Bram Van Beek

Bram Van Beek https://bramvanbeek.be Bram Van Beek Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:45:10 +0000 https://bramvanbeek.be en Home Image Scroll https://bramvanbeek.be/Home-Image-Scroll Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:45:08 +0000 Bram Van Beek https://bramvanbeek.be/Home-Image-Scroll <img width="1806" height="905" width_o="1806" height_o="905" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61169529ffed591065a03828413ba9ab122f67fe0844593b4aa4f071121a2e0a/scan_homepage.jpg" data-mid="86204272" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61169529ffed591065a03828413ba9ab122f67fe0844593b4aa4f071121a2e0a/scan_homepage.jpg" /> About https://bramvanbeek.be/About Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:45:09 +0000 Bram Van Beek https://bramvanbeek.be/About Bram Van Beek (b. 1992) is a writer, researcher, editor, and lecturer in film, photography and media studies. He earned his PhD from the University of Antwerp, where he currently teaches, and has also taught courses at Luca School of Arts and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His doctoral dissertation focused on the articulation of national and transnational identities in contemporary Belgian cinema. Other research interests include: The everyday in Belgian cinema from the 1970s, the question of rhythm and duration in postmodern dance and the articulation of space and place in photographic practices. He holds a BA in philosophy from Paris-Sorbonne University, an MA in philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven, and an MA in film and photographic studies from Leiden University. In addition to his academic work, he is an editor for Sabzian and an editor-at-large for Trigger. Van Beek has published in various journals and magazines, both online and offline, including H Art, EXTRA, Sabzian, and French Screen Studies. Publications https://bramvanbeek.be/Publications Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:45:09 +0000 Bram Van Beek https://bramvanbeek.be/Publications Academic research Van Beek, B. (2025). 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“Prisma #57: Jeunes mères,” Sabzian, 2025. “Een autofilm zonder auto’s: Geore Millers Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024),” Sabzian 2024. “February 26, 2024 Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong Sang-soo, 2015),” Sabzian, 2024  “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 Several film introductions at CINEMATEK, RITCS, KASKCinema and Beursschouwburg “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 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. 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