Academic research
Van Beek, B. (In press). Different Ways of Being No One: Cosmopolitanisms in Manu Riche’s Problemski Hotel (2015). In M. del M. Azcona, P. Gómez-Muñoz, & J. Echeverría (Eds.), Cosmopolitan Aspirations in Contemporary Cinema. Routledge
Van Beek, B. (2024). Beyond the split: Re-imagining ‘Belgitude’ in contemporary Belgian cinema. French Screen Studies, 24(2), 135–153. https://doi.org/10.1080/26438941.2023.2240610
Van Beek, B., & Willems, G. (2022). Intranational film industries: A quantitative analysis of contemporary Belgian cinema. French Screen Studies, 22(4), 304–325. https://doi.org/10.1080/26438941.2021.2005343
Contributions to magazines and books
“A Belgian Miracle, Lukas Dhont’s Close,” Sabzian, 2023.
“Een Communautair mirakel, Lukas Dhonts Close,” Sabzian, 2023.
“Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, a Post-Ideological Mire,” Sabzian, 2023.
“Ruben Östlunds Triangle of Sadness, een postideologische modderpoel” Sabzian, 2023.
Gerard-Jan Claes, Bram Van Beek, “Report from Bologna: About Il Cinema Ritrovato 2022,” Sabzian, 2022.
“Bertrand Cavalier: Space Between Us,” Nos années de solitude: Biennale d’Architecture d’Orléans, eds. Abdelkader Damani, Luca Galofaro. Dijon: Les Presses du Réel, Frac Centre-Val de Loire, 2019, pp. 170-171.
“50 jaar Arles: de fotografiehoofdstad van de wereld,” H ART, (194), 2019, pp. 20-23.
“East/West, Harry Gruyaert,” Photobook Belge, 1854-Now, ed. Tamara Berghmans.
Antwerp: Hannibal, 2019, p. 239.
“Façades & Vitrines, Stephan Vanfleteren,” Photobook Belge, 1854-Now, ed. Tamara Berghmans, 2019 Antwerp: Hannibal, 2019, p. 190.
“Portret 1989-2009, Stephan Vanfleteren,” Photobook Belge, 1854-Now, ed. Tamara Berghmans, Antwerp: Hannibal, 2019, p. 294.
“Spomenik, Jan Kempenaers,” Photobook Belge, 1854-Now, ed. Tamara Berghmans. Antwerp: Hannibal, 2019, p. 295.
“Denken in Beelden: Luigi Ghirri over visuele vervuiling,” Extra: Elitair, (24), Amsterdam: fw:Books, 2018, pp. 29-44.
“Recognized/Not Recognized: Wat beweging ons leert over stilstand,” Extra: Praktijk, (21), Amsterdam: fw:Books, 2017, pp. 13-22.
Talks and conferences
“Belgitude in Contemporary Belgian Cinema” guest lecture DocNomads at Luca School of Arts, 2024
Introduction to De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen by André Delvaux for Sabzian at Kaskcinema, Ghent, 2022.
Introduction to shortfilms by Cecilia Mangini for Sabzian at Beursschouwburg, Brussels, 2022.
“Beyond the split: Reimagining ‘Belgitude’ in Contemporary Belgian Cinema,” ASEN conference 2022: Nationalism and Media.
“Beyond the Split: Belgian Identity in Contemporary Belgian Cinema,” NECS conference 2022, Bucharest.
“Stuart Hall and Representation,” guest lecture at KdG hogeschool, 2022.
Master Preview students MA photography at KASK School of Arts, 2021.
“The Ambivalence of cosmopolitanism in Problemski Hotel (2015),” Conference: Cosmopolitan Aspirations in English-speaking Cinema and Television, 26th annual Sercia conference, Zaragoza, 2021.
“National Film Industries in Belgium: a quantitative approach,” NECS conference 2021, Palermo.
“Fotografie in beweging,”guest lecture BA photography at LUCA School of Arts, 2019.
“Schrijven over kijken,” guest lecture BA photography at LUCA School of Arts, 2018.