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, an associate fellow of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, 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. 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.

Academic positions

Personal life

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

Select bibliography

Books written

Books edited

Refereed articles in scholarly journals

Journal special issues

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