Gavin Mueller
@gavinmueller.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam and Critical Theory Tutor at the Sandberg Instituut. American, but slightly less so every passing day.
Amsterdam at a kids Halloween party at — where else? — a dive bar. Before you ask, yes, the bar is observing the cultural boycott of Israel
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Amsterdam at a kids Halloween party at — where else? — a dive bar. Before you ask, yes, the bar is observing the cultural boycott of Israel
We celebrate hybridity and cultural fusion
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We celebrate hybridity and cultural fusion
one of my favorite soviet proto-memes: Trotsky as St. George
October 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
one of my favorite soviet proto-memes: Trotsky as St. George
incredible troll of a book
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
incredible troll of a book
Stolperstein in my neighborhood. He was a teenager who was shot during the February Strike in Amsterdam, which was the only mass protest against the deportation of Jews in Nazi-occupied europe
October 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Stolperstein in my neighborhood. He was a teenager who was shot during the February Strike in Amsterdam, which was the only mass protest against the deportation of Jews in Nazi-occupied europe
I wrote a bit about Nobel in an early draft of my book, but ended up cutting it:
October 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I wrote a bit about Nobel in an early draft of my book, but ended up cutting it:
Have to say Da Neetch was cooking with this line
October 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Have to say Da Neetch was cooking with this line
Last paragraph of Jameson’s postmodernism essay… I’d say this is basically what Hardt & Negri attempted to do
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Last paragraph of Jameson’s postmodernism essay… I’d say this is basically what Hardt & Negri attempted to do
Syllabus for my Marxist theory seminar
September 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Syllabus for my Marxist theory seminar
See you there? www.eventbrite.com/e/new-luddis...
September 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
See you there? www.eventbrite.com/e/new-luddis...
seen in the cheap book box across the street
September 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
seen in the cheap book box across the street
New culinary blasphemy has dropped in the Netherlands: “extreme sour” white chocolate kruidnoten. Clearly the aesthetic philosophy here is “more is less”
September 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
New culinary blasphemy has dropped in the Netherlands: “extreme sour” white chocolate kruidnoten. Clearly the aesthetic philosophy here is “more is less”
We have to model proper academic behavior for our students: your rants against AI should be drawing from the latest peer-reviewed research
August 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We have to model proper academic behavior for our students: your rants against AI should be drawing from the latest peer-reviewed research
I think I’ve settled on the readings for the week on “subjectivity” for the fall MA module on New Media Theory
August 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I think I’ve settled on the readings for the week on “subjectivity” for the fall MA module on New Media Theory
when you're muddling through dutch with another expat and you realize you both speak english much better
July 31, 2025 at 6:43 AM
when you're muddling through dutch with another expat and you realize you both speak english much better
This is where you have to pick up packages sent to you via UPS in Amsterdam
July 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is where you have to pick up packages sent to you via UPS in Amsterdam
Delighted to announce that the train simulator ride at the Netherlands Rail Museum is introduced by Rutger Hauer
July 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Delighted to announce that the train simulator ride at the Netherlands Rail Museum is introduced by Rutger Hauer
July 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Amsterdam - this Thursday!
June 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Amsterdam - this Thursday!
I'm organizing this event in Amsterdam
June 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I'm organizing this event in Amsterdam
Maybe not at the US level, but europe can get freaky with the soft drinks
May 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Maybe not at the US level, but europe can get freaky with the soft drinks
Got a rare one for Moby Dick lovers: adaptation into A2/B1-level Dutch
May 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Got a rare one for Moby Dick lovers: adaptation into A2/B1-level Dutch
Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life
April 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life