Ben Mueser
benwlm.bsky.social
Ben Mueser
@benwlm.bsky.social
Teach @Harvard
Previously @EUI_EU / @Columbia

History of political thought on land, territory, and state formation. Into the Holy Roman Empire.
Reading Simone Weil’s Need for Roots today, wondering if we need to talk more often about boredom as a political concept.
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey everyone, just fyi I’m a pretty big deal and they’re devoting whole podcasts to discussing my brilliant ideas.
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Boy I hope they liked it.
May 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It’s 2025. Sovereignty is winning.
May 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Sounds like they should do a costanza.
March 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
When buddy decides the day is over.
March 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Bsky the last few days:
November 9, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Welcome to bluesky all newcomers. I'm a political theorist and cat dad and nerd.

Here's another picture of Goose.
November 8, 2024 at 8:22 PM
This is true and important and my new followers should know that I am the devoted servant of this fluffy cat.
November 8, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #526,446!
Hey I'll take it
September 17, 2024 at 11:37 AM
One constant joy of getting used academic books is the undergrad style marginalia.
August 30, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Congratulations to @orrosenboim.bsky.social on her brilliant new book, Love and Air - a family history of migration from Samarkand, to Riga, to Jerusalem, told through archive, memory, and most importantly, recipes!

Pictured here reading a passage for the launch party
May 27, 2024 at 9:07 PM
It seems appropriate that I show up at the blue place on international cat day. Bluesky, meet our beloved Goose.
August 8, 2023 at 9:52 PM