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Dear all,

I am writing to let you know about the forthcoming event

Reading the Body
A Multidisciplinary Symposium on Physiognomics 

University of Warwick, Ramphal Bulding, R2.41
Thursday 7 June 2018, 14.00-19.00.

Physiognomics has been for centuries a means for the understanding of human personality from the outer appearance. Still today, voluminous hair may suggest courage, an aquiline nose denote leadership, while big and deep-set eyes might point to intelligence. By investigating relevant case-studies, this symposium aims to explore the history and practice of physiognomics in its cross-disciplinary connections and examine the way it has established itself as a well-grounded investigative tool through the centuries. By exploring this question, the symposium aims to address broader issues such as: how did the conception of the body change in time and influence the sciences and the arts? 

Programme

14.00 Welcome coffee and desserts
14.20 Introductory remarks

14.30 Dr Cecilia Muratori, Italian Studies, Warwick
The Animals of the Physionomist: Della Porta’s Method of Physiognomics

15.00 Dr Carlo Avilio, History of Art, Warwick
Physiognomy and Comedy in Jusepede Ribera’s Grotesque Figures

15.30 Dr Kathryn Woods, History, Warwick
Physiognomy and Early Modern Medical Diagnosis

16.00 Coffee Break

16.30 Dr James Poskett, History, Warwick
Django’s Phrenologist: Science, Slavery and Race, 1791-1863

17.00 Dr Tardi Tjahjadi, School of Engineering, Warwick
Emotion Recognition from Facial Expression

17.30 Concluding remarks and discussion
18.00 Wine reception and live portrait session with local artist

This event is kindly sponsored by Warwick Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) and Global Research Priorities (GRP)

ALL WELCOME!

Click here  for registration (free) 

To find Ramphal building at Warwick: 
https://warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/maps/interactive?type=building&num=47

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