FEMINISM AND HIP HOP CONFERENCE

A Conference Exploring the Impact of Hip Hop on the Sexual, Gender, and Racial Consciousness of a Generation

Thursday, April 7 through Saturday, April 9, 2005

Pre-registration is required. To register, visit our website at http://csrpc.uchicago.edu. The deadline for registration is March 18, 2005.

CONFERENCE THEME

The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of
Chicago will host a national conference on the topic of hip hop and feminism. The conference will provide a forum for scholars, students, artists, activists, community members, and members of the media interested in analyzing the relevancy of feminist agendas to the hip hop generation. The event will highlight the work of scholars, activists, and artists across the country who are fighting for progressive representations of women in hip hop culture as they reshape feminist discourse and politics.

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
Moya Bailey, Yvonne Bynoe, Hazel Carby, Rosa Clemente, Alison Duke, Melyssa Ford, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Tamika Guishard, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Byron Hurt, Cheryl Keyes, Jessica Care Moore, Joan Morgan, Marcyliena Morgan, Mark Anthony Neal, Kim Osorio, Imani Perry, Gwendolyn Pough, Rachel Raimist, Rokafella, Tricia Rose, and Akiba Solomon

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

THURSDAY EVENING
FILM SCREENINGS AND DISCUSSION WITH DIRECTORS
Hip Hop Gurlz (Director: Tamika Guishard); Booty Nation (Director: Alison Duke); Nobody Knows My Name (Director: Rachel Raimist)

FRIDAY
PANELS AND PLENARIES
"Graduate Student Work on Hip Hop"
"Hip Hop Archive"
"Progressive Women's Caucus"
"From Blues to Hip Hop: Rethinking Black Women's Sexuality"
"Feminism and Hip Hop"

SATURDAY
PANELS
"Media Representations of Women in Hip Hop"
"Sexuality and Agency in Hip Hop"
"Masculinity, Heterosexism, and Hip Hop"
"Feminism, Politics and Hip Hop on the Ground"

SATURDAY EVENING
PERFORMANCES
Jessica Care Moore
Rockafella
Other Artists

This event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. To register, visit our website at http://csrpc.uchicago.edu. The deadline for
registration is March 18, 2005.

For additional information about the conference contact the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at (773) 702-8063 or csrpc@uchicago.edu or visit our website: http://csrpc.uchicago.edu. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact the Center in advance of the event.

The "Feminism and Hip Hop" conference is made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly. The views expressed during the conference do not necessarily represent those of the Illinois Humanities Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Illinois General Assembly.

Funding for the conference was also provided by the Center for Gender Studies, the Committee on Cinema and Media Studies, the Department of Music, the International House Global Voices Program, the Office of Minority Student Affairs, the Organization of Black Students, and University Theater.