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Sexuality Summer School: Love and Its Others

03 Feb 2016

Bringing together postgraduates, researchers and international scholars with artists and filmmakers to facilitate dialogue and discussions from 23 to 27 May 2016

There is a public events programme which is open to everyone and includes:

  • Patricia White (Swarthmore) Public Lecture - Lesbian Reverie: Carol as History and Fantasy
  • Richard Fung (filmmaker, Toronto) - Preview of documentary and public discussion - Re:Orientations
  • Le Gateau Chocolat (Edinburgh Fringe Preview at Contact and post-show discussion) - Icons
  • Lois Weaver and Jen Harvie (Queen Mary, London) - Collaboration as Love: Reflections on The Only Way Home Is Through the Show

The public lectures are free and tickets for screenings and performances will be purchasable online through the venues.

These public events accompany the Sexuality Summer School, a five-day event for postgraduates, organized by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC) at The University of Manchester since 2008 and funded by the University's Faculty of Humanities and Screen, and partnered by Contact, HOME and Manchester Pride. The Sexuality Summer School brings postgraduates, researchers and international scholars together with artists and filmmakers to facilitate dialogue and discussions that speak to contemporary debates in queer and feminist sexuality studies, with a particular emphasis on the interdisciplinary study of culture.

Registration for the Sexuality Summer School is open to all PhD and Masters students studying sexuality and will go live on 2 March at:

Number limited to 30, so book early to avoid disappointment.

Price: £80 (includes entry to ticketed events plus opening and closing dinners).

Further information 

For more information about the Sexuality Summer School, including a short film on what we do, and details of previous events: