The Cluster builds upon paradigmatic work at Middlesex (e.g. Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey; Kobena Mercer, now Yale) and has close alliances with the Clusters Visual Culture and Art Practice. Key curatorial and archival projects include the BLK Arts project, re-examining the movement of the 1980s; the Black Arts and Modernism project and work with the Anglo-Chinese community.