Superbia is the year-round programme of culture from Manchester Pride. We curate, promote and support LGBT+ culture in Greater Manchester, encouraging participation, supporting new work and engaging Manchester’s thriving LGBT+ community. Through our dedicated Superbia Grants programme we have assisted dozens of people to produce hundreds of projects engaging thousands of participants across the city. 

We take the broadest possible view of culture, which of course includes education and learning. We are pleased to continue our relationship with the Sexuality Summer School (SSS) at the University of Manchester by offering two Superbia Scholarships to the value of £150 each (the full registration fee for the SSS), to enable students to attend the Sexuality Summer School who might not otherwise be able to. The Scholarships are available to anyone who currently lives, works or studies in Greater Manchester, and who otherwise might not apply for the SSS. 

The Sexuality Summer School is an annual five-day event comprising daytime seminars and workshops for up to 40 registered postgraduates, alongside a range of lunchtime and evening events open to the public, including lectures, discussions, performances and film screenings. This year’s SSS (Monday 18 – Friday 22 May 2020) is organised around the theme ‘Queering the Archive’, using current feminist and queer debates to explore what constitutes an archive and who has historically been excluded or absent from archival content and practices.

Postgraduate students on the SSS will have the opportunity to discuss their current research, developing ideas and potential future collaborations with an interdisciplinary group of PhD and Master’s students engaged in the study of sexuality. Moreover, the academics, artists and activists from our public events schedule lead the daytime workshops, giving students the chance to explore questions about ‘Queer Dialogues’ in critical and creative practice. Registration costs £150 and opens on Monday 17 February 2020.

If you wish to apply for a Superbia Scholarship, please submit approximately 250 words explaining why the Sexuality Summer School 2020 would be a valuable experience for you, what you bring to it and what you would hope to get out of it.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 31 January. Please email any initial enquiries to jackie.stacey@manchester.ac.uk 

Your application statement should be sent in the body of an email with the subject header ‘Superbia Scholarship’ and emailed jointly to greg@manchesterpride.com and jackie.stacey@manchester.ac.uk 

Please include your name, address and institutional affiliation in your application. Notification of a successful Superbia Scholarship application will also include confirmation of your place on the Sexuality Summer School 2020.

Timetable for applications is as follows:

Deadline for submissions: Friday 31 January

Successful applicants notified: Friday 7 February

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