The Art Historians of Southern California will hold their annual Symposium on Saturday October 27th.

Somaesthetics: images of the body, images of the mind.

Papers and Speakers as follows:

A Report on the Philosophical Foundations of the Body in Somaesthetics: From Early Modern Roots in Self-Consciousness to the Autopoiesis of Con- temporary Biology of Cognition. Robert Drury King, Assistant Professor at Sierra Nevada College

In Death's Mirror: The Somatic Soul and the Construction of Late Medieval Subjectivity Vanessa Crosby, Ph.D. Candidate at Northwestern University

Embracing Jesus: Corporeal Devotion of “Brides of Christ” in Counter- Reformation Imagery Jamie Buettner, M.A. Candidate at California State University, Fresno

Recuperating Christ’s Body for Modern Art: Annibale Carracci’s Experimenta- tion with the Pietà theme Dr. Livia Stoenescu, Professor at California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks

Lunch Break

Event Score as Somaesthetic Practice: The Collage Books of R.D. Brinkmann Megan Ewing, Ph.D. Candidate, Princeton University

'You in the black pants: I want you' Elise Archias, Assistant Professor at University of Illinois, Chicago

Extending the Embodied City: Finding East L.A. in Asco’s Asshole Mural Mary Thomas, Ph.D. Candidate at University of California, Santa Cruz

Microscopic Visions: Geraldine Ondrizek, Inner Space, Global Matter Jane Chin Davidson, Assistant Professor at University Houston

the Symposium will be held at Chapman University, Argyros Forum Building, room 202 10 am to 5 pm.