Ayesha Hameed

Dr. Ayesha Hameed is a Senior Lecturer in Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London. She holds a Kone Foundation Research Fellowship (2022-2026) and previously served as Research Fellow at Helsinki Collegium in Advanced Studies. Her interdisciplinary work examines the legacies of slavery and indentureship through Atlantic/Indian Ocean frameworks, employing Afrofuturist approaches across performance, sound art, and film.

Research Focus

Her research integrates:

• Oceanic studies and underwater archives
• Afrofuturist reimaginings of diaspora
• Sound as historical testimony
• Borders and migration materialities
• Speculative fiction methodologies

She co-directs projects like Black Atlantis (2014-2023), combining monograph research with international exhibitions.

Awards and Commissions

• Kone Foundation Research Fellowship (2022-2026)
• Production grants from Bonniers Konsthall, Liverpool Biennale, Zeitz MOCAA
• Art Explora Residency at Cité des Arts, Paris (2022)

Academic Leadership

Former Co-Programme Leader for PhD in Visual Cultures. Developed courses including Ocean as Archive and Landscape and Power. Currently supervising research on oceanic epistemologies and practice-based methodologies.