Professor David Peimer
How Empires Fascinate and Fade
Summary
Some writers argue that the history of the world is the history of how empires evolve and fade. Whether that is true or not, it provides a fascinating lens for viewing our collective past. In this talk, David Peimer looks at aspects of the rise and fall of ancient Rome and Britain as examples.
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.