Professor Gerald John Pillay Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Doctor of Laws is the present Vice Chancellor & Rector of Liverpool Hope University.
Education
Born in Natal in South Africa, Pillay was awarded a Bachelor, a Bachelor's Degree (with Distinction) and Doctor of Theology from the University of The University of Durban-Westville and a further Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophical Theology from Rhodes University.
Career
On 1 September 2003, Pillay was appointed Rector & Chief Executive of Liverpool Hope University. In 2005, he was elected a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts). He lived in New Zealand with his family for many years of his life before moving to the United Kingdom. After lecturing at the University of The University of Durban-Westville, he became Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of South Africa in 1988, a post he held for eight years.
In 1997, he became Foundation Professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
In 1998, he became Executive Head of the School of Liberal Arts within that University. Pillay has served on editorial boards of two international journals (Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae and Verbum et Ecclesia), has presented papers at numerous international conferences and has served on various public and educational bodies.
He has been involved in recent research and lecturing in Cambridge, Oxford, Pretoria, California, Canada and Munich.