St Louis, Brett. 2022. On “The Necessity and the ‘Impossibility’ of Identities”: The Politics and Ethics of “New Ethnicities”. In: Les Back and John Solomos, eds. Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader (Third Edition). Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 236-253. ISBN 9780367623678 [Book Section]

Lisiak, Agata; Back, Les and Jackson, Emma. 2021. Urban Multiculture and Xenophonophobia in London and Berlin. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 24(1), pp. 259-274. ISSN 1367-5494 [Article]

Back, Les. 2021. Hope's Work. Antipode, 53(1), pp. 3-20. ISSN 0066-4812 [Article]

Henry, William 'Lez' and Back, Les. 2020. Reggae Culture as Local Knowledge: Mapping the Beats on South East London Streets. In: William 'Lez' Henry and Matt Worley, eds. Narratives from Beyond the UK Reggae Bassline: The System is Sound. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 29-57. ISBN 9783030551605 [Book Section]

Back, Les and Stoneman, Paul. 2019. The Fellowship Inn Project Evaluation. Technical Report. Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, University of London. [Report]

Back, Les and Sinha, Shamser. 2018. Migrant City. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780415715416 [Book]

Back, Les. 2017. Taking and Giving Hope: a Response to Ros Gill’s “What Would Les Back Do? If Generosity Could Save Us… a Review of Les Back’s Academic Diary: Or Why Higher Education Still Matters (2016: Goldsmiths Press, 272 pp)”. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 31(1), pp. 111-125. ISSN 0891-4486 [Article]

Gunaratnam, Yasmin; Back, Les; Psarras, Bill and Feinstein, Sarah. 2017. Every Minute Of Every Day [Blog/Website]. [Digital]

Back, Les. 2016. Let a Thousand Stones Roll: Living and Thinking with Music. In: Thomas Johansson and Johan Söderman, eds. Låt alla stenar rulla - lärande, estetik, samhälle. En vänbok till Ove Sernhede. Daidalos, pp. 119-137. ISBN 978-91-7173-488-4 [Book Section]

Back, Les. 2016. 'A View From Nearby: The Anthropology Gold Lecturer, 2016.'. In: Annual Gold lecture 2016. Goldsmiths, Univeristy of London, United Kingdom. [Conference or Workshop Item]

Back, Les. 2016. Les Back: A Shared Sociology. Sociology, 50(5), pp. 1023-1032. ISSN 0038-0385 [Article]

Back, Les and Sinha, Shamser. 2016. Multicultural Conviviality in the Midst of Racism's Ruins. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 37(5), pp. 517-532. ISSN 0725-6868 [Article]

Back, Les. 2016. Moving Sounds, Controlled Borders: Asylum and the Politics of Culture. Young, 24(3), pp. 185-203. ISSN 1103-3088 [Article]

Back, Les. 2016. Academic Diary. London: Goldsmiths Press. ISBN 9781906897581 [Book]

Back, Les. 2015. How Blue Can You Get? B.B. King, Planetary Humanism and the Blues behind Bars. Theory, Culture and Society, 32(7-8), pp. 274-285. ISSN 0263-2764 [Article]

Back, Les. 2015. Why Everyday Life Matters: Class, Community and Making Life Livable. Sociology, 49(5), pp. 820-836. ISSN 0038-0385 [Article]

Back, Les and Tate, Maggie. 2015. For a Sociological Reconstruction: W.E.B. Du Bois, Stuart Hall and Segregated Sociology. Sociological Research Online, 20(3), pp. 155-166. ISSN 1360-7804 [Article]

Back, Les. 2014. Journeying Through words: Les Back reflects on writing with Thomas Yarrow. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 20, pp. 766-770. ISSN 1359-0987 [Article]

Sinha, Shamser and Back, Les. 2014. Making methods sociable: dialogue, ethics and authorship in qualitative research. Qualitative Research, 14(4), pp. 473-487. ISSN 1468-7941 [Article]

Sinha, Shamser and Back, Les. 2014. Making methods sociable: dialogue, ethics and authorship in qualitative research. Qualitative Research, 14(4), pp. 473-487. ISSN 1468-7941 [Article]

Back, Les and Moreno Figueroa, Monica. 2014. Following Stuart Hall. City, 18(3), pp. 353-355. ISSN 1360-4813 [Article]

Back, Les and Puwar, Nirmal, eds. 2013. Live Methods. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4443-3959-8 [Edited Book]

Gane, Nicholas and Back, Les. 2012. C. Wright Mills 50 Years On: The Promise and Craft of Sociology Revisited. Theory, Culture & Society, 29(7-8), pp. 399-421. ISSN 0263-2764 [Article]

