Counterpoints seminar on L'Hôtel du libre-échange

Gender, sexuality and vaudeville

Echoing Georges Feydeau's L'Hôtel du libre-échange, directed by Stanislas Nordey, two Paris-Sorbonne teacher-researchers and their guests debate gender issues.


mercredi 21 mai 2025 - 18h00

Salon Roger Blin, Odéon 6e

Free admission, on reservation
duration 1h30 (estimated end time 19h30)

in French


As a counterpoint to Georges Feydeau's L'Hôtel du libre-échange (directed by Stanislas Nordey), a round-table discussion led by two Sorbonne University lecturers, Frédéric Regard and Anne Tomiche, will bring together guests from different points of view to address issues of sexual practice and behavior in the context of the vaudeville play right up to the present day, from adultery to “free swinging”. 


And with : 

·         Catherine Bernard, literary scholar, specialist in the history of the family and marriage

·         Michel Bozon, sociologist of sexuality

·         Violette Heyraud, specialist in Feydeau and vaudeville



 

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Counterpoints seminar:

L'Odéon and Sorbonne Université are teaming up for a seminar directed by Anne Tomiche and Frédéric Regard.

Over the course of three meetings, they will welcome speakers from diverse and complementary backgrounds to discuss gender issues in relation to the shows presented.