📚 Join our English Book Club this Saturday, November 16th, for a special event featuring international guest speaker - Karim Hammou! 🎤🌍
Karim Hammou, a tenured researcher in sociology and history at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, is an expert in hip-hop culture and cultural industries with a focus on Europe and North America. 🎓✨
He is the co-editor of the Global Hip-Hop Studies Journal and the author of two books:
📖 «Une histoire du rap en France» (A History of Rap Music in France)
📖 «Fear of a Female Planet,» a book about a French feminist punk rap band. 🎶👩🎤
During the presentation, he will share insights on how this US-born music genre has become such an influential force in France, and transformed into a distinctive part of the French music scene. 🇺🇸➡️🇫🇷✨ He’ll explore how it reflects the nation’s triumphs and struggles in the context of its former imperial space and contemporary global role. 🌍🔍
Join us to learn from Karim Hammou how rap music, in France and beyond, has evolved from the underground to the mainstream, and discover how it has shaped the global pop music landscape! 🎧🌐
🗣️ The presentation and following discussion will be in English 🗣️
🗓️ Date: November 16, at 18:00 (6:00 PM)
📍 Location: ololoYurt (Kulatova, 61)
🎟️ Admission is free with registration
Karim Hammou, a tenured researcher in sociology and history at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, is an expert in hip-hop culture and cultural industries with a focus on Europe and North America. 🎓✨
He is the co-editor of the Global Hip-Hop Studies Journal and the author of two books:
📖 «Une histoire du rap en France» (A History of Rap Music in France)
📖 «Fear of a Female Planet,» a book about a French feminist punk rap band. 🎶👩🎤
During the presentation, he will share insights on how this US-born music genre has become such an influential force in France, and transformed into a distinctive part of the French music scene. 🇺🇸➡️🇫🇷✨ He’ll explore how it reflects the nation’s triumphs and struggles in the context of its former imperial space and contemporary global role. 🌍🔍
Join us to learn from Karim Hammou how rap music, in France and beyond, has evolved from the underground to the mainstream, and discover how it has shaped the global pop music landscape! 🎧🌐
🗣️ The presentation and following discussion will be in English 🗣️
🗓️ Date: November 16, at 18:00 (6:00 PM)
📍 Location: ololoYurt (Kulatova, 61)
🎟️ Admission is free with registration