IASTAM
@iastam.bsky.social
International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine
https://iastam.org
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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.
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.
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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.
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.
#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.
@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.
October 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#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.
@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.
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...
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...
October 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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...
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...
Some fascinating seminars coming up (in-person only).
October 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Some fascinating seminars coming up (in-person only).
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...
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social @jimflowers.bsky.social
9 October 2025
14:00 – 17:00 (SGT)
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/20251...
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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...
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social @jimflowers.bsky.social
9 October 2025
14:00 – 17:00 (SGT)
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/20251...
Belated update: The 21st International Congress of Oriental Medicine (ICOM) took place in Taiwan on Aug 30–31, 2025.
Theme: “Traditional Medicine: From Evidence-based to Integrative Medicine.”
IASTAM VP James Flowers and members attended.
www.2025icom.org.tw/icom.php?cat...
Theme: “Traditional Medicine: From Evidence-based to Integrative Medicine.”
IASTAM VP James Flowers and members attended.
www.2025icom.org.tw/icom.php?cat...
September 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Belated update: The 21st International Congress of Oriental Medicine (ICOM) took place in Taiwan on Aug 30–31, 2025.
Theme: “Traditional Medicine: From Evidence-based to Integrative Medicine.”
IASTAM VP James Flowers and members attended.
www.2025icom.org.tw/icom.php?cat...
Theme: “Traditional Medicine: From Evidence-based to Integrative Medicine.”
IASTAM VP James Flowers and members attended.
www.2025icom.org.tw/icom.php?cat...
NIKOM and South Korea’s Health Ministry host the Intl. Symposium on Traditional Medicine, Sept 9–10, 2025.
Theme: Korean Medicine + AI = The Future of Traditional Medicine.
Watch live on YouTube!
Visit the official website here: koreanmedicine.org/pages/sub.ht...
Theme: Korean Medicine + AI = The Future of Traditional Medicine.
Watch live on YouTube!
Visit the official website here: koreanmedicine.org/pages/sub.ht...
September 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
NIKOM and South Korea’s Health Ministry host the Intl. Symposium on Traditional Medicine, Sept 9–10, 2025.
Theme: Korean Medicine + AI = The Future of Traditional Medicine.
Watch live on YouTube!
Visit the official website here: koreanmedicine.org/pages/sub.ht...
Theme: Korean Medicine + AI = The Future of Traditional Medicine.
Watch live on YouTube!
Visit the official website here: koreanmedicine.org/pages/sub.ht...
IASTAM’s member Sarah Rivkin @salliebklyn.bsky.social joins Qiological’s Michael Max to discuss translation as clinical practice where every word carries weight, diagnosis is translation, and the translator’s lens shapes both scholarship and clinical practice. www.qiological.com/language-as-...
August 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
IASTAM’s member Sarah Rivkin @salliebklyn.bsky.social joins Qiological’s Michael Max to discuss translation as clinical practice where every word carries weight, diagnosis is translation, and the translator’s lens shapes both scholarship and clinical practice. www.qiological.com/language-as-...
Dr. Theresia Hofer will speak on “Deaf and Disability Activism in Tibet and the Himalayas”.
29 Aug 2025, 1–2:30pm
NTU, School of Humanities, Meeting Room 2 (03-93)
Drawing on two decades of fieldwork, she explores disability rights, sign language politics, and activism in Tibet, Bhutan & Nepal.
29 Aug 2025, 1–2:30pm
NTU, School of Humanities, Meeting Room 2 (03-93)
Drawing on two decades of fieldwork, she explores disability rights, sign language politics, and activism in Tibet, Bhutan & Nepal.
August 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Dr. Theresia Hofer will speak on “Deaf and Disability Activism in Tibet and the Himalayas”.
29 Aug 2025, 1–2:30pm
NTU, School of Humanities, Meeting Room 2 (03-93)
Drawing on two decades of fieldwork, she explores disability rights, sign language politics, and activism in Tibet, Bhutan & Nepal.
