Dr. Jeremy Carrette

Biography

Jeremy Carrette has been the Head of the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh since August 2023. He previously served as Dean for Europe from 2017 to 2023 and was a professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Culture at the University of Kent from 2008. His administrative roles have included being the Head of the School of European Culture and Languages and the Head of Religious Studies at the University of Kent. He also held the position of Head of Religious Studies at the University of Stirling in 2003-2004. Carrette's early academic tenure includes teaching psychoanalysis at Goldsmiths, University of London, and working with autistic children in London. He completed his PhD at the University of Manchester in religious philosophy, focusing on Michel Foucault, and holds an M.Phil. in psychology and religion from the University of Lancaster. He has co-founded various initiatives, including the Centre for Anglican History and Theology in 2020 and the Interregional Internationalisation Initiative University Network. Carrette has published extensively on the works of Michel Foucault and William James and was a speaker at the University of Edinburgh centenary conference on William James’s Varieties of Religious Experience.

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