European Hip Hop Studies Conference

The ninth annual European Hip Hop Studies Conference, based in Groningen, encourages reflections and responses to Hip Hop in these times of crisis. The conference focuses on Hip Hop's many transnational expressions, from European Hip Hop (situated within complex colonial histories and political tensions), its American origins, towards wider global manifestations of the form. Hip Hop scholars are invited to respond to the present moment of locally experienced but globally interconnected inequalities vis-a-vis Hip Hop as a potentially revolutionary form. Indeed, how can Hip Hop hold true to its original tenets when it is increasingly embedded in global corporate and political structures?

In terms of form, this conference will feature individual presentations, alongside themed panel discussions, keynotes, and critical conversations with practitioners.

The conference's unique setting, spread across the Groninger Museum, will be complemented by music programming by Hip Hop platform Homebase, ensuring a dynamic meeting of minds to discuss, play with, and engender new visions for Hip Hop studies in these turbulent times.