Benjamin R. Teitelbaum is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and International Affairs. He earned a doctorate from Brown University and a Bachelor of Music degree in nyckelharpa performance from Bethany College. He has previously served as Instructor and Head of Nordic Studies, also at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Visiting Scholar at Karlstad University, Sweden听and the Institute for Social Sciences, History听and Philosophy at the University of Campinas, Brazil. 听
Teitelbaum鈥檚 interests include music and politics, reactionary ideology and aesthetics, Western esotericism, political theology, research ethics听and Scandinavian traditional music and folklore. His first book, 鈥淟ions of the North: Sounds of the New Nordic Radical Nationalism鈥� (, 2017),听was named in his 2020 Provost鈥檚 Faculty Achievement Award and received an honorable mention from the International Studies Association. His second book, 鈥淲ar for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right鈥� (,听2020),听was translated into multiple languages and called 鈥渋nsightful and immersive鈥� by The Sunday Times, 鈥渋ndispensable鈥� by Glenn Greenwald and a 鈥渕ust read" by Caetano Veloso, and was named a Financial Times editor鈥檚 pick and a book of the year by CapX and Estad茫o. 听
Teitelbaum has received awards from the Joukowsky Family Foundation, the Institute for the Study of Radical Movements听and the Society of Ethnomusicology;听and grants from the American Scandinavian Foundation, the Center for Multiculturalism Studies听and the S茫o Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). In 2023, he received the BFA Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarly听and Creative Work, and in 2024 he was named in Radio France鈥檚 100 New Thinkers and Experts in International Relations.听
Teitelbaum has published articles in the journals Ethnomusicology,听Scandinavian Studies,听Arkiv,听Current Anthropology,听Patterns of Prejudice, and Music Research Annual and American Music听in addition to edited volume chapters. His听writing has appeared in major European and American media outlets in addition to scholarly venues. He has authored opinion pieces and features in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, the Los Angeles Review of Books, UnHerd, The Wall Street Journal, The New Statesman, The Daily Beast, Compact Magazine, The Nation听and The Atlantic and is interviewed frequently in English, Scandinavian听and Lusophone media.