Teaching

by Harry Heuser

I never identified as a career academic. I am an educator. For most of my life in academia, I served as a Man (or Person) Friday, filling in or taking over from staff on sabbatical, resigned, retired, or deceased. I started teaching within weeks of receiving my BA at Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY), and continued teaching at Lehman College (CUNY) as an MA student. While I pursued my PhD, I taught at Hunter College (CUNY) and at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Relocating to Britain, I adapted from teaching writing and literature to teaching art history, writing and delivering modules in Wales, and, on behalf of Aberystwyth University, in mainland China, on a zero-hour contract basis, before receiving a lectureship. I resigned from Aberystwyth University as a Senior Lecturer in February 2024.

In my teaching, I draw on my Liberal Arts education; and while it left me without a sizeable pension, teaching on-demand has taught me a great deal and enriched my life.

This is a partial list of classes/subjects I have taught over the years, excluding occasional contributions to modules taught by fellow members of staff. Titles of modules I created and/or developed appear in blue.

The list contains a few links to presentations published on this website (with further links to follow).

German Language, Literature and Translation

Introductory German

Advanced German

The Language of German Politics

Translation (German/English)

German Literature (German language)

Introduction to the Humanities

English Language and Literature

Reading, Researching, and Re-writing

Wrting Effective Academic Writing (MA and PhD seminar)

ESL (English as Second Language)

Advanced Composition

Business Writing

Professional Writing (bespoke non-academic seminar)

Writing about Art

Writing for the Ear

Writing for the Web

Introduction to Literature

“Fiction: The Long and Short of It”

”Beyond Dogs and Diamonds: Portraits of American Friendships” (American Literature)

“Shakespeare: Within and without ‘this wooden O’” (English Literature)

Poetry: Reflecting on Echoes (English Literature)

Art History and Curation

Art in Europe and America (1900-1950)

Gothic Imagination (Art History)

Adaptation: Versions, Revisions and Cultural Renewal (Art History)

Postmodernism and Contemporary Art (Art History)

Artworld: Contemporary Practice in Context (MA)

Representing the Body (at Huanghuai University, Henan Province, China)

Landscape, Nature and Art (at Huanghuai University, Henan Province, China)

Looking into Landscape (Art History)

Curating an Exhibition: Researching, Interpreting, and Displaying