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International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine
https://iastam.org
Charles Leslie Prize Honouring Charles Leslie and the roots he planted in Asian medicine. For young and senior scholars, practitioners, and early-career voices send your original piece. Submit by Sept 1, 2026.
iastam.org/awards/
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Dear colleagues!
@piercesalguero.bsky.social
invites you to contribute to Asian Medicine Zone
www.asianmedicinezone.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
Short notes, reflections, or video essays on Asian medicine are welcome from scholars at different stages of their careers. Interested? Get in touch!
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Asian Medicine Zone | Pierce Salguero | Substack
AMZ is a publication of IASTM.org. A blog featuring insightful scholarly work on Asian traditions of health, medicine, and the body. Authors include scholars, researchers, and practitioners of Asian m...
https://www.asianmedicinezone.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRkGchleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJPMUsyUjBvWWdRTXZIQm1ic3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtm8pse_VyB35mTqrs_Y3cHYvrlFR5T2xeMsFK-PjmBsp2_RKk49Dt3AZnta_aem_5lePq7ziityWwMyKzF2oMA
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3rd National Sorig Conference with the theme “Research, Innovation and Evidence-Based Practice in Sowa Rigpa” ཞིབ་འཚོལ་དང་གསར་གཏོད་ཀྱི་ཐོག་ལས་སྒྲུབ་བྱེད་ལྡན་པའི་གསོ་བ་རིག་པའི་ལག་ལེན། Date: 15th and 16th of May, 2026 Organized by: Faculty of Traditional Medicine, KGUMSB
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11 days ago
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The HCCA Lecture Series rolls out something special — a live online launch for Crafting Potency A journey through Sowa Rigpa medicine-making across the Himalayas 🗓 Apr 29, 2026 ⏰ 6–8pm CET 💻 Live on Zoom
hu-berlin.zoom.us/j/6935571797...
hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book...
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Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
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https://hu-berlin.zoom.us/j/69355717971?pwd=w53VEITviKtZJ9WB1G7MqPWj7QVlVp.1&fbclid=IwY2xjawRRQGpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJDWUUwZWw0UnI4YjZjQ3Mwc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiGt7vaAVvEIwofQ0Ez5mCW7vlGikSyA0vWRCqdgAvBE9FUst1mCqZClyFG2_aem_XzC7j8CN9Suld34J9KtcJQ#success
26 days ago
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Please register for and attend Choi Sung-woons' talk on the Royal Medical System in Choson Dynasty Korea-including a comparison with Qing China medical literature. Please click on the link for details including registration.
www.chosonhistorysociety.org/events?fbcli...
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Events — Chosŏn History Society
Events hosted by the Chosŏn History Society, including zoom talks, webinars, and in-person events
https://www.chosonhistorysociety.org/events?fbclid=IwY2xjawRRPk1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe64lfr4QMVfcjwhXAfqy-yw6IRYechiiTZKRHaToWllbayD4DjHGiqTvXmXw_aem_vy6EW6YJDtWK-8MzdvJcyQ
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Visit the Li-Fu Museum of Chinese Medicine (立夫中醫藥博物館) in Taichung, where the current exhibition Beauty & Cosmetics in Chinese Medicine (中醫美容與化妝展覽) explores how traditional herbs and practices connect beauty, skincare, and health across time.
lifumuseum.cmu.edu.tw/web/en/exhib...
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Beauty and Cosmetics in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Exploring the Ancient Wisdom of TCM for Health and Beauty - Special exhibition - Lifu Museum of Chinese Medicine
What exactly is TCM beauty? Is it a mysterious palace secret, or the ancient wisdom of daily life? W
https://lifumuseum.cmu.edu.tw/web/en/exhibition_special_page.php?id=7322fd14-b460-11f0-9dac-56000176fdd3
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Next week, IASTAM council member Lan A. LI will give a talk at Nanyang Technological University. Register here:
www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...
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This paper is on developing Clinical Practice Guidelines for Ayurveda, a relatively unexplored area of work. Earlier a group of authors had argued for the urgent need for CPGs in Ayurveda-
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40886521/
This article is in follow up to that
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Addressing clinical practice variability in Ayurveda: An urgent need for developing clinical practice guidelines - PubMed
Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), which incorporate current evidence with the pondered judgment of experts, represent a promising approach to reducing unwarranted practice variation and promoting the application of research findings in clinical settings. Globally, CPGs are developed by numerous l …
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40886521/
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Dr Gao Shanshan (高珊珊)'s thesis: Forging a Basic Theory of Chinese Medicine in the Early People’s Republic of China: An Examination of Wuxing 新中國中醫基礎理論的構建：以五行為中心 The link may load slowly, but it is functional:
lbms03.cityu.edu.hk/theses/c_ftt...
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Introducing the latest issue of Asian Medicine:
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about 2 months ago
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Dr Luis Fernando Bernardi Junqueira is at NTU for the seminar: The Power Within: Trance States and Mental Healing in 20th-Century East Asia 26 March 2026, 1:30-3 PM For online participants: Join us via Microsoft Teams by scanning the QR code.
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An Interesting article - Wellness or medicine? Use and perception of Ayurveda in Germany: data from an online-representative cross-sectional study -
www.frontiersin.org/journals/med...
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Frontiers | Wellness or medicine? Use and perception of Ayurveda in Germany: data from an online-representative cross-sectional study
Introduction: Ayurveda, South Asia's largest and most relevant system of Traditional Medicine, holds a legal status akin to conventional Western medicine in ...
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1408609/full?fbclid=IwY2xjawQo28JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETF3R1BReFduWlJ1UlRiZk56c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsTAcGr8KwWYHZQrKcaku8a3p0KPN0ORtZKnObPjxjntyppRI4f9-Lc37pXF_aem_fRNNFTKh0G0Clu0M-TL_ng
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Invitation to the 2nd Vienna Sowa Rigpa Dialogues event of 2026: A project presentation and discussion with Dr. Katharina Sabernig on Trees of Knowledge Date: March 19, 2026 Time: 3:30 – 5:00 pm CET Join via Zoom: ID 640 3102 1911, Code 765836
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
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Trees of Knowledge: Artistic Visualisation of the Explanatory Tantra
Katharina Sabernig | Vienna Sowa Rigpa Dialogue (Online Meeting)
https://stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/detail/news/trees-of-knowledge-artistic-visualisation-of-the-explanatory-tantra/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQkmW5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFUV1ZaT0JudlJ0RWVVQVJBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgGQp5dh128Moeo7It_h-UtgDleTrAP3VplCXMjZhE8d33Fiji-4D9vRu4FE_aem_Xvu2zvimeMJm7LRDl72dGA
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Chinese medicine is having a moment “When Americans don’t trust their own institutions, media or political class, they become more willing to look for alternative reference points.” Read the full article here:
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Gen Z flocks to Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets: ‘It’s so personalized to being human’
As Americans embrace ‘alternative’ remedies, people online joke that they’re ‘Chinamaxxing’ their wellness routines
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/04/chinamaxxing-influencers-chinese-traditional-medicine?fbclid=IwY2xjawQadhZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFSYXdYSzN4b3NzamRobmN3c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHi2FkenwQgODmW-z-VbIJd2pr9ON1PqOmhFdND0FmMrIf-1CBasQKxawZhri_aem_ttTfHxMUJWoKiEKVwi-qqg
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"From a health-systems perspective, integration is not a single decision or event." — Holger Cramer, JICM Editorial
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When Global Consensus Meets Health Systems Reality: Implementing Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine - Holger Cramer, 2026
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/27683605261416762?fbclid=IwY2xjawQHSXlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeVcpjcvJk_um3SzrKjZmryJCh_U77zYdKJbgHsCd4Hr-DzZOgj4gwzE-Krn0_aem_6LHjzp8ojugylV9i1vnJ1Q#bibr12-27683605261416762
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A visual summary of the latest issue of Asian Medicine! Click below to read it online.
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Nine months after the sudden passing of the talented historian of Chinese medicine, Hao Chen 陳昊 (1983–2025), his posthumous work: The Return of Longing: Knowledge, Emotion, and the “Yuan-Bai Moment” in Chinese Medical History, was published by Shanghai Guji Publishing House.
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Forthcoming in-person lecture
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For decades, Singapore’s Chinese community has turned to acupuncture treatments, barley water and herbal remedies not only to boost healing and wellness, but also to cope with the hot weather.
www.straitstimes.com/singapore/en...
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TCM can be part of a country’s toolkit against rising heat: NUS study
TCM methods can be used to help people build long-term resilience against rising temperatures. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/tcm-can-be-part-of-a-countrys-toolkit-against-rising-heat-nus-study?fbclid=IwY2xjawPfyvBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEzQmhWdE1acEdTQWpWbUREc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsk94u69wS6oRXKh6uTSs5m_vTwazN5Gik9H-O43gTghGlA6B5NLoGTPIMKL_aem_sw1eRqJ0sJhnr8xEXuWfJA
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China launches new wave of research into TCM herbal injections. The research initiative looks to transform the practice away from compounds to simpler formulas:
www-nature-com.remotexs.ntu.edu.sg/articles/s41...
