Sarah Van Beurden

Sarah Van Beurden is an Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University, specializing in African history. She earned her BA from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.

• Education: BA (Leuven), PhD (Penn)
• Key affiliations: Ohio State University, University of Texas at Austin (fellowship), University of Duisburg-Essen (fellowship)

Her research focuses on the interplay between cultural production, colonialism, and transnational politics in African history. She has explored these themes through projects on arts in the Belgian Congo and colonial planning.

Her scholarly achievements include fellowships at the Institute for Historical Studies (University of Texas at Austin) and the Centre for Global Cooperation Research (University of Duisburg-Essen). She is also the author of the book Authentically African: Arts and the Transnational Politics of Congolese Culture, which examines postcolonial cultural narratives.