{"id":750,"date":"2014-02-05T15:32:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T15:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/godfreythomsonproject\/?p=750"},"modified":"2014-02-17T16:15:23","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T16:15:23","slug":"gathering-intelligence-a-free-seminar-to-mark-the-end-of-the-godfrey-thomson-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/godfreythomsonproject\/2014\/02\/05\/gathering-intelligence-a-free-seminar-to-mark-the-end-of-the-godfrey-thomson-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Gathering Intelligence: A free seminar regarding Thomson&#8217;s life and work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Wellcome Trust funded project*, &#8216;Documenting the Understanding of Human Intelligence: cataloguing and preserving the papers of Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson&#8217;, is on course to deliver on all its objectives in the next few months. Continuing on from the cataloguing project, we aim to digitise Thomson&#8217;s papers, and catalogue related papers through the Moray House and University of Edinburgh collections.\u00a0 We will also be curating an exhibition regarding Thomson&#8217;s life and work in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/godfreythomsonproject\/files\/2013\/06\/Capture.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25 aligncenter\" alt=\"Capture\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/godfreythomsonproject\/files\/2013\/06\/Capture-211x300.png\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/godfreythomsonproject\/files\/2013\/06\/Capture-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/godfreythomsonproject\/files\/2013\/06\/Capture.png 423w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson (1881-1955)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To mark this exciting and continuing collaboration between the academic and archival communities, we are holding a free seminar for researchers, students, and archivists at Edinburgh University Library, 16th May 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson (1881-1955) was a psychologist, statistician, and educator.\u00a0 The seminar programme reflects this, and is a varied one exploring Thomson\u2019s work in Psychology (especially cognitive testing), Statistics, Education, and Eugenics, with academic speakers from each field.\u00a0 Chaired by Professor Dorothy Meill, Vice Principal and Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science, It will also discuss current scientific research facilitated through data sets left from Thomson\u2019s work, as well as the complexities involved in interpreting and cataloguing the collection itself.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MVGICGmdLiY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Professor Ian Deary&#8217;s British Academy Lecture on Thomson<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0Gathering Intelligence: the life and work of Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Chaired by Professor Dorothy Meill, Vice Principal and Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a09. 15: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coffee and introduction<\/b><\/p>\n<p>10.00:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Martin Lawn, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Education, University of Oxford: \u2018\u2019His Great Institution&#8217;\u2019: Thomson&#8217;s\u00a0advanced school of education in Edinburgh\u2019<\/p>\n<p>10.30:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Professor Ian Deary, Director, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology: &#8216;Use of Thomson&#8217;s data today in studies of cognitive ageing and cognitive epidemiology&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>11.00:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tea and coffee<\/b><\/p>\n<p>11.30:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Professor Lindsay Paterson, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh: \u2018Use of Thomson\u2019s survey work in current research on social mobility and life-long education\u2019<\/p>\n<p>12.00:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr Edmund Ramsden, \u2018Thomson\u2019s research and opinions on the differential birth rate and eugenics\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>12.30: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lunch (lunch is provided), and viewing of the collection<\/b><\/p>\n<p>2.00: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David Bartholomew, Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the London School of Economics: Thomson\u2019s original statistical contributions<\/p>\n<p>2.30:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Emma Anthony, Project Archivist, Godfrey Thomson Project: \u2018Interpreting and Cataloguing Thomson\u2019s papers\u2019<\/p>\n<p>3.00: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Panel discussion<\/p>\n<p>4.00: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Moray House tour<\/p>\n<p><b>4.30:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Finish<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The seminar is <b>free<\/b>, but please note places must be booked through <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1kTpcle\">eventbrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wellcome Trust bursaries for accommodation and travel are available.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For further information, contact Emma.Anthony@ed.ac.uk.<\/p>\n<p>*Funded by the Trust&#8217;s Research Resources grant scheme under the call &#8216;Understanding the Human Brain&#8217;.\u00a0 Continuing on from the current cataloguing project, we aim to digitise Thomson&#8217;s papers, and catalogue related papers through the Moray House and University of Edinburgh collections.\u00a0 We will also be curating an exhibition regarding Thomson&#8217;s life and work in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Wellcome Trust funded project*, &#8216;Documenting the Understanding of Human Intelligence: cataloguing and preserving the papers of Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson&#8217;, is on course to deliver on all its objectives in the next few months. 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