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https://www-nature-com.remotexs.ntu.edu.sg/articles/s41591-025-04122-7?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=77a409e17d-nature-briefing-translational-research-20260114&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-928f7c52f0-50150240&fbclid=IwY2xjawPazZxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe3aGdR2ZdPOC8VC8LbqKfhWWmce7SB7D8dCdEojft87RtFNwFCMSxnjhtQx4_aem_VOG6aa5b8Eg_3gq4tQhxkw
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Chinese, Ghanaian experts promote traditional medicine in women's healthcare Empowering Women, Sharing Health:
english.news.cn/20260109/7cb...
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Chinese, Ghanaian experts promote traditional medicine in women's healthcare
https://english.news.cn/20260109/7cb9031372664787ae349c5fd6912548/c.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawPaw6NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe_-uyIOG83moDqB5FGZicwdKbaqtqyOi2kq05hs4kwrxkBCBkWHu8bhM3TkE_aem_CmUFEhoAdoCP5OomIMrsfQ
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Ritualized meshworks in landscape and pharmacy: Harvest and production alongside amchi from Spiti and Kinnaur – recently published article by Mridul Surbhi and Jan van der Valk
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Ritualized meshworks in landscape and pharmacy: Harvest and production alongside amchi from Spiti and Kinnaur | Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing
Keywords Sowa Rigpa (Tibetan medicine), taskscape, more-than-human landscape, Tim Ingold, medicinal plant collection, Western Himalaya
https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book/1522/chapter/23979
4 months ago
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An exchange program brings together Italian and Chinese physicians to explore TCM and deepen international cooperation. This aims at building stronger global connections and enriching medical knowledge and practices across borders.
youtu.be/UmTZWkuDUmA?...
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Exchange program teams up Italian doctors with traditional Chinese medicines
YouTube video by CGTN Europe
https://youtu.be/UmTZWkuDUmA?si=pYRo7IbOvLvAa_KQ
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This series highlights the potential of traditional medicine to address treatment gaps and unmet needs in global healthcare, showcasing innovative research with a focus on family medicine and primary care.
www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
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The Increasing Relevance of Traditional Medicine Systems for the Primary Health Care Sector and General Practice: Global Research Perspectives
Traditional medical (TM) systems continue to have relevance in healthcare worldwide, particularly in family medicine and primary care. The WHO explicitly promotes traditional medicine by issuing recom...
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/59926/the-increasing-relevance-of-traditional-medicine-systems-for-the-primary-health-care-sector-and-general-practice-global-research-perspectives/magazine?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rt_magazine_share&utm_content=rt59926
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Traditional Malay Medicine (TMM) holds generations of nature-based healing knowledge, yet remains not widely known. Founded in 2022, Persatuan Perubatan Warisan Melayu – Singapura (PPWM) is building a formal platform to shape its future. Learn more here:
www.facebook.com/rawatanwarisan
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LinkedIn
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www.who.int/news/item/22...
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WHO Global Summit charts a bold future for traditional medicine
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Second Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, jointly organized with the Government of India, opens today, bringing together government Ministers, scientists, Ind...
https://www.who.int/news/item/22-12-2025-who-global-summit-charts-a-bold-future-for-traditional-medicine?fbclid=IwY2xjawO7bGdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETA0MFZCSnZIa1M4eml4cmhzc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHt6jxByLZynJNGiKrpJvI4i41z9Q5Td1G3rYSIFl8Vc-HtySIMIAy09wP1eA_aem_aZbPFwKfS_MK49GcZC1oyQ
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Traditional medicine use is now a global reality: WHO
The vast majority of World Health Organization (WHO) member States say 40 to 90 per cent of their populations now use traditional medicine.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166563
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WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine is live now. This links to the programme as well as the live feed.
tm-summit.org
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Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine
The World Health Organization’s Global Summit on Traditional Medicine explores ‘Restoring balance: The science and practice of health and well-being’.
https://tm-summit.org
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IASTAM President Dr. Michael Stanley-Baker
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social
will speak at the WHO Summit on Traditional Medicine in Delhi. He will present a historical exhibit and join the panel "Standards, data and responsible AI – from ancestral knowledge to action".
tm-summit.org/speakers/
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"Among Tibetan Materialities: Materials and Material Cultures of Tibet and the Himalayas" - book launch: December 16, 2025.
hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book...
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Among Tibetan Materialities: Materials and Material Cultures of Tibet and the Himalayas | Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing
Dieses Werk steht unter der Lizenz Creative Commons Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International.
https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book/1522
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Great new issue out on Religion, Medicine and Women's Health in Asia, four very cool articles, shedding important theoretical light on little-studied aspects of Asian medicine. Congratulations to all the authors and editors!
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Potential expansion of Korean Medicine in rural Korea. Read the full article here:
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-11...
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Gov't eyes addressing regional doctor shortage by expanding traditional medicine services
The government is reviewing ways to expand the role of Korean traditional medicine doctors to help address a shortage of physicians in regional public health care. Traditional medicine doctors are als...
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-11-24/national/socialAffairs/Govt-eyes-addressing-regional-doctor-shortage-by-expanding-traditional-medicine-services/2461245
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Traditional Chinese Medicine: Taiwan’s Experiences & Global Practice workshop🌏 -15 Jan 2026 -Leiden, IIAS - In presence -Free, (but registration required) Info & registration:
www.iias.asia/events/persp...
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Perspectives on Traditional Chinese Medicine: From Taiwan’s Experiences to Global Practice | IIAS
https://www.iias.asia/events/perspectives-traditional-chinese-medicine-taiwans-experiences-global-practice
6 months ago
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Inauguration of Sorig Research Centre at the Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan. Read more on their page Faculty of Traditional Medicine:
www.facebook.com/NangpaiSorig...
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Ahead of the 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine (17–29 Dec, New Delhi & online), WHO’s Bulletin has released its first special issue on Traditional Medicine since 1977, featuring new research, reviews, and policy papers.
www.who.int/news/item/07...
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WHO Bulletin special issue on traditional medicine
In the run up to the 2nd WHO Global Summit in Traditional Medicine, 17-29 December in New Delhi and online, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) has released a special issue dedicated t...
https://www.who.int/news/item/07-11-2025-who-bulletin-special-issue-on-traditional-medicine
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New Special Issue in Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry on the Tibetan Tukdam post-death meditative state (Ed. Tawni Tidwell). Exploring how life, death, and consciousness meet in this rare state.
link.springer.com/journal/1101...
centerhealthyminds.org/science/stud...
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https://link.springer.com/journal/11013/volumes-and-issues/49-2
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Between Land and Body 🌿 Join Mridul Surbhi (PhD, IIT Delhi) this Thursday, Oct 30 · 6:30 PM IST on Zoom for a talk on Amchi medicine in Kinnaur & Spiti — where healing meets land, lineage & life. 🔗 Zoom:
zoom.us/j/92358826919
Hosted by the Research Scholars Colloquium, Ashoka University.
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#ABN2025
Prof Michael Stanley-Baker
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social
(Nanyang Technological University Singapore) who shared lessons from building Polyglot Asian Medicine. Rigour gives direction; humility builds bridges. That’s how we co-create between traditional and biomedical worlds.
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#ABN2025
: join IASTAM President
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social
for Situating Practice: How to Build Congenial Epistemic Spaces for Productive Transdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange on Traditional Medicine.
abnconf2025.bioethics-singapore.gov.sg/programme/ma...
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Main Conference
Keynote addresses, plenary sessions, panel discussions, and parallel tracks held across two full days.
https://abnconf2025.bioethics-singapore.gov.sg/programme/main-conference/
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Discover Singapore’s Healing Heritage! Explore how Traditional Chinese Medicine evolved from humble medical halls to innovative treatments at “Healing Heritage: A Journey Through the Evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Singapore.”
singaporeccc.org.sg/media_room/h...
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December 6–7 Yo San University presents Language as Medicine: Translation & Transmission in Chinese Medicine. A two-day virtual conference exploring how Classical Chinese medical wisdom lives on through translation and practice.
www.eventbrite.com/e/language-a...
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Language as Medicine: Translation & Transmission in Chinese Medicine
A Yo San University Symposium
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/language-as-medicine-translation-transmission-in-chinese-medicine-tickets-1527551019219
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Some fascinating seminars coming up (in-person only).
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If you are interested in medicine, animal studies and ecology you can attend ‘Medicinal Animals’ in Crisis: A Three-Part Symposium online this week, hosted at NUS in Singapore.
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social
@jimflowers.bsky.social
9 October 2025 14:00 – 17:00 (SGT)
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/20251...
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Ministry of Ayush Inaugurates India’s First Integrative Oncology Research and Care Centre at AIIA Goa - This is, designed to bring together traditional and modern medical systems to offer patient-centric, evidence-informed oncology rehabilitation.
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