Curriculum Vitae (Academic)

Education

Ph.D., Cultural Mediations - Visual Culture, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), 2017.
Title of dissertation: Making or Breaking Nations. Travelling Memory in Contemporary Art and Photography: History, Commemoration, Nostalgia, and Humanitarian Interventions.

M.A. in Art History, 2010.

B.F.A. + M.F.A. (D.E.S.S.) in Applied Visual Arts, 2006.

B.A. in History, 2000.

Awards and Distinctions

Canada Council for the Arts,
On Citzenship: The Official Narrative, 2018

Barb and Walter McCormick Artist Award,
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, 2017.

Graduate Research and Innovative Thinking (GRIT) award,
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, Carleton University, 2016.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS),
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities. 2015-2016.

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS),
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). 2012-2015.

First Exhibition in a Public Art Gallery Award, Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG) . 2015.

Graduate Student Association (GSA) Honour Award. 2014-2015.

TD Fellowship in Migration and Diaspora Studies
The Migration and Diaspora Studies Initiative, Carleton University. 2014-2015.

SSHRC Storytellers Award 2013.

Henry Mandelbaum Graduate Fellowship,
Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA). 2012-2013.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS),
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities. 2012-2013 (Declined).

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS),
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities. 2011-2012.

Ontario-Quebec Exchange Fellowship,
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities. 2011-2014 (Declined).

Graduate Scholarship Award, Carleton University. 2011-2014.

Graduate Scholarship Award, Carleton University. 2007-2009.

Dean's Graduate Academic Excellence Scholarship for Domestic Students,
Carleton University. 2007-2008.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Alam, Johnny. “The French Tricolore in Contemporary Art and Photography: National Flag, Transnational Identities”. Flags, Memory, Identity. ed. Anne Wagner. (forthcoming 2019-20). Print.

———. "Symptomatic Architecture: Markings of Presence, Difference, and Trauma". Multi-ethnic Cities of the Mediterranean World. ed. M. Folin and A. Musarra. Routledge (forthcoming 2019). Print.

———. “Transnational Social Media Monuments, Counter-Monuments, and the Future of the Nation-State.” Monuments and Culture. ed. Laura Macaluso. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. (forthcoming 2019). Print.

———. "The Dead and the City: Ostracized by Modernity, Reinstated by Photography." La Città Altra. CIRICE: Napoli, 2018. Web & Print.

———. "Real Archive, Contested Memory, Fake History." History, Memory, Performance. eds. David Dean, Yana Meerzon, and Kathryn Prince. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Print.

———. . “Undead Martyrs and Decay: When Photography Fails its Promise of Eternal Memory.” Contemporary French and Francophone Studies 18.5 (2014): 577-586. Print.

———. “Clash: Conflict and Its Consequences.” RACAR 39.2 (2014): 115–117. Print.

Publications

Alam, Johnny. "Art on a Green Line." Exhibition essay. Carelton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, 2015. Print.        

Alam, Johnny. Photography, Memory, and War: An Interview with Andrea Kunard. Video. Ottawa, 2013. http://vimeo.com/70956797. Web

Curated Exhibitions

Alam, Johnny. “Art on a Green Line” at Carleton University Art Gallery. January 19 – April 14, 2015.

Conference Presentations

"Art and Aritificial Intelligence: Here and Now". College Art Association (CAA). New York: Feb. 14, 2019.

"The Dead and the City: Ostracized by Modernity, Reinstated by Photography." La Città Altra. CIRICE: Napoli, October 25-27, 2018.

"Symptomatic Architecture: Markings of Presence, Difference, and Trauma". Multi-ethnic Cities of the Mediterranean World. Associazione Italiana di Storia Urbana. Genoa, Italy, June 4, 2018.

“Understanding Post-Conflict Trauma and the Long-Term Hazards of Photographic Representation.” Pictures of Conflict: The Still Image in War since 1945. Manchester, U.K. May 25, 2018.

“National Flags, Transnational Identity, and the Past/Future of the Nation-State.” Flags, Identity, Memory. Lile, France. 2018.

"Transnational Commemoration: Media Monuments and the Future of the Nation-State," IAMCR, Leicester University, U.K., July 30, 2016.

"Mapping Beirut's Green Line: Contested Memory in Contemporary Art," Mapping Memory, The CUNY Graduate Center, New York, March 11, 2016.

“Commemorating the Missing: Remediating Film Ruins,” Interface 2014 (Transmediating Culture), Carleton University. May 2, 2014.

