Reassessment" Allen Fromherz (Georgia State)

11:00-11:50 "Reactions to the 1609 Expulsion of the Moriscos in Early Modern British Thought" Nabil Matar (University of Minnesota)

12:00-2:00 Lunch

2:00-2:30 Business Meeting

2:40-4:00 Panel: "Islamist Movements and Political Participation in Comparative Perspective: Egypt, Kuwait, and Jordan" Michael Herb (Georgia State), Carrie Rosefsky Wickham (Emory), Curtis Ryan (Appalachian State)

4:10-5:00 "Popular Culture, the Information Revolution, and Public Diplomacy in the Middle East" Evelyn Early (Air University, Maxwell AFB)

6:00-7:30 Banquet, Nicola’s Middle Eastern Restaurant

8:00-9:30 Films, White Hall 101


Sunday, March 29 Woodruff Library, The Jones Room

9:00-10:00 "When Cairo Astonished the World" John Alden Williams (William & Mary, Emeritus)

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


P.O. Box 8023, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8023
Phone: 912-764-9802 - Fax: 912-681-0653 - Email:
sermeiss@georgiasouthern.edu

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