My questions over the CAA’s hasty questionnaire
Jewish Chronicle
Publication Date: August 25, 2017
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Journalism and essays
Writings
Here you can find a record of almost all my publications – from scholarly journal articles to newspaper articles – listed with the most recent first. In most cases there is either a downloadable pdf or a link to the publication itself. You can search by publication type (academic, non-academic, book reviews etc), by theme and by keyword. Enjoy!
My questions over the CAA’s hasty questionnaire
Jewish Chronicle
See also the response by Gideo Falter of the Campaign Against Antisemitism - https://www.thejc.com/comment/opinion/our-dedication-to-ensuring-caa-hate-stats-add-up-1.443631 and my further response to him here - https://medium.com/@keithkahnharris/a-response-to-gideon-falter-of-the-campaign-against-antisemitism-90d6a2c3520d
Publication Date: August 25, 2017
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Community, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
White power music and the changing face of extremism
New Humanist
Hate rock was a crucial part of previous fascist movements in the US and UK. But today’s populist far-right lacks a soundtrack.
[Essay review of Reichsrock (Rutgers University Press) by Kirsten Dyck and Trendy Fascism (State University of New York Press) by Nancy S Love]
Publication Date: Summer 2017
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Metal Music and Culture, Music
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
Excuse all the blood
So Fi Zine
My first attempt at fiction! Based very very loosely on my PhD fieldwork on the Israeli metal scene.
Publication Date: June 24, 2017
Theme: Israel/Palestine, Metal Music and Culture, Miscellaneous, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
Book Review: Sounds of the Underground: A Cultural, Political and Aesthetic Mapping of Underground and Fringe Music by Stephen Graham
Metal Music Studies 3 (2): 353–55
Publication Date: June 1, 2017
Theme: Metal Music and Culture, Music
Category: Book reviews
Why banning David Irving books from university libraries would achieve little
The Guardian
Irving, a Holocaust denier, and his ilk pose a bigger threat now than they have previously, but the problem of misinformation and radicalisation goes far deeper
Publication Date: April 28, 2017
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Journalism and essays
The left should learn to love Gibraltar – it’s a multicultural haven
The Guardian
Contrary to the stereotypes, Gibraltar is no little Britain. But, ignored by liberals, it’s been sold down the river by a Brexit-obsessed right
Publication Date: April 4, 2017
Theme: Politics, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
Why won’t YouTube and Google consider moderators to tackle online hate?
The Guardian
There’s no easy fix of course, but it would help if internet companies faced up to their responsibilities as publishers, and tried the human approach
Publication Date: March 16, 2017
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Journalism and essays
The best books on Heavy Metal recommended by Keith Kahn Harris
Five Books
Metal music, developed in the sixties and seventies, is notorious for its dark and disturbing imagery and its aggressive sound. But there's nothing to be afraid of, says sociologist and fan Keith Kahn-Harris: it's all part of the mythmaking of metal.
Publication Date: January 1, 2017
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book reviews, Interviews
Book Review: Mazel Tov Amigos: Jews and Popular Music in the Americas Edited by Amalia Ran and Moshe Morad
Popular Music 36 (1): 131–133
Publication Date: January 2017
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Music
Category: Book reviews
Book Review: Tragic Encounters and Ordinary Ethics: Palestine-Israel in British Universities by Ruth Sheldon
Fathom Journal
Publication Date: Winter 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Israel/Palestine
Category: Book reviews
Does the left have an anti-Semitism problem?
New Humanist
Review of: The Left’s Jewish Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Anti-Semitism (Biteback), by Dave Rich
Publication Date: Winter 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Book reviews
Metal Trump
Souciant
Publication Date: November 25, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Metal Music and Culture, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
In the new Trump era, Jews are being used as pawns
Jewish Chronicle
Publication Date: November 17, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
The antisemitism reports: against a zero-sum reading
Open Democracy
It is how texts are read, not texts themselves that determine meaning. Applying this post-modernist lesson to the Chakrabarti and Home Affairs Committee antisemitism reports yields new political possibilities.
Publication Date: November 3, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Journalism and essays
Better-off siding with Russia or China: there’s no dictator’s dilemma today
Open Democracy
Democracy promotion by the west has been a grubby, hypocritical affair. Is there any hope for doing it properly?
Publication Date: October 30, 2016
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Do I read things differently to other people? A tale of two reports on antisemitism
Medium
Publication Date: October 17, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
How it might have been, and might be yet
Jewish Chronicle
Review of: Judenstaat by Simone Zelitch and Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
Publication Date: October 14, 2016
Theme: Culture, Israel/Palestine
Category: Book reviews