Dinner-debates organised by the Condorcet-Voltaire-d’Holbach Circle of Normandy

Every month, the Condorcet-Voltaire-d’Holbach Circle of Normandy invites a specialist guest speaker to a meal to discuss a topic for reflection relating to philosophy, history, justice, literature, science, international politics, urban planning or the arts.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday 26 September: “Between sex and gender, who am I?”
With Dr Bernard Cordier, a psychiatrist qualified in forensic medicine at the Foch Hospital in Suresnes, former president of the French Society for the Study and Care of Transgender People, and former president of the “La voix de l’enfant” federation.

Saturday 24 October: “The International Situation: Analysis and Shared Reflections”
With François Laumonier, diplomat and former French Ambassador to Lithuania

Saturday 28 November: “Tocqueville and the Question of Democratic Armies, War and Strategy”
With Jean-Louis Benoit, member of the Caen Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature, associate professor holding a DEA in moral and political philosophy (Paris IV Sorbonne), and holder of a doctorate in literature on “Tocqueville the Moralist ’ (Caen 2002), and a lecturer in preparatory classes for the Grandes Écoles.

Saturday 19 December: “Changes in cultural policy”
With Jean-Paul Ollivier, former Regional Director of Cultural Affairs for Normandy and Vice-President of the Caen Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature