Professor Gerald
Pillay, Th.D., Ph.D.
Rector and Vice Chancellor Liverpool Hope University, UK
Professor Pillay was born in the former British colony of Natal in
South Africa, although he is a citizen of New Zealand, and gained his
Doctor of Philosophy at Rhodes and Doctor of Theology at the University
of Durban.
After lecturing at the University of Durban - Westville professor Pillay
became Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of South
Africa in 1900, a post he held for eight years. During this time Professor
Pillay was also Guest Professor at North Western University, Illinois;
Research fellow at Princeton University; Visiting Professor at Eastern
Mennonite University, Virginia; Guest Professor at Rhodes University
and Visiting Professor at the graduate school at AMBS, Indiana.
In 1997 Professor Pillay became Foundation Professor and Head of the
Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Otago University, New
Zealand's oldest University, based in Dunedin in the South Island. In
1998 Professor Pillay was asked to serve as the first Head of Liberal
Arts within that University. Professor Pillay has served in various
senior leadership roles at the University of South Africa, the Human
Sciences Research Council in Pretoria and the University of Otago.
In 2003 Professor Pillay as appointed head of Liverpool Hope University
College - an institution whose first founding College was established
in 1844 and in 2005 he became its first Vice - Chancellor when Liverpool
Hope was given full University status.
Professor Pillay was asked by the Archbishop of York to be his representative
on a Church foundation which is similar to Liverpool Hope University.
Professor Pillay is married with two sons and enjoys reading, listening
to music and gardening in his spare time. |
