Schedule and Agenda

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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

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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

Event: 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

Event: Panel 2 - Constructing the Sexual Politics of Black Women (Home Room)

Panelists:

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

 

Event: 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

Event: Panel 4 - Language, Hip Hop, and Feminism (Coulter Lounge)

Panelists:

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

 

Event: 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

 

Event: 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

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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.