Gemes to Split Between Birkbeck and Southampton

Ken Gemes, who works in philosophy of science and on Nietzsche, will now split his appointment between the philosophy departments at Birkbeck College, University of London (where he presently teaches) and the University of Southampton (where his former Birkbeck colleague Christopher Janaway [Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, aesthetics, ancient philosophy] is now Professor of Philosophy); Gemes will be half-time as Reader in Philosophy in both Departments.  That move will certainly solidify Southampton's position as one of the world's leading centers for Nietzsche studies, with not only Gemes and Janaway, but Aaron Ridley in Philosophy and David Owen in Politics.  (The AHRC has also recently funded a multi-year project at Southampton, directed by Janaway, on "Nietzsche and Modern Moral Philosophy.")