Eric Lewis

Academic title(s): 

Associate Professor

Eric Lewis
Contact Information
Address: 

855 Sherbrooke St. W.
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2T7

Phone: 
514-398-8943
Email address: 
eric.lewis [at] mcgill.ca
Office: 
Leacock 908
Office hours: 

TBA

Research areas: 
Ancient Philosophy
History of Natural Philosophy
Philosophy of Music
Biography: 

My present research focuses on the philosophy of improvised music. I am the McGill site coordinator for ICASP (Improvisation, Community and Social Research), a major international research project with primary funding from the SSHRC MCRI program. I am actively recruiting graduate students interested in this project, for which there are numerous funding possibilities. I am presently completing two book projects, the first on the ontology of improvised music, the second an edited collection on Improvisation and Social Aesthetics. I am also actively involved in the creation and curation of improvised art exhibits, and an active improvising musician. Broader research interests include the philosophy of music more generally, aesthetics, philosophy of copyright, and a host of interdisciplinary approaches to art, culture and society.

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