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
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!
Written evidence submitted to The Rise of Anti-Semitism Inquiry by The Home Affairs Committee (Co-authored with Ilan Baron and Yulia Egorova)
Publication Date: October 13, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Reports and policy papers
Why the matter of Jewish Labour members is a vital test case
The Guardian
A ‘unified’ Labour party should not mean a uniform one, where people of certain faiths or views are marginalised
Publication Date: September 27, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Do Metal Scenes Need Retirement Homes? Care and the Limitations of Metal Community
In Varas-Díaz, N. and Scott, N. (eds) Heavy Metal Music and the Communal Experience. Lexington Books, pp. 171–184.
Publication Date: August 1, 2016
Theme: Community, Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book chapters
“Coming Out”: Realising the Possibilities of Metal
In: 'Heavy Metal, Gender and Sexuality Interdisciplinary Approaches', edited by Florian Heesch and Niall Scott, Routledge
Publication Date: 2016
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book chapters
This antisemitism report deserves Labour’s calm, close attention. No chance
The Guardian
Publication Date: June 30, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
My Two Shekels: Is the rise of extremist politics a threat to Jewish communities?
Jewish News
Publication Date: June 10, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Journalism and essays
Does civility in politics matter?
New Humanist
Universities are the centre of some of the fiercest political and cultural battles of our times. Is the tone of that debate important?
[Essay Review of: Uncivil Rites: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom (Haymarket Books) by Steven Salaita]
Publication Date: Summer 2016
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Politics
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
Eclipse of Conservatism
Souciant
Publication Date: June 7, 2016
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Submission to the Chakrabarti Inquiry into antisemitism in the Labour Party
Publication Date: May 18, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Reports and policy papers
Putting the Nordic into Nordic Jewish Studies
Nordisk Judaistik 27 (2) 82-84
Review of: Jewish Studies in the Nordic Countries Today, edited by Ruth Illman and Björn Dahla (Åbo,Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, 2016)
Publication Date: 2016
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Labour’s antisemitism row is scaring me (but, perhaps, not for the reasons you might expect)
Medium
Publication Date: May 5, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
The elephant in the room in Labour’s antisemitism row
The Guardian
These antisemitism controversies aren’t just about antisemitism. They underline the challenge of how we live cordially together in a multicultural society
Publication Date: April 28, 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Is Split Over Israel a Luxury Restricted to Countries With No Anti-Semitism?
The Forward
Discusses Dov Waxman's book 'Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict Over Israel'
Publication Date: April 12, 2016
Theme: Community, Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Israel/Palestine, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
A Reply to Niall W.R. Scott and Tom O’Boyle
In: Global Metal Music and Culture: Current Directions in Metal Studies, edited by Andy R. Brown, et al London: Routledge
I am grateful to Niall W.R. Scott and Tom O’Boyle for taking my ideas seriously and engaging with their implications. As they recognize, my keynote at the 2013 conference, together with the selection of essays that followed it (Kahn-Harris, 2013; 2014), was intended to be a provocation and a stimulus to debate. While Niall and Tom take issue with some of my arguments, their piece is very much in the spirit of what I was aiming for. In some ways, Niall, Tom, and I are very much on the same page. In the final part of my series of essays, I suggest the concept of ‘Metal beyond Metal’ (Kahn-Harris, 2013g). This refers to taking metalness beyond the confines of what we currently understand as metal. Metalness here connotes the following:
It refers to something that is hard, intractable and resilient. It refers to something that is defiant, inexhaustible and unashamed. To be metal is to be unafraid to explore darkness and transgression, but to do it in such a way that one retains one’s sense of selfhood. To be metal is to possess a certain ebullient wit and playfulness that those outside metal often mistake for crassness. To be metal is to value fellowship, to commit to supporting and celebrating the bonds between like-minded people. (2013g)
I don’t know if Niall and Tom would necessarily sign up to this particular articulation of metalness, but I think we are reaching for the same thing: a future in which metal reaches out simultaneously in myriad different ( Deleuzian) directions at once. I found myself both excited and moved by the passionate way in which they uphold the possibilities of a transgressive and radical metal future. Yet, although I am struck by the similarities between our respective projects, I think there are significant and revealing differences in our relationship to metal today. Niall and Tom point out that my works to which they are responding are ‘not filled with empirical data to support his claims’ but I want to argue that, in fact, my piece is more grounded in an analysis of contemporary metal culture than may at first be apparent.
Publication Date: April 8, 2016
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book chapters
Review: Losing Israel by Jasmine Donahaye
Journal of European Popular Culture 7(1) ,79-80
Publication Date: 2016
Theme: Israel/Palestine
Category: Book reviews
Book Review: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
The Independent
Publication Date: March 3, 2016
Theme: Miscellaneous
Category: Book reviews
Book Review: Diasporic Activism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Svenja Gertheiss
Fathom Journal
Publication Date: Spring 2016
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Israel/Palestine
Category: Book reviews