Feminism and Hip Hop Conference Schedule

Day One | Day Two | Day Three

Day One: Thursday, April 7, 2005

  • Event:

    Check-In/On-Site Registration

  • Time: 

    6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

  • Location: 

    International House, 1414 East 59th Street


  • Event: Hip Hop and Feminism on Screen

  • Time: 

    7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

  • Location: 

    Assembly Hall, International House, 1414 East 59th Street

    • Panelists:
      • Tamika Guishard, Hip Hop Gurlz (8 min)
      • Alison Duke, Booty Nation (12 min)
      • Rachel Raimist, Nobody Knows My Name (30 min)
      • Byron Hurt, Beyond Beats and Rhymes (30 min)
      • Tracye Matthews, Moderator



  • Day One | Day Two | Day Three

Day Two: Friday, April 8, 2005

  • Event: 

    Check-In/On-Site Registration

  • Time: 

    8:00 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

  • Location: 

    International House, 1414 East 59th Street

  • Time: 

    3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

  • Location: 

    Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club, 1131 East 57th Street (57th Street and University Avenue)

 

  • Event: 

    Student Work on Hip Hop (Concurrent Panels)

  • Time: 

    9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

  • Location: 

    International House, 1414 East 59th Street

    • Panel 1 - A Sonic Exploration of Feminism and Hip Hop (Coulter Lounge)

      • Panelists:
        • Presented by the Kenwood Academy -University of Chicago Program for Academic Excellence
        • Tanji Gilliam, Moderator



    • Panel 2 – Constructing the Sexual Politics of Black Women (Home Room)

      • Panelists:
        • Tracye Rose
        • Valerie Chepp
        • Cynthia Beard
        • Norell Giancana, Moderator



    • Panel 3 – Masculinity and Hip Hop (National Room)

      • Panelists:
        • Matt Birkhold
        • Georgia Roberts
        • Michael Ralph
        • David Ferguson, Moderator



  • Event: 

    Student Work on Hip Hop (Concurrent Panels)

  • Time: 

    10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

  • Location: 

    International House, 1414 East 59th Street

    • Panel 4 – Language, Hip Hop, and Feminism (Coulter Lounge)

      • Panelists:
        • Angie Colette Beatty
        • Jalylah Burrell
        • Jamarah Amani
        • Elizabeth Todd, Moderator



    • Panel 5 – Black Women and Visual Culture (Home Room)

      • Panelists:
        • Carla Stokes
        • Yaba A. Blay and Kalia A. Story
        • Kamillah Clayton
        • Danielle Deadwyler
        • Tanji Gilliam, Moderator



    • Panel 6 – New Sources of Feminism (National Room)

      • Panelists:
        • Paul Khalil Saucier
        • Shana L. Redmond
        • Michael Jeffries
        • Stephanie Allen, Moderator


  • Event: 

    Lunch Break

  • Time: 

    11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.


  • Event: 

    Panel 7 – The Hiphop Archive: Standards and Questions in Hiphop Research

  • Time: 

    1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

  • Location: 

    Assembly Hall, International House, 1414 East 59th Street

    • Panelists:
      • Marcyliena Morgan
      • Dionne Bennett
      • Dawn-Elissa Fischer


  • Event: 

    Panel 8 – Organizing Dilemmas: When Radical Feminists Come Face to Face with Hip Hop Activists

  • Time: 

    2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

  • Location: 

    Assembly Hall, International House, 1414 East 59th Street

    • Panelists:
      • Kimala Price
      • Zenzele Isoke
      • Angie Beatty
      • Ruth Nicole Brown, Moderator


  • Event: 

    Check-In/On-Site Registration

  • Time: 

    3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

  • Location: 

    Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club, 1131 East 57th Street (57th Street and University Avenue)


  • Event: 

    Opening Plenary – From Blues to Hip Hop: Rethinking Black Women’s Sexuality

  • Time: 

    4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

  • Location: 

    Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club, 1131 East 57th Street (57th Street and University Avenue).

    • Panelists:
      • Gwendolyn Pough
      • Hazel V. Carby
      • Farah Jasmine Griffin
      • Anne M. Martínez, Moderator


  • Event: 

    Dinner Break

  • Time: 

    5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.


  • Event: 

    Evening Plenary – Feminism and Hip Hop

  • Time: 

    7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

  • Location: 

    Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club, 1131 East 57th Street (57th Street and University Avenue)

    • Panelists:
      • Joan Morgan
      • Tricia Rose
      • Beverly Guy-Sheftall
      • Cathy J. Cohen, Moderator



Day One | Day Two | Day Three

Day Three: Saturday, April 9, 2005

  • Event: 

    Check-In/On-Site Registration

  • Time: 

    8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

    Location: 

    Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club, 1131 East 57th Street (57th Street and University Avenue)

 

  • Event: 

    Panel 1 – Media Representations of Women in Hip Hop

  • Time: 

    9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

  • Location: 

    Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club, 1131 East 57th Street (57th Street and University Avenue)


    • Panelists:
      • Melyssa Ford
      • Kim Osorio
      • Cheryl L. Keyes
      • Jessy Terrero
      • Jackie Stewart, Moderator


  • Event: 

    Panel 2 – Sexuality and Agency in Hip Hop

  • Time: 

    11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

  • Location: 

    Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club, 1131 East 57th Street (57th Street and University Avenue)


    • Panelists:
      • Akiba Solomon
      • Imani Perry
      • Ana "Rokafella" Garcia
      • Deborah Nelson, Moderator


  • Event: 

    Lunch Break

  • Time: 

    12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.


  • Event: 

    Panel 3 – Masculinity, Heterosexism and Hip Hop

  • Time: 

    2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

  • Location: 

    Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club, 1131 East 57th Street (57th Street and University Avenue)


    • Panelists:
      • Mark Anthony Neal
      • Byron Hurt
      • Felicia Miyakawa
      • Travis Jackson, Moderator


  • Event: 

    Panel 4 – Feminism, Politics and Hip Hop on the Ground

  • Time: 

    3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

  • Location: 

    Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club, 1131 East 57th Street (57th Street and University Avenue)


    • Panelists:  
      • Rosa Clemente
      • Moya Bailey
      • Yvonne Bynoe
      • Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Moderator


  • Event: 

    Roll Call – Open Mic and Performance by Jessica Care Moore, Rokafella, and Psalm One and DJ Spontaneous

  • Time: 

    10:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

  • Location: 

    Assembly Hall, International House, 1414 East 59th Street

     

  • Performances by featured artists will begin at 11:00 pm. If you are a performer interested in participating in this event, we will have an open mic segment from 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Registration for the open mic begins Saturday morning at 8:00 am at the conference registration table (Mandel Hall, 1131 East 57th Street—corner of 57th and University Avenue). Registration is on a first come, first serve basis until all of the time slots are filled. Each artist will be given a maximum of 4 minutes to perform. Individuals registered for the conference will be given preference.

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