Jonathan Koestlé-Cate

Dr Jonathan Koestlé-Cate is a teaching and research librarian at King’s College London. Prior to this role he was an Associate Lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he taught ‘Critical Moments in Western Thought’, ‘Postmodernities’ and ‘History of Art’, as well as courses on Cultural Theory. In 2012 he was awarded a doctorate from Goldsmiths on the subject of contemporary art and the church. His research focuses on the history of modern and contemporary art within the church, and the relationship between religion, the sacred and the contemporary art world. His Ph.D. thesis developed a theoretical language to conceptualise the spatial, social and liturgical dynamics of their relationship, predominantly focusing on domestic examples, while his current research has a broader European scope. He is also interested in issues around art writing on church-based projects within the secular art press. He is on the editorial board for the journal Art and Christianity.