We would like to share with you the following outcome for the ICTAM X “Life Stories” Interactive Media Competition… In December 2019, IASTAM announced the ICTAM X “Life Stories” Interactive Media