Body on Display from Renaissance to enlightenment.

Durham University organises a two-day symposium for postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers exploring the visual, material and representational cultures surrounding the inner depths and outer surfaces of the human body, c.1400-c.1800.

Possible topics might include (but are not limited to):

– Dissection, the medical ’gaze’ and medical illustration

– Corporeality and the flesh in the visual, written and performing arts

– The body in religious iconography, hagiography and religious performance

– Gesture, kinesics and the expression of emotions

– Corporal punishment and bodily shaming

– Clothing, garments and cosmetics, and their significance

For more details, visit the symposium website or contact us at body.ondisplay@durham.ac.uk

The event will take place in Durham University (6-7 July 2010)