Thomas Waugh

Thomas Waugh is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal. Born 1948, London, Ontario. Teacher, programmer, writer, critic, activist, retired from Concordia in 2017 after 41 years teaching film and sexuality/queer studies, including Indian Cinema. 2025 is the fiftieth anniversary of my involvement with Jump Cut! Author, compiler or editor of 14 books, including I Confess: Constructing the Sexual Self in the Internet Age (co-edited Brandon Arroyo, 2019). Co-editor with Matthew Hays of 50-book series Queer Film Classics (2008-2030), including Fire (Shohini Ghosh, 2010). Katherine Singer Kovacs Book Award for The Conscience of Cinema: The Work of Joris Ivens, 1912-1989 (Amsterdam).Teacher Punjab Public School, Nabha (1970-72); Visiting Professor, Film Studies, EFLU University, Hyderabad (2018-19). His 1989 interviews with Indian independent documentary filmmakers on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU-U9TDQrD3eBKdW8LY9crqQ. His Writing in the Flesh: Essays on My Lives, My Bodies, My Families, My Places, My Movies is due Spring 2026 fromMcGill Queen’s University Press. 
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