Professor David Peimer
Perspectives on Jung Today: His Life and Ideas, Part 2
Summary
Carl Jung was a giant of the 20th Century. This lecture will focus on his life and key ideas, answering the question: how does Jung speak to us today?
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.
Yeah, in moments of strangeness, I do. Yeah, I do apply it to myself and people I know, but I would never tell them. I think it helps with my writing of theatre. It helps with my understanding of character and writing my plays, to be frank. You need to write according to it, but it just helps, fill in to play creatively.“ Definitely. I think Christopher Nolan was very aware of it when he did "Oppenheimer” and the way he showed, you know, Tom Conti playing Einstein and some of the others, Edward Taylor and some of the, I think it’s there. I think of a very contemporary film in “Oppenheimer.” It’s obviously there in Barbie.