Keith Kahn-Harris is a sociologist and music critic. He is an honorary research fellow and senior lecturer at

Birkbeck College Birkbeck, University of London (formally Birkbeck College, University of London), is a public university, public research university, located in Bloomsbury, London, England, and a constituent college, member institution of the federal Universit ...

and an associate fellow of the

Institute for Jewish Policy Research The Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR), founded as the Institute of Jewish Affairs, is a London-based research institute and think tank. It specializes in contemporary Jewish affairs. JPR also runs a public education programme, and has hos ...

and a lecturer at

Leo Baeck College Leo Baeck College is a privately funded rabbinical seminary and centre for the training of teachers in Jewish education. Based now at the Sternberg Centre, East End Road, Finchley, in the London Borough of Barnet, it was founded by Werner van ...

. He has published academic and non-academic articles on

Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the ...

, music scenes, heavy metal music, transgression,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, communities, dialogue, religion,

ethnicity An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...

, political discourse, and denial.

Academic positions

*2008–09: Research Associate at the Centre for Urban and Community Research,

Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...

, working on project funded by the

Economic and Social Research Council The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), formerly the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) funded by the UK government. ESRC provides fundi ...

"Contemporary Anglo-Jewry and Leadership: Coping with Multiculturalism" (with Ben Gidley). *2007–08: Research Associate at the Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, working on two projects funded by the Rothschild Foundation Europe: "A Mapping Study of Efforts to Combat Antisemitism, Racism and Xenophobia at the Local, Communal and Grassroots Levels in Europe" (with Roger Hewitt) and "From Security to Insecurity?: Jewish Communal Leadership in Changing Times" (with Ben Gidley). *2005: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden, Campus Norrköping of

Linköping University Linköping University (, LiU) is a public research university based in Linköping, Sweden. Originally established in 1969, it was granted full university status in 1975 and is one of Sweden's largest academic institutions. The university has fou ...

. * 2001–02: "Jerusalem Fellow" at the Mandel School for Advanced Educational Leadership in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Select bibliography

Books written

*''The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language'' Icon Books, 2021 *''Strange Hate: Anti-semitism, racism, and the Limits of Diversity'' Repeater books, 2019 **Review, by Howard Cooper ''

Jewish Chronicle Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

'', 18 June 2020 *''Denial: The Unspeakable Truth''], Notting Hill Editions, 2018 * ''Uncivil War: The Israel Conflict in the Jewish Community'', David Paul Books, 2014 **Review by C Schindler, ''Jewish Journal of Sociology'' 56 (2014) 127–128. * ''All that Matters: Judaism'',

Hodder Education Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals. Its parts include Taylor & Francis, Routledge, F1000 Research or Dovepress. It is a division of Informa plc, a United Ki ...

, 2012 * (co-written with Ben Gidley), ''Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today'' Continuum 2010 * ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' Berg 2007 **Review:

Books edited

* (co-edited with

Dougald Hine Dougald Hine (born 1977 in Cambridge, England) is a British author, editor and social entrepreneur. He co-founded School of Everything and The Dark Mountain Project, of which he is Director at Large. In 2011, he was named one of Britain's 50 top ...

),''Despatches from the Invisible Revolution'' New Public Thinking 2012 * (co-edited with Andy Bennett) ''After subculture: Critical studies in contemporary youth culture'' Basingstoke Palgrave 2004 orldcat book pag

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Refereed articles in scholarly journals

*"Religious Popular Music: Between the Instrumental, Transcendent and Transgressive" in ''Temenos: Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion'', 48/1, 87–106 2012 *(With Ben Gidley) "Contemporary Anglo-Jewish and Community Leadership: Coping with Multiculturalism", ''

British Journal of Sociology ''The British Journal of Sociology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1950 at the London School of Economics. It represents the mainstream of sociological thinking and research and publishes high quality papers on all asp ...

'' 63/1 2012 *"Creating Jewish Rap: From Parody to Syncretism" in ''transversal – Zeitschrift für Jüdische Studien'' 1 2009 21–38 *"The 'Failure' of Youth Culture: Music, Politics and Reflexivity in the Black Metal Scene" in ''

European Journal of Cultural Studies The ''European Journal of Cultural Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of cultural studies in areas such as migration, post-colonial criticism and consumer cultures. The journal's editors-in-chief are Joke Hermes (U ...

'', 7/1 2004, pp 95–111 *Roots'?: The Relationship Between the Global and the Local Within the Global Extreme Metal Scene" in ''Popular Music'' 19/1, 2000, pp 13–30

Journal special issues

*(Co-edited with

Titus Hjelm Titus Hjelm (born 15 October 1974) is an academic and musician from Helsinki, Finland. Academics Hjelm is a Doctor of Theology and an Associate Professor in the Study of Religion at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Previously he was a Reader ...

and

Mark LeVine Mark Andrew LeVine is an American historian, musician, writer, and professor. He is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. Education LeVine received his B.A. in comparative religion and biblical studies from Hunter ...

) "Heavy Metal: Controversies and Countercultures" ''Popular Music History'' 6: 1/2, April/August 2012 *(Co-edited with Karl Spracklen and Andy R. Brown) "Metal Studies: Cultural Research in the Heavy Metal Scene" ''Journal for Cultural Research'' 15: 3, July 2011

Personal life

He is married to Rabbi

Deborah Kahn-Harris Deborah Kahn-Harris is the Principal of Leo Baeck College, a rabbinical seminary and centre for the training of teachers in Jewish education, based at the Sternberg Centre, Finchley, in the London Borough of Barnet. She was appointed to the pos ...

, with whom he has two children.

References

External links

Official website

''Guardian'' profile: Keith Kahn-Harris

''New Statesman'': Keith Kahn-Harris

Interview in ''Metal Rules''
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