Professor David Peimer
Nobel Prize Winner J.M. Coetzee: How His Post Apartheid Novel “Disgrace” Speaks to Us Today Globally
Summary
Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee is a remarkable, insightful, and fantastically focused writer. Despite this, there can be a stereotype that his work is depressing and barren. In this lecture, Professor David Peimer explains why he finds that stereotype to be untrue and goes on to share how and why Coetzee’s novel inspires him to feel, think, imagine, and see nuance and real complexity in human life.
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.