Hamja Ahsan is happy to recieve commisions for short and long pieces of writing for anything related to the following issues. Hamja is currently writing a research paper on Contemporary Art and the War on Terror for the Arts Council England.

Theory:

• Post-colonialism
• Confluence of Critical Theory and Islamism (e.g. Talal Asad, Bobby S. Sayyid, Hamid Dabashi etc.)
• Identity Politics - Then and Now
• The New Imperialism
• Multiculturalism / Diversity Management
• Secularism
• Temporality and Globalisation
• Archive formats in Contemporary Art

Further Research Interests:

• Bengali Art Cinema
• Contemporary Art Scene in Bangladesh (mainly based in Dhaka)
• Bangladeshi Diaspora
• Indian Marxism and its Cultural Manifestions (e.g. Indian People's Theatre Association)

Archive/ Collection:

Ahsan collects a comprehensive archive of Multiculturalist paraphanelia under the title of "Diversity Archive". This compromises books, audio, video, maps, family photographs,  pamphlets and other promotional material stretching back as far as 1971. This is an ongoing project - contribution always welcome. Building a taxonomy of this material functions as a form of sketching towards his art practice. On occasion - the collection is curated around new concepts. See project: Making Progress Through Diversity (2008)