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Gestures have been studied throughout the centuries from different perspectives.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Kendon | first = A | authorlink = Adam Kendon | year = 1982 | title = The study of gesture: Some observations on its history | journal = Recherches Sémiotiques/Semiotic Inquiry | volume = 2 | issue = 1 | pages = 45–62 }}</ref> During the [[Roman Empire]], [[Quintilian]] studied in his Institution Oratoria how gesture may be used in rhetorical discourse. Another broad study of gesture was published by [[England|Englishman]] [[John Bulwer]] in 1644. Bulwer analyzed dozens of gestures and provided a guide on how to use gestures to increase eloquence and clarity for public speaking.<ref>{{cite book | last = Bulwer | first = J | authorlink = John Bulwer | year = 1644 | title = Chirologia: or the Naturall Language of the Hand | location = London }}</ref> [[Andrea De Jorio]] published an extensive account of gestural expression in 1832.<ref>{{cite book | last = de Jorio | first = A | authorlink = Andrea de Jorio | title = Gesture in Naples and Gesture in Classical Antiquity | isbn = 0-253-21506-4 | publisher = [[Indiana University Press]] | orig-year = 1832|year=2002 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lw8tzmu9-GYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false }}</ref> A peer reviewed journal ''Gesture'' has been published since 2001,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/gest/issues|title=Gesture Issues|last=|first=|date=2016|website=benjamins.com|publisher=Benjamins|access-date=2016-10-11}}</ref> and was founded by [[Adam Kendon]] and [[Cornelia Müller]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gesturestudies.com/history.php|title=A brief history of the origins of the ISGS|last=Müller|first=Cornelia|date=|website=ISGS: International Society for Gesture Studies|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> The International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) was founded in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gesturestudies.com/|title=International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS)|last=Andrén|first=Mats|website=gesturestudies.com|access-date=2016-10-11}}</ref>