The theme of our 125th anniversary is Foundations, Connections, and Innovations, and our initial event will focus on the founding of the department with a talk describing the work of Max F. Meyer, who in 1900 was the first psychology professor hired at Mizzou. His pioneering work on auditory perception, the psychology of music, and educational psychology have made important and continuing contributions that extend beyond the field of psychology.

The event is scheduled to begin at 11:00 am in Stotler Lounge in the Memorial Union Building on October 17th. It will include lunch (registration required) and a musical performance at 11:45 featuring Selim Göncü and Bill Kalinkos of the Mizzou Creative Improvisation Collective who will be playing a set of pieces inspired by Max Meyer's 29-note microtonal scale. 

At noon, Dr. Christopher D. Green, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at York University, will present, “Max Meyer’s Audacious 29-note Musical Scale.”  A current focus of Dr. Green’s work has been on the development of experimental psychology between about 1880 and 1920. In this talk, Dr. Green will describe Max Friedrich Meyer’s career, pioneering musical theory, and the scandal that led to Meyer’s abrupt departure from Missouri in the early 1930s.