Negli ovetti sorpresa kinder un patrimonio linguistico
La Stampa Torinosette
Interview with Italian newspaper
Publication Date: October 6, 2023
Theme: Denial, Ignorance and Stupidity
Category: Interviews
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!
Reissue Of The Week: Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense
The Quietus
What do we forget when we remember Stop Making Sense? As the reissue of Talking Heads’ seminal concert film hits the screens, Keith Kahn-Harris reminds us of how much stranger and more interesting the band were before it
Publication Date: September 22, 2023
Theme: Music
Category: Journalism and essays, Music reviews
Love & Disappointment: Peter Gabriel Live
The Quietus
Keith Kahn-Harris is haunted by a childhood humiliation as he experiences the 2023 live version of Pater Gabriel. All photographs by York Tillyer
Publication Date: June 21, 2023
Theme: Metal Music and Culture, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays, Music reviews
Baseball in the killing fields of Kutno
The New European
Understandably, many Jews have reservations abut Poland. Today, baseball is helping change that, one game at a time
Publication Date: June 7, 2023
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Personal/Memoire, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
What Are We Rejecting When We Reject St. Anger? Metallica’s Mid-Life Crisis At Twenty
The Quietus
Is it time to re-evaluate Metallica's least-loved album and celebrate it for the extraordinary work that it is? But enough about Lulu. Keith Kahn-Harris wants to talk about St. Anger…
Publication Date: June 5, 2023
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Journalism and essays, Music reviews
The field of research on contemporary antisemitism and Jewish life: Working towards a European research hub (co-authored with Jonathan Boyd)
The EU Strategy on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life commits the European Commission to supporting research on antisemitism and contemporary Jewish life, and creating a European research hub in this field. To that end, this report maps the current field of research on antisemitism and contemporary European Jewish life, to determine how the proposed hub might support and enhance research in these areas. The methodology for the study draws on the European Jewish Research Archive – the only comprehensive database containing work undertaken in this field since 1990 – to identify key researchers and institutions, and assess which topics and countries have greater or lesser research coverage. The report concludes that the field has limited structure or cohesion as it currently exists, and few means of consolidation as a research community. In response, it makes key recommendations about what a research hub should do, and how it should be structured to best support the field.
Publication Date: March 31, 2023
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Reports and policy papers
Review of ‘To Know The Light’ by Dawn Ray’d
The Quietus
Publication Date: March 27, 2023
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Music reviews
An Experiment in Musical Comprehension (Co-authored with Ann Morgan)
Riffs
Publication Date: March 2023
Theme: Metal Music and Culture, Music
Category: Journal articles, Journalism and essays, Music reviews
Defending Israeli democracy: Can the coalition hold?
Jewish News
Publication Date: March 24, 2023
Theme: Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
The Texture of Everyday Life
New Humanist
Review of 'Britain's Jews: Confidence, Maturity, Anxiety' by Harry Freedman
Publication Date: Spring 2023
Theme:
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Review: ‘Israel: A History in 100 Cartoons’ by Colin Shindler
Fathom
Publication Date: February 7, 2023
Theme: Israel/Palestine
Category: Book reviews
Manifesto for the weary: can rest be radical?
Prospect
Workplace culture in a capitalist society constantly demands more of us. A new book suggests that most revolutionary response could be to just stop
Publication Date: December 8, 2022
Theme: Miscellaneous, Personal/Memoire
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
Review of ‘The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English’ by Hana Videen
New Humanist
Publication Date: Winter 2021
Theme: Language
Category: Book reviews
Don’t kid yourself any good can come of the Qatar World Cup
New Statesman
My experience shows Qatari events cannot transcend their debased foundation.
Publication Date: November 21, 2022
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Miscellaneous
Category: Journalism and essays
I Don’t Have a Friend in the World: The Lonely Authenticity of Tommy Wiseau
You Are Tearing Me Apart, Lisa!: The Year's Work on The Room, the Worst Movie Ever Made
Edited by Adam Rosen, Indiana University Press, pp195-204
Publication Date: October 25, 2022
Theme: Culture, Miscellaneous
Category: Book chapters, Journalism and essays
Jewish Velvet: A Touching Memoire
JewThink
Publication Date: October 12, 2022
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
What do British Jews look like? Photo project aims to prove they ‘don’t easily fit’ into categories.
JTA
Publication Date: August 1, 2022
Theme: What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Interviews
Taking Stock
New Humanist
Jews and other minorities are often portrayed using stereotyped imagery. Can we do things differently?
Publication Date: Autumn 2022
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Journalism and essays