Professor David Peimer
Napoleon and Hitler in Feature Film
Summary
We will explore how Napoleon and Hitler have been portrayed in certain films and consider how they have been depicted in movies. In doing so, we will question notions of heroism and idealisation, the fatal and enduring fascination of evil, stereotypes and three-dimensional humans, charisma in enlightened despotism, and the heart of darkness in leadership.
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a professor of theatre and performance studies in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and 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. He has written eleven plays and directed forty in places like South Africa, New York, Brussels, London, Berlin, Zulu Kingdom, Athens, and more. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa (2009) and the interactive digital book Theatre in the Camps (2012). He is on the board of the Pinter Centre in London.