Benjamin R. Teitelbaum

Benjamin Raphael Teitelbaum (born January 27, 1983) is an American ethnographer and political commentator. An Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado, Boulder and former Head of Nordic Studies at the same institution, he is best known for his ethnographic research into far-right groups in Scandinavia and commentary on immigration, and is frequently cited as an expert in Scandinavian and American media.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Life and career

Teitelbaum is the author of Lions of the North: Sounds of the New Nordic Radical Nationalism (Oxford University Press, 2017), an ethnographic study of radical nationalists in Scandinavia.[7]

A political commentator, he has authored op-eds in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, Dagbladet, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlantic.[8] His texts have also appeared in Newsweek, the National Review,[9] CNSNews.com,[10] the BBC and the NPR.[8] He claimed during an interview to sympathize with the Democratic Party.[11]

References
  1. TT (July 28, 2011). "Behring Breivik inspirerad av musik". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  2. Berit Nygren (July 7, 2013). "Främlingsfientlig musik tar på sig offerroll visar ny avhandling". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  3. Karin Eriksson (November 11, 2014). "Sverigedemokraterna Mattias Karlsson kliver ut ur skuggan". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  4. Molly Jackson (November 8, 2015). "Is the Anti-Immigration Right on the Rise in Sweden?". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  5. Courtney Coelho (May 16, 2013). "Teitelbaum: Sounds of Swedish Nationalism". Brown University. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  6. Susanna Michelsen (September 19, 2014). "Amerikansk rapportering om svenska valet". Alingsås Tidning. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  7. Skinner, Ryan T. (2018). "Lions of the North: Sounds of the New Nordic Radical Nationalism. Benjamin R. Teitelbaum. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. 232 pp". American Ethnologist. 45 (2): 281–282. doi:10.1111/amet.12638. ISSN 1548-1425.
  8. "Benjamin R. Teitelbaum". College of Music. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  9. Andrew Stuttaford (November 21, 2015). "Sweden and Belgium: Silencing and Denial". National Review. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  10. Hans Bader (November 16, 2015). "European 'Refugee' Policies Backfire". CNSNews.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  11. Sverker Lenas (February 28, 2017). "Nationalister vänder ryggen åt musiken". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 2017-07-30.


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