"Post-traumatic Representations by Lebanese War Generation Artists," War, Memory and Amnesia: Francophone Perspectives on Postwar Lebanon, University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K. June 7, 2013

"The Work of Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Posthuman Representations - Human Implications." Interface2013: Creative and Critical Approaches in the Digital Humanities. Carleton University, Ottawa. May 4, 2013

“'R'eal Archive, Contested Memory, Fake History,” National Council on Public History 2013 , Ottawa. April 19, 2013

"Undead Martyrs and Decay: When Photography Fails a Promise of Eternal Memory". Decadence/Decay, Art History Graduate Students' Society conference, Carleton University, Ottawa. March 9, 2013

“Ruined ‘Golden-Age’ Postcards of War,” Universities Art Association of Canada Conference 2012, Concordia University, Montreal. November 3, 2012

“Representing National Trauma: Alternative Histories, Experimental Art Practices, Performances and Narratives by Transnational Artists from the Lebanese War Generation,” History , Memory, Performance conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. April 19, 2012

“Image+Text = Representations of Childhood War-Trauma in the Graphic Novel (Comic Book) Series Malaak,” Graphicity 2012: Revisiting Word/Image Hybridity,Université de Montréal, Montreal. March 12, 2012.

Public Talks and Scholarly Presentations

"On Diasporic Postmemory," Gallery 66, Ottawa, February 27, 2016.

“Art and Memory in Lebanon and Diaspora” Panel Discussion with Vicky Moufawad‐Paul, and Jayce Salloum moderated by Zainab Amery. Carleton University Art Gallery. February 28, 2015.

“ Projecting the Archives.” Film Screening and Q&A. Carleton University Art Gallery. March 12, 2015.

“Echoes of Trauma Theory and False Memory in the Art of Walid Raad,” Art & Trauma: Questions of Authenticity. 2014 Cultural Transfers Series, Carleton University. March 26, 2014

“Rethinking the Current University Model: Critical Challenges,”Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), Toronto. June 14, 2013

SSHRC Storytellers Presentation, Congress of the Humanities 2013, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada. June 3, 2013.

“Effects of Canadian Multiculturalism Policies on National Museums and Galleries,” National Capital Interpretation Network (NCIN), Ottawa. June 15, 2010

“Representations of Lebanese War-Trauma,” Hadgithomas + Joreige exhibition tour, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal. October 8, 2009

Panels Organized

"Art and Aritificial Intelligence". College Art Association (CAA). New York: Feb. 14, 2019.

"Reimagined Meanings: Photographs Repurposed in Literature and Art". XIth International IAWIS/AIERTI Conference, University of Lausanne (Switzerland), 10-14 July 2017. co-organized with Dr. Matthew Rushton.

Selected Conference Workshops

“Teaching Digital History and New Media,” National Council on Public History 2013, Ottawa. April 19, 2013

SSHRC Imagining Canada’s Future Colloquium. University of Ottawa. September 7, 2012

Research Positions

Research and Policy Analyst, Creative Marketplace Lab for Skills, Data, and Technology, Department of Canadian Heritage, 2018-Present

Research and Policy Analyst, Startegic Policy and Horizontal Integration, Department of Canadian Heritage, 2018.

Research Assistant, Community Outreach and Education,Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal. Graduate Student Internship. Fall 2009

Research Assistant, Community Outreach and Education, Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Graduate Student Internship. Fall 2008 – Winter 2009.

Selected Teaching Positions

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Engineering, School of Information Technology, Carleton University, Ottawa. Developed and taught 4th year courses titled: “Animation and Society” and “Media, Culture, Future.” 2011, 2012, 2014

Instructor, Enrichment Mini-Courses Program, Carleton University, Ottawa. Developed and taught “Design Skills for the Digital World of the 21st century!” a one-week university course for elementary and high school students. 2012 - 2015

Teacher Assistant, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Art History, Carleton University, Ottawa. Survey courses. 2011-2015

Part-time Instructor, School of Media and Design, Algonquin College, Ottawa. Developed and taught various graphic and web design theory and software implementation courses. 2010-2014

Part-time Instructor, Saw Video artist run centre, Ottawa. Led and enhanced the hands-on workshop Introduction to Adobe After Effects. 2011-2013

Adjunct Professor, Institut de Gestion des Entreprises, Université Saint-Joseph (USJ), Beirut. Developed and taught various graphic and web design theory and software courses. 2004-2006

Adjunct Professor, American University College of Science and Technology (AUST), Faculty of Arts and Design, Beirut. Developed and taught various graphic and web design theory and software courses. 2002-2006

Part-time Instructor, American Lebanese Language Centre, Department of Information Technology, Beirut. Developed and taught various graphic and web design theory and software courses. 1997-2001