Book Review: Obligation in exile: the Jewish diaspora, Israel and critique, by Ilan Zvi Baron,
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies 17(1)
Publication Date: 2018
Theme: Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
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!
Cloaked In Pretensions, Gilad Atzmon’s Anti-Semitism Soldiers On
The Forward
[Atzmon published a response here - https://gilad.online/writings/2017/12/12/bread-butter-and-brotherhoo - featuring a hilariously juvenile illustration of me, which I've proudly attached to this record]
Publication Date: December 10, 2017
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
Listening to the devil’s sounds
Boundless
What renders some musical tones and genres illicit, immoral, even diabolical? Keith Kahn-Harris investigates 'dangerous' music
Publication Date: December 2017
Theme: Metal Music and Culture, Music
Category: Journalism and essays
What does a Jew look like? (Story by Hilary Freeman)
Jewish Chronicle
When the mainstream press publishes a Jewish story, how do they illustrate it? With Charedi Jews photographed from behind
[Based on interview with me]
Publication Date: November 8, 2017
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Interviews
What going to a Metallica concert with my daughter taught me about modern infrastructure
Medium
Utopia and dystopia all in one evening
Publication Date: October 26, 2017
Theme: Best Of, Culture, Metal Music and Culture, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
Towards an Exhausted Sociology
The Sociological Review Blog
Publication Date: October 25, 2017
Theme: Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
Labour’s amendment on antisemitism should reassure Jewish supporters
The Guardian
Publication Date: September 26, 2017
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Book Review: Queerness in Heavy Metal Music: Metal Bent by Amber Clifford-Napoleone
Metal Music Studies 3 (3): 474–76
Publication Date: 2017
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book reviews
(With Dougald Hine) A crack in history? – a conversation between two recent UK Labour Party recruits
Open Democracy
We need to find a way to build political movements that make space for difficult questions, for diversity, for ambivalence. But how?
Publication Date: August 31, 2017
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
My questions over the CAA’s hasty questionnaire
Jewish Chronicle
Publication Date: August 25, 2017
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Journalism and essays
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