Thomas Waugh
Thomas Waugh | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 76–77) London, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Academic, Author, Critic, Programmer, Activist |
| Period | 1970s-present |
| Notable works | Show 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 |
Thomas Waugh is a Canadian critic, lecturer, author, actor, and activist, best known for his extensive work on documentary film and eroticism in the history of LGBT cinema and art. A professor emeritus at Concordia University, 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.