Professor David Peimer
Great Migrations of the Mind: Socrates, Renaissance, Enlightenment, Today (after Darwin, Freud)
Summary
Great migrations of human thought evolve in surprising, inspiring, and often unpredictable ways. In this lecture we will look at a brief history of four great migrations of ideas–ideas of human nature and society, showing our unique ability to attain imaginative insights in the restless pursuit of knowledge.
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.