Event Details
When:
Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 4pm - 5pm
Location:
Online: Zoom
Price:
Free
Brought to you by:
Center for Canadian-American Studies, The Foundation for WWU & Alumni
Description
Little-known outside of the province, the hip-hop subculture of Québec, Canada, has been a place of expression for rap artists of a variety of backgrounds and aesthetic inspirations since the genre’s emergence in the early 1980s. This talk will present a survey of different stages of hip-hop within Québec and will outline the diversity of identity orientations, languages of expression, and media formats influential upon hip-hop in Québec over this decades-long existence. This talk will highlight key barriers and factors that impacted rap’s position as popular culture in Québec.
Featuring:
Claire Fouchereaux is Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of French at Wabash College. She holds a Ph.D. in French/Francophone Studies from Indiana University Bloomington. Her publications include articles on the representation of France by mainstream rappers in Québec and on the critical perspective of a pioneer of African cinemas Paulin S. Vieyra. In 2023, she was the recipient of a prestigious Graduate Student Scholarship from the International Council for Canadian Studies in support of her doctoral dissertation on rap in Québec, its relationship to cultural institutions, and the construction of community from the late 2000s to the late 2010s.
Questions and Accommodations
Your point of contact for this event is The Foundation for WWU & Alumni. Call (360) 650-3353 or email Alumni@wwu.edu.
Advance notice for disability accommodations and special needs is appreciated. Please mention your needs when registering.
There will be auto-captions available for the Zoom webinar.
The views expressed by our speakers do not necessarily reflect those of Western Washington University.