Journal Submissions

Call for Papers, Panels & Proposals

The Show & Prove Hip Hop Studies Conference Series (S&P) will host a mini-conference on Saturday, December 13, 2025 during WBL Fest: The Way You Move— a week-long celebration of movement, rhythm and community. The S&P mini-conference invites new and developing scholarship activated by the conference keywords: movement and generation.

Taken separately, these keywords offer several points of entry. Movement invokes the physical body, embodiment and the meaningfulness of what the body can teach you (think move-meant). This term also invokes social justice movements and the resilience, flexibility, and connections necessary to sustain them.

In contrast, generation is a concept that shifts our attention to a body of people, usually organized around age alongside other demographic markers. The term can signal something shared (e.g., generational aesthetics), stark departures from what was before, overlapping interests, cross-generational exchanges, and challenges to the status quo. Its root word emphasizes processes of bringing something into being or existence. Taken together, these two keywords can also speak to the creation of change in relation to time, place, and people, moving collectively and yet across differences, whether through social media or bodies on the ground.

S&P seeks papers and especially whole panel proposals, or other proposal ideas that resonate with the keywords— : movement and generation.

Submission Guidelines

• Proposals are due September 19th

• Submit via email to showproveconf@gmail.com

• Final accepted proposals will be notified by early October 2025

Format Guidelines

• Individual proposals: 300-word descriptions of papers/ideas

• Panel proposals: 300-word panel description and up to 200-word descriptions of each part/ paper/ person in the panel.

• All proposals should include: Your name and contact information, affiliations, and relevant a/v needs.

• Do not include CVs or sample papers.

• NOTE: This is a live gathering and we do not seek proposals for virtual participation (though a portion of a proposed panel may be online).

Questions & Contact:

WBL Fest: Mazi Mutafa— Mazi@wblinc.org

S&P: Imani Kai Johnson— showproveconf@gmail.com