Sarah Nuttall | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation | Professor at University of the Witwatersrand |
| Spouse | Achille Mbembe |
| Awards | Rhodes Scholarship |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Natal University of Cape Town |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (DPhil) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kate Flint |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Literary studies Cultural studies |
| Institutions | Stellenbosch University, University of the Witwatersrand |
| Main interests | Visual culture and aesthetics, memory, urban theory, autobiography |
Sarah Nuttall is a South African academic and cultural critic who is professor of literary and cultural studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. She was director of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research from 2013 to 2022. She has published widely about post-apartheid South Africa, including on topics in literary theory, cultural theory, urban theory, and aesthetics.