The Stuart Hall Fellowship
The Stuart Hall Foundation and the Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities at the University of Sussex invite applications for the Stuart Hall Fellowship annually.
Inspired by the life and work of Professor Stuart Hall, the Stuart Hall Foundation seeks to support new generations of creative thinkers and provoke original thinking, debate and research. Its vision is to encourage scholars, artists and researchers to build on Professor Stuart Hall’s legacy to transform the political and cultural landscape. The Foundation’s programme includes fellowships and scholarships, residencies and commissions as well as a series of public talks, events and screenings.
The Stuart Hall Fellowship at the University of Sussex was established in 2018 to provide an opportunity for a talented, creative individual to develop their practice within an academic context. Hosted by the Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities, the fellowship is open to practitioners and academics as well as artists in residence in all areas, reflecting the varied interests of the Foundation, including cultural studies, film and visual arts.
2025 Stuart Hall Fellow
Bleue Liverpool (b. Brooklyn, NYC) is a New York City and London based Caribbean-American intermedia artist, who uses film, photography, text and new media techniques sculpturally to explore and illustrate anti-colonial feminist and non-binary diasporic movements.
She has exhibited at museums and galleries across the world, including New York, Geneva and Berlin, and this will be her first time presenting her work to a UK audience.
For this year’s Brighton Festival, she will collaborate with Nigerian sound artist Ibukun Sunday, to produce a visual soundscape that explores the narratives of East and West Sussex coastline port culture.
Past Fellows have included interdisciplinary theatre maker, spoken-word performer, writer and activist Subira Joy; multi-disciplinary creative and activist Erin James; multi-media artist, activist and curator Susuana Amoah; photographer and Turner prize nominee Ingrid Pollard; and investigative journalist Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi.
The University supports the Stuart Hall MA Scholarship. This is granted to one student in the Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities each year for a period of three years. Past recipients include Luiza Paiva, Marie Hasselberg and Andrew O'Connor. The University also supports the Stuart Hall Foundation PGR Studentship.