In my current role as lecturer of Cultural Studies, I teach comparative literature, the history of ideas, and visual literacy to undergraduate students. I also teach a module for graduate students.

I have designed and taught interdisciplinary courses relating to various modes of identity, through Western and Arab literature and culture. Through a structured approach and close investigations of visual artefacts, historical happenings, and literary trends, my students are exposed to a polyphony of voices as well as diverse narratives, both from the mainstream and the margin. Within the framework of identity and power, I teach several threads that relate to colonialism, such as orientalism, BLM and toppled statues, as well as other residues of colonialism in contemporary culture/history from the Caribbean to the Arab world.

Global Histories

This is a survey course that introduces students to the different, broad, and historical concepts of Identity across ages and cultures in Western and Arab thought.

Journeys and Emancipations

The course, best described as one on the intellectual history of Germany and Europe (1914-1990), delves into the complex and transformative intellectual landscape of Europe, with a particular focus on Germany, during a pivotal period in the 20th century.

Global Discoveries: From Athena to Athens, Myth – Past and Present

This is an interdisciplinary course that explores the enduring power of ancient myths and their profound influence on modern culture and society. This course transcends time and place to delve into the world of mythology, tracing the evolution of stories and symbols from their ancient origins to their contemporary relevance. Through museum visits, close-readings of texts, and storytelling through heritage sites, students uncover the connections between classical mythology and its manifestations in today’s world, from literature and art to film and popular culture.

Methods of the Written Voice: Research Methods and Writing Process

This is a skill-focused course designed to empower students with the tools and techniques needed to excel in research-based writing. 

Throughout the course, students will be guided through the multifaceted aspects of academic and professional writing. They will learn to harness the intricacies of research methodologies, information retrieval, and source evaluation.

Visual and Experiential Learning 

Visual literacy is a valuable skill that can benefit everyone. By developing your visual literacy skills, you can become a more informed and critical consumer of information, a more effective communicator, and a more creative individual.

Classroom learning is reinforced and expanded through applied learning trips through various national and international locations. For the course From Athena to Athens, learning is place-based and includes and revolves around experiential learning visits to various heritage sites such as the Acropolis Museum, the Temple of Poseidon, and the Ancient Agora.

Similarly, for the course Journeys and Emancipations, we designed a bespoke program that weaves historical and personal narratives, some of the memorable locales we visited included Berlin’s George Grosz Museum and the East Side Gallery, along many other sites of memory, history, and trauma. 

Head over to My Blog for some museum visit tips and a pedagogical worksheet. 

MA Module-On Literature and Other Arts

For two months, I was invited faculty at Universidaded Aberta in Lisbon. During this period I co-taught and contributed to an MA interdisciplinary module titled Literature and Other Arts where I lectured on gender dimensions drawn from my monograph The Doppelgänger in Our Time. I co-taught this course using the progressive mode of learning and teaching called Virtual Mobility.