Professor David Peimer
Songs about Migration: Beautiful, Sad, Thrilling Music and Tales of Journeys
Summary
We will delve into some of the great songs about migration by a wide range of singers, from traditional Jewish songs to Robert Johnson and Woody Guthris, to Gershwin, Barbra Streisand, and Neil Diamond, and Ella Fitzgerald, Springsteen, and Tom Petty, and many more. These are beautiful, sad, thrilling songs about the migration experience–the story of humans on a ceaseless wave to an imagined shore.
Professor David Peimer
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.