Motamedi-Fraser, Mariam. 2012. Once Upon a Problem. In: Les Back and Nirmal Puwar, eds. Live Methods. London: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 84-107. ISBN 1444339591 [Book Section]

Back, Les; Shamser, Sinha and Charlynne, Bryan. 2012. New hierarchies of belonging. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 15(2), pp. 139-154. ISSN 1367-5494 [Article]

Back, Les. 2011. Trust Your Senses? War, Memory, and the Racist Nervous System. The Senses and Society, 6(3), pp. 306-324. ISSN 1745-8927 [Article]

Back, Les; Keith, Michael; Khan, Azra; Shukra, Kalbir and Solomos, J.. 2009. Islam and the New Political Landscape: Faith Communities, Political Participation and Social Change. Theory, Culture and Society, 26(4), pp. 1-24. ISSN 1460-3616 [Article]

Back, Les. 2009. Researching community and its moral projects. 21st Century Society: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences, 4(2), pp. 201-214. ISSN 1745-0144 [Article]

Hall, Stuart and Back, Les. 2009. At Home and Not At Home: Stuart Hall in conversation with Les Back. Cultural Studies, 23(4), pp. 658-688. ISSN 0950 2386 [Article]

Back, Les. 2009. Global Attentiveness and the Sociological Ear. Sociological Research Online, 14(4), [Article]

Back, Les. 2009. Portrayal and betrayal: Bourdieu, photography and sociological life. The Sociological Review, 57(3), pp. 471-490. ISSN 0038-0261 [Article]

Anim-Addo, Joan and Back, Les. 2008. British Literature in British Universities – A Twenty-first Century Reality? English Subject Centre Newsletter(15), pp. 10-14. [Article]

Back, Les. 2008. An ordinary virtue. New Jewish Thought, [Article]

Back, Les. 2008. Beaches and graveyards: Europe's haunted borders. Eurozine, [Article]

Back, Les. 2008. Sociologists Talking. Sociological Research Online, 13(6), [Article]

Back, Les. 2008. Straende und Friedhoefe. Die Gespenster der europaeischen Grenzen. Wespennest, 152, pp. 106-109. [Article]

Back, Les. 2007. The Art of Listening. Berg. ISBN 9781845201210 [Book]

Back, Les. 2007. Written in Stone: Black writing and Goldsmiths College. Sociology Working Papers, pp. 1-11. [Article]

Dunneier, Mitchell and Back, Les. 2006. Voices from the sidewalk: ethnography and writing race. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29(3), pp. 543-565. [Article]

Shukra, Kalbir; Back, Les; Keith, Michael; Khan, Azra and Solomos, J.. 2004. Race, Social Cohesion and the Changing Politics of Citizenship. London Review of Education, 2(3), pp. 187-195. ISSN 14748460 [Article]

Shukra, Kalbir; Back, Les; Khan, Azra; Keith, Michael and Solomos, J.. 2004. Black Politics and the Web of Joined up Governance: compromise, ethnic minority mobilisation and the Transitional Public Sphere. Social Movement Studies, 3(1), pp. 33-50. ISSN 14742837 [Article]

Back, Les and Bull, M., eds. 2003. The Auditory Cultures Reader. New York: Berg. ISBN 1859736130 [Edited Book]

Henriques, Julian F.. 2003. Sonic dominance and reggae sound system sessions. In: Michael Bull and Les Back, eds. The Auditory Culture Reader. Oxford: Berg, pp. 451-480. ISBN ISBN 1-85973-613-0 [Book Section]

Henriques, Julian F.. 2003. Sonic Dominance and the Reggae Sound System Session. In: M. Bull and Les Back, eds. The Auditory Culture Reader. Oxford: Berg, pp. 451-480. ISBN 1859736130 [Book Section]

Back, Les; Keith, Michael; Khan, Azra; Shukra, Kalbir and Solomos, J.. 2002. New Labour's White Heart: Politics, Multiculturalism and the Return of Assimilation. The Political Quarterly, 73(4), pp. 445-454. ISSN 00323179 [Article]

Back, Les and Ware, V.. 2002. Out of Whiteness: Color, Politics and Culture. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226873420 [Book]

Shukra, Kalbir; Back, Les; Khan, Azra; Keith, Michael and Solomos, John. 2002. ‘The Return of Assimilationism: Race, Multiculturalism and New Labour’. Sociological Research Online, 7(2), [Article]

Back, Les; Crabbe, T. and Solomos, J.. 2001. The Changing Face of Football: racism, identity and multiculture in the English game. Berg. ISBN 1859734782 [Book]

Back, Les; Crabbe, Tim and Solomos, John. 1998. ‘Lions, Black Skins and Reggae Gyals’: Race, Nation and Identity in Football. Working Paper. Goldsmiths, University of London, London. [Report]