Two New Appointments for Birmingham: Spener from Antwerp, Sturgeon from Oxford

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham has made two new appointments:  Maja Spener (philosophy of mind and psychology, epistemology), currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology at the University of Antwerp and previously Faculty Lecturer and Junior Research Fellow at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, will join Birmingham as Lecturer; and Scott Sturgeon (epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind), currently Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University, will take a Professorial position.  The Administration at Birmingham has committed to an expansion of the Department of Philosophy, so further appointments at various levels are likely in the near future.  In the wake of the double loss of two Professors (Beebee to Manchester, and Miller to Otago), things are now looking very promising at Birmingham.