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Professor
University of Toronto Mississauga, Department of Visual Studies
- ProfessorUniversity of Toronto Mississauga, Department of Visual Studies
- 905-828-5411 (Work)
- 905-569-4646 (Mobile)
- University of Toronto, Department of Visual Studies, 3359 Mississauga Road North, Toronto, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada
BIO
Louis Kaplan is a Professor of History and Theory of Photography and New Media at the University of Toronto. He is recognized internationally for his innovative historical and theoretical contributions to the field of photography studies in such areas as spirit photography, photography and community, photographic humour, the New Vision, and photography theory. His wide-ranging research interests include 20th and 21st century European and North American art and visual culture; film and media culture; deconstruction; contemporary Jewish art and visual culture; humour studies; and new media art practices (especially augmented reality). Kaplan has published eleven books, three exhibition catalogues, and over eighty scholarly essays and articles. He holds cross-appointments or affiliations with the Cinema Studies Institute, the Centre for Jewish Studies, the Centre for the Study of the United States, and the Knowledge Media Design Institute. He has collaborated with the artist Melissa Shiff on research-creation projects incorporating new media including the highly acclaimed augmented reality exploration, Mapping Ararat, and, more recently, the virtual reality project, The Imaginary Jewish Homelands of I.N. Steinberg.
Louis Kaplan has been awarded a Standard Research Grant as well as both Insight and Insight Development Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. His research appointments include Visiting Scholar at the Center for Jewish History in New York (2013-2014), Faculty Research Fellow at the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto (2014-2015), and Getty Library Research Fellow at the Getty Research Institute in the summer of 2018. His undergraduate teaching appointment is in the Department of Visual Studies at the Mississauga campus where he served as the inaugural Chair.
Louis Kaplan has been awarded a Standard Research Grant as well as both Insight and Insight Development Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. His research appointments include Visiting Scholar at the Center for Jewish History in New York (2013-2014), Faculty Research Fellow at the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto (2014-2015), and Getty Library Research Fellow at the Getty Research Institute in the summer of 2018. His undergraduate teaching appointment is in the Department of Visual Studies at the Mississauga campus where he served as the inaugural Chair.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaJul 2014 - present
- Chancellor Jackman Humanities Institute Faculty Research FellowUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaJul 2014 - Jun 2015
- Professor and Founding ChairUniversity of Toronto, Department of Visual Studies, Toronto, CanadaJul 2010 - Jun 2014
- ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Graduate Department of Art, Toronto, CanadaJul 2010 - present
- DirectorUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaJan 2006 - Jun 2010
- Acting DirectorUniversity of Toronto, Centre for Visual and Media Culture, Toronto, CanadaJul 2007 - Dec 2007
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Centre for Visual and Media Culture, Toronto, CanadaJul 2005 - Jun 2010
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Centre for Visual and Media Culture, Toronto, CanadaJul 2003 - Jun 2005
- Founding Program Coordinator and Faculty AdvisorUniversity of Toronto, Centre for Visual and Media Culture, Toronto, CanadaJul 2003 - Jun 2006
- MemberUniversity of Toronto, Knowledge Media Design Institute, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
- Associate Faculty MemberUniversity of Toronto, Centre for Jewish Studies and Collaborative Doctoral Program in Jewish Studies, Toronto, CanadaApr 2004 - present
- Assistant Professor of Photography StudiesSouthern Illinois University Carbondale, Department of Cinema and Photography, Carbondale, United StatesAug 2000 - Jun 2002
- Visiting Professor of Modern ArtTufts University, Department of Art and Art History, Medford, United States1999 - 2000
- Lecturer of Modern ArtTufts University, Department of Art and Art History, Medford, United States1998 - 1999
- Lecturer of Modern Art and Judaic StudiesTufts University, Medford, United States1997 - 1998
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern ArtTufts University, Medford, United States1996 - 1997
- Lecturer of Modern ArtTufts University, Medford, United States1996 - 1996
- LecturerTufts University, Department of German Language and Literatures, Medford, United States1996 - 1996
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern ArtTufts University, Medford, United States1995 - 1995
- Guest ProfessorHöger Institut fur Schöne Kunsten, Belgium2002 - 2002
- LecturerStanford Berlin Study Center, Berlin, Germany1991 - 1991
- LecturerKansas City Art Institute, Department of Liberal Arts, Kansas City, United States1988 - 1988
- LecturerColumbia College Chicago, Department of Liberal Studies, Chicago, United States1987 - 1987
DEGREES
- PhD, Intellectual HistoryUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, United States1988
- MA, Intellectual HistoryUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, United States
- AB, Social StudiesHarvard University, Cambridge, United States1981
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Post Doctoral FellowshipHebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel1993 - 1995Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Walter Rathenau Post-Doctoral FellowVerbund für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Germany1989 - 1990Postdoctoral Fellowship
LANGUAGES
- English
- German
AVAILABILITY
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Media enquiries