Review: True Norwegian Black Metal by Peter Beste
New Humanist
Publication Date: July 8, 2008
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
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!
Is Britain good for the Jews?
Jerusalem Post
Its anti-Semitism must be seen in the context of other forms of racism in British society.
Publication Date: June 18, 2008
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Review: Klezmer America: Jewishness, Ethnicity, Modernity by Jonathan Freedman
Jewish Quarterly
Publication Date: Summer 2008
Theme: Culture, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Impaired (Euro)vision
The Guardian
The UK and Ireland sneer at other European countries' song contest entries. But do they really have the right to feel superior?
Publication Date: May 19, 2008
Theme: Music
Category: Journalism and essays
It’s not just for ME I ask
Times Higher Education
Academia needs to be more accommodating to those who cannot or choose not to work full time, argues Keith Kahn-Harris
Publication Date: May 15, 2008
Theme: Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
What it really means to be healthy
The Guardian
After a bout of glandular fever at university, Keith Kahn-Harris developed chronic fatigue syndrome, from which he still suffers. He explains how this debilitating and misunderstood illness has changed his life for ever
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
Theme: Best Of, Personal/Memoire
Category: Journalism and essays
A real peace movement?
The Guardian
We need a peace movement that recognises the pain and the suffering on both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Publication Date: March 6, 2008
Theme: Israel/Palestine
Category: Journalism and essays
How to talk about things we know nothing about
Open Democracy
Publication Date: February 21, 2008
Theme: Denial, Ignorance and Stupidity, Miscellaneous
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
Intra-faith to faith
The Guardian
The government's emphasis is on building relationships between religious communities. But what about conflict within those groups?
Publication Date: January 15, 2008
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Religion
Category: Journalism and essays
Exploring Scenes
In: Talkie Walkie: [jongerensubculture] 4 believers/non-believers, Acco, 2007 pp94-105.
Publication Date: December 12, 2007
Theme: Culture, Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book chapters
No conspiracy here
The Guardian
The Jewish angle on the Labour donations scandal sheds an interesting light on the party's funding mechanism, but is not evidence of a sinister cabal
Publication Date: December 6, 2007
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
How to be Left
The Guardian
Arguments within the left are often bad-tempered and devoid of nuance. Instead, a spirit of comradeship is called for
Publication Date: November 29, 2007
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
The politics of assimilation
The Guardian
Britain's chief rabbi has attracted attention with a critique of multiculturalism. But aren't his ideas a little anachronistic?
Publication Date: November 16, 2007
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Dialogue, Debate and Political Commitment
Liberal Conspiracy
Publication Date: November 16, 2007
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Dwellers and Seekers
Jewish Quarterly
Keith Kahn-Harris examines the dialectic between stability and creativity among British Jews.
Publication Date: Autumn 2007
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journal articles, Journalism and essays
The seductions of denial
Open Democracy
Publication Date: September 13, 2007
Theme: Denial, Ignorance and Stupidity
Category: Journalism and essays
Review: A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life from the Pages of the Forward
New Humanist
Publication Date: September 7, 2007
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
The Harsh Noise of Deep Thinking
Times Higher Education
Review of: Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery, Edited by William Irwin
Publication Date: June 29, 2007
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book reviews