Creston Davis
Global Center for Advanced Studies
Founder and director of The Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS) and the Chancellor and CEO of GCAS College Dublin
Creston Davis, (PhD University of Virginia, MTS Duke University) is the founder and director of The Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS) and the Chancellor and CEO of GCAS College Dublin. Davis was promoted to Associate Professor at Rollins College (2012) and has published books with The MIT Press, Columbia and Duke University Press.
He is the creator of and co-edits the Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics and Culture series, an academic book series published by Columbia University Press.
He currently researches future consciousness, sustainability, and advanced technologies.
Education
Doctoral
2000-2006
Philosophy, Culture, Religion
University of Virginia
Postgraduate
1999-2000
Literature, Hermeneutics
Yale University
Postgraduate
1997-1999
Critical Theory & Religion
Duke University
Experience
Board Member
GCAS Research Institute Ireland
2017-Present
Visiting Associate Professor
Colorado College
2015-2015
Founder and Chancellor
GCAS College Dublin, Ltd.
2013-Present
Publications
The Political and The Infinite
Revolution and Revelation: Joan of Arc - A Saint for our Time
Introduction: Traversing the Theological Fantasy | Request PDF
Organizing for Life | Request PDF
Preface: Four New Gospels for a Radical Politics | Request PDF
An Insurrectionist Manifesto: Four New Gospels for a Radical Politics
Today's Psychotic Academy in advance: Risking the Pedagogy of "Žižek's 180"
The Practice of Being: Liturgy as Concrete Philosophy (2006)
Courses taught
Independent Study in Psychoanalysis
Independent Study in Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis Dissertation
Psychoanalysis Dissertation
Figures in Psychoanalysis
Figures in Psychoanalysis
Topics in Psychoanalysis
Topics in Psychoanalysis
The Jungian Tradition: Symbols and Synchronicity
The Jungian Tradition: Symbols and Synchronicity
Psychoanalysis and Eastern Philosophies
Psychoanalysis and Eastern Philosophies
Psychoanalysis and Religion
Psychoanalysis and Religion
Desire and Its Interpretations
Desire and Its Interpretations
75h
Psychoanalysis and Literature
Psychoanalysis and Literature
75h
The Freudian Tradition: Psychoanalysis and the Body
The Freudian Tradition: Psychoanalysis and the Body
75h
Introduction to Psychoanalysis
Introduction to Psychoanalysis
75h
Independent Study in Theology
Independent Study in Theology
Thesis Completion and Viva Voce Examination
Thesis Completion and Viva Voce Examination
Advanced Research Progress and Progress Review
Advanced Research Progress and Progress Review
Advanced Research Planning and Methodology
Advanced Research Planning and Methodology
1500h
