Thomas Waugh

For the Canadian politician, see Thomas Frederick Waugh.
Thomas Waugh
Born1948 (age 75–76)
London, Ontario, Canada
OccupationAcademic, Author, Critic, Programmer, Activist
Period1970s-present
Notable worksShow Us Life: Towards a History and Aesthetics of the Committed Documentary

Hard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in Photography and Film from Their Beginnings to Stonewall
The Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas

Conscience of Cinema: The Work of Joris Ivens, 1912-1989

Thomas Waugh is a Canadian critic, lecturer, author, actor, and activist,[1][2][3] best known for his extensive work on documentary film and eroticism in the history of LGBT cinema and art.[4] A professor emeritus at Concordia University,[5] he taught 41 years in the film studies program of the School of Cinema and held a research chair in documentary film and sexual representation. He was also the director of the Concordia HIV/AIDS Project, 1993-2017, a program providing a platform for research and conversations involving HIV/AIDS in the Montréal area.[6]

  1. ^ |name=xtra>Daniel Allen Cox
  2. ^ Waugh, Thomas (8 August 2019). "My Coming Out: 'I'm Afraid This Letter Is Going To Cause You Both A Lot Of Pain". Montreal Gazette.
  3. ^ "Naked Lunch: An interview with Thomas Waugh". Xtra!, January 5, 2010.
  4. ^ "Naked Lunch: An interview with Thomas Waugh". Xtra!, January 5, 2010.
  5. ^ "Filling the void of LGBT cultural amnesia; Concordia profs at the helm of book series revisiting 21 influential movies". Montreal Gazette, January 25, 2012.
  6. ^ Braganza, Chantal (January 14, 2015). "The evolution of porn studies". University Affairs. Retrieved March 11, 2019.