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Professor David Peimer

About Professor David Peimer

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David Peimer is a Professor of Literature, Film and Theatre in the UK. He has worked for the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, New York University (Global Division) and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing in New York, UK, Berlin, EU Parliament (Brussels), Athens, Budapest, Zululand and more. He has most recently directed Dame Janet Suzman in his own play, Joanna’s Story, at London Jewish Book Week. He has published widely with books including: Armed Response: Plays from South Africa, the digital book, Theatre in the Camps. He is on the board of the Pinter Centre (London), and has been involved with the Mandela Foundation, Vaclav Havel Foundation and directed a range of plays at Mr Havel’s Prague theatre.

David’s lectures (236)

Date
Title
4 January
Jewish Identity and the Marx Brothers
11 January
Marco Polo in Film: The First Great Adventurer to the East
18 January
Genghis Khan: “Man of the Millennium’’ (Washington Post) in History and Film
25 January
Portrayals of the Holocaust in Film
1 February
'55 Days at Peking': Colonialism, Controversy, Contemporary?
5 February
The Manchurian Candidate: Mind Control, Technology, Brainwashing, Conspiracy Theories
15 February
The Great Romantic Scenes from Hollywood Movies
22 February
Kurosawa's Masterpiece: The Seven Samurai (and The Magnificent Seven)
1 March
Images from the East That Changed the World
8 March
Images from the West that Changed the World
15 March
Purim and the Contemporary Hamans of Jewish History: Sinwar, Nasrallah, Ayatollahs
22 March
Songs about Migration: Beautiful, Sad, Thrilling Music and Tales of Journeys
29 March
Great Roman Emperors Who Created Our Modern World: In Life and Film
5 April
Great Migrations of the Mind: Socrates, Renaissance, Enlightenment, Today (after Darwin, Freud)
26 April
Moses and the Exodus: The Great Biblical Story Portrayed in Film
3 May
Portrayals of the Wandering Jew in Film and Literature
10 May
Hollywood Goes West: Ambitious Realists and Dreamers All
17 May
West Side Story: The Outsider and Bernstein, Sondheim, Robbins
24 May
Hollywood Imports the Best Scottish, Irish, Welsh Talent
31 May
Space: The Next Frontier
7 June
The Beatles: Did Indian Thought Influence Them?
14 June
How Did 50,000 British Troops Control India—a Land of 200 Million People?
21 June
The Great Myths and Legends of India