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Friday 17  October 2014, 13:15 - 15:30 This is a seminar organized by the Contemporary MENA Research Network in Switzerland. It hopes to generate a discussion about the history and the pros and cons of MENA studies conducted from Switzerland. This is also the occasion to get scholars from both Eastern and Western Switzerland to meet each other. Established at the beginning of 2014, this informal network brings together Switzerland-based researchers interested in sharing and discussing research on the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. The network organizes various events. On 5 December 2014, the network will have a thematic discussion in Zurich on the practice of conducting fieldwork in the MENA today. If you would like to attend or join the network please contact: Sarah Sabry E-Mail or Emanuel Schaeublin E-Mail.For questions about this session in Fribourg, contact E-MailWith Benoît Challand: "A historical overview of Swiss research institutions working on the MENA region"Reda Benkirane: "New research initiatives and foundations working on MENA issues in and around Geneva: Weakness and assets of the Swiss academic research network on contemporary Islam"Université de Fribourg, Miséricorde Building 10, Rue de Rome 1, 2nd floor, Room 2.01Contemporary MENA Research Network, SwitzerlandContact: Sarah Sabry, Emanuel Schäublin (Mail)