Keith Kahn-Harris

Kahn-Harris in 2020

Keith Kahn-Harris is a British sociologist and music critic. He is an honorary research fellow and senior lecturer at Birkbeck College,[1] an associate fellow of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research,[2] and a lecturer at Leo Baeck College.

Education and career

Kahn-Harris was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, at the same time as comedians Sacha Baron Cohen and Matt Lucas, and starred in a student review with Robert Webb whilst a student studying social and political science at Robinson College, Cambridge.[3] He went on to graduate with MA and PhD degrees from Goldsmiths, University of London, and has since published academic and non-academic articles on Judaism, music scenes, heavy metal music, transgression, Israel, communities, dialogue, religion, ethnicity, political discourse, and denial.[3]

Academic positions

  • 2008–09: Research Associate at the Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, University of London, working on project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council "Contemporary Anglo-Jewry and Leadership: Coping with Multiculturalism" (with Ben Gidley).[4]
  • 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).[4]
  • 2005: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden, Campus Norrköping of Linköping University.[5]
  • 2001–02: "Jerusalem Fellow" at the Mandel School for Advanced Educational Leadership in Jerusalem.

Personal life

He is married to Rabbi Deborah Kahn-Harris, with whom he has two children.[6]

Select bibliography

Books written

  • The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osbourne: How Metal Teaches Us to Live, HarperNorth, 2026[7]
  • The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language Icon Books, 2021
  • Strange Hate: Anti-semitism, racism, and the Limits of Diversity Repeater books, 2019
  • Denial: The Unspeakable Truth, Notting Hill Editions, 2018[8]
  • Uncivil War: The Israel Conflict in the Jewish Community, David Paul Books, 2014[9]
    • Review by C Schindler, Jewish Journal of Sociology 56 (2014) 127–128.
  • All that Matters: Judaism, Hodder Education, 2012[10]
  • (co-written with Ben Gidley), Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today Continuum 2010[11]
  • Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge Berg 2007[12]

Books edited

  • (co-edited with Dougald Hine) Despatches from the Invisible Revolution New Public Thinking 2012[14]
  • (co-edited with Andy Bennett) After subculture: Critical studies in contemporary youth culture Basingstoke Palgrave 2004[15]

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 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, 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 and Mark LeVine) "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

References

  1. ↑ "Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society". Bbk.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Institute of Jewish Policy Research: Staff". Institute for Jewish Policy Research. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 "About - The Longer Version". kahn-harris.org. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Kahn-Harris, Keith, Goldsmiths, University of London". Gold.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Activities 2005: Activities: ISAK: Linköpings universitet". ISAK. Retrieved 16 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris". Who's Who. Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom). Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Kahn-Harris, Keith (2026). The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osbourne: How Metal Teaches Us to Live. HarperNorth. ISBN 9780008819811.
  8. ↑ Worldcat book record
  9. ↑ Rocker, Simon (6 June 2014). "Uncivil War: The Israel Conflict in the Jewish community". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "All That Matters | Interesting introductions to important ideas". Allthatmattersbooks.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  11. ↑ Kahn, Keith. "Turbulent times: The British Jewish community today". Ekklesia. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  12. ↑ WorldCat book entry
  13. ↑ "Book Review: Keith Kahn-Harris – Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge | Latest News". Metal Injection. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "Despatches from the Invisible Revolution | New Public Thinking #1: Reflections on 2011". New Public Thinking. 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  15. ↑ [Worldcat book page
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