29 Aug 2025, 1–2:30pm
NTU, School of Humanities, Meeting Room 2 (03-93)
Drawing on two decades of fieldwork, she explores disability rights, sign language politics, and activism in Tibet, Bhutan & Nepal.
@piercesalguero.bsky.social Therapy, contemplative practice, spirituality, energy work, life-coaching, intellectual learning.... it doesn't really matter where you start, just keep going.
August 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
@piercesalguero.bsky.social Therapy, contemplative practice, spirituality, energy work, life-coaching, intellectual learning.... it doesn't really matter where you start, just keep going.
New podcast on the potential harms of meditation. The ancient traditions and modern psychology agree - that there are risks in the practice, which should be undertaken attentively.
blackberyl.substack.com/p/39-when-me...
blackberyl.substack.com/p/39-when-me...
August 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New podcast on the potential harms of meditation. The ancient traditions and modern psychology agree - that there are risks in the practice, which should be undertaken attentively.
blackberyl.substack.com/p/39-when-me...
blackberyl.substack.com/p/39-when-me...
2nd Vienna Academic Writing Workshop on 'Writing about Calamities in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Epidemics, End-of-Life Crises & Climate Disasters in Tibet and South Asia—Historical and Contemporary Perspectives'
August 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
2nd Vienna Academic Writing Workshop on 'Writing about Calamities in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Epidemics, End-of-Life Crises & Climate Disasters in Tibet and South Asia—Historical and Contemporary Perspectives'
New Scholarship Alert!
Apply now for the Joseph Needham Foundation Awards for research on science in Asia:
- Research Grant: $3,000
- Essay Prize: $500
Open to grad students, early career scholars, independent.
Deadline: Dec 1, 2025
Apply: [email protected]
Apply now for the Joseph Needham Foundation Awards for research on science in Asia:
- Research Grant: $3,000
- Essay Prize: $500
Open to grad students, early career scholars, independent.
Deadline: Dec 1, 2025
Apply: [email protected]
July 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New Scholarship Alert!
Apply now for the Joseph Needham Foundation Awards for research on science in Asia:
- Research Grant: $3,000
- Essay Prize: $500
Open to grad students, early career scholars, independent.
Deadline: Dec 1, 2025
Apply: [email protected]
Apply now for the Joseph Needham Foundation Awards for research on science in Asia:
- Research Grant: $3,000
- Essay Prize: $500
Open to grad students, early career scholars, independent.
Deadline: Dec 1, 2025
Apply: [email protected]
IASTAM is expanding its presence – Follow us across platforms:
Facebook – www.facebook.com/IASTAM/
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iastamhq?utm...
LinkedIn – lnkd.in/gM6A7p_y
Bluesky – bsky.app/profile/iast...
X (formerly Twitter) – x.com/IASTAMHQ
Facebook – www.facebook.com/IASTAM/
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iastamhq?utm...
LinkedIn – lnkd.in/gM6A7p_y
Bluesky – bsky.app/profile/iast...
X (formerly Twitter) – x.com/IASTAMHQ
July 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
IASTAM is expanding its presence – Follow us across platforms:
Facebook – www.facebook.com/IASTAM/
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iastamhq?utm...
LinkedIn – lnkd.in/gM6A7p_y
Bluesky – bsky.app/profile/iast...
X (formerly Twitter) – x.com/IASTAMHQ
Facebook – www.facebook.com/IASTAM/
Instagram – www.instagram.com/iastamhq?utm...
LinkedIn – lnkd.in/gM6A7p_y
Bluesky – bsky.app/profile/iast...
X (formerly Twitter) – x.com/IASTAMHQ
Postpartum confinement (坐月子)—a month of rest for new moms and babies—is a fading tradition in China and other parts of Asia. Often seen as outdated, it turns out to be a powerful chance for healing, as one mom learns in this This American Life story.
www.thisamericanlife.org/863/champion...
www.thisamericanlife.org/863/champion...
July 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Postpartum confinement (坐月子)—a month of rest for new moms and babies—is a fading tradition in China and other parts of Asia. Often seen as outdated, it turns out to be a powerful chance for healing, as one mom learns in this This American Life story.
www.thisamericanlife.org/863/champion...
www.thisamericanlife.org/863/champion...
ICYMI: Ancient steel acupuncture needles—China’s earliest known—were found in the Marquis of Haihun’s tomb. Dating back more than 2,000 years to the Han Dynasty, they were made using advanced steelmaking techniques but are now heavily corroded. english.news.cn/20250625/ee5...
July 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
ICYMI: Ancient steel acupuncture needles—China’s earliest known—were found in the Marquis of Haihun’s tomb. Dating back more than 2,000 years to the Han Dynasty, they were made using advanced steelmaking techniques but are now heavily corroded. english.news.cn/20250625/ee5...
Where do Tibetan medicines come from, and how are they actually made? What is going on behind the gates of Tibetan pharmaceutical factories?
Check out this photo essay by Stephan Kloos and Bernard Coops for a look behind the scenes: brill.com/view/journal...
Photo: © Bernard Coops 2012
Check out this photo essay by Stephan Kloos and Bernard Coops for a look behind the scenes: brill.com/view/journal...
Photo: © Bernard Coops 2012
June 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Where do Tibetan medicines come from, and how are they actually made? What is going on behind the gates of Tibetan pharmaceutical factories?
Check out this photo essay by Stephan Kloos and Bernard Coops for a look behind the scenes: brill.com/view/journal...
Photo: © Bernard Coops 2012
Check out this photo essay by Stephan Kloos and Bernard Coops for a look behind the scenes: brill.com/view/journal...
Photo: © Bernard Coops 2012
The Korean Society of Medical History (韓國醫史學會) held its 40th spring conference on June 21, exploring “Perspectives on Yangsaeng Culture (養生文化) in Korean Medicine.” An English translation of the full program was provided.
June 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Korean Society of Medical History (韓國醫史學會) held its 40th spring conference on June 21, exploring “Perspectives on Yangsaeng Culture (養生文化) in Korean Medicine.” An English translation of the full program was provided.
IASTAM expresses its support for this week’s HOMSEA conference. South East Asia is key to the global history of medicine.
Don’t miss Asian Medicine editor Pierce Salguero’s workshop on How to Get Published.
We welcome submissions on South East Asian medicine.
Don’t miss Asian Medicine editor Pierce Salguero’s workshop on How to Get Published.
We welcome submissions on South East Asian medicine.
June 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
IASTAM expresses its support for this week’s HOMSEA conference. South East Asia is key to the global history of medicine.
Don’t miss Asian Medicine editor Pierce Salguero’s workshop on How to Get Published.
We welcome submissions on South East Asian medicine.
Don’t miss Asian Medicine editor Pierce Salguero’s workshop on How to Get Published.
We welcome submissions on South East Asian medicine.
Could this help traditional medicine researchers the next time someone asks, “Is traditional medicine scientific?”
otto-SR, an autonomous AI agent, reproduced 12 Cochrane systematic reviews from April 2024 in just 2 days—saving over 8,000 hours per review.
ottosr.com
otto-SR, an autonomous AI agent, reproduced 12 Cochrane systematic reviews from April 2024 in just 2 days—saving over 8,000 hours per review.
ottosr.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Could this help traditional medicine researchers the next time someone asks, “Is traditional medicine scientific?”
otto-SR, an autonomous AI agent, reproduced 12 Cochrane systematic reviews from April 2024 in just 2 days—saving over 8,000 hours per review.
ottosr.com
otto-SR, an autonomous AI agent, reproduced 12 Cochrane systematic reviews from April 2024 in just 2 days—saving over 8,000 hours per review.
ottosr.com
[New Book] Zhou Dengwei: A Study on the Formation of Classical Formula Medicine in the Qin and Han Dynasties — Tracing the World of Classical Formulas
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
[New Book] Zhou Dengwei: A Study on the Formation of Classical Formula Medicine in the Qin and Han Dynasties — Tracing the World of Classical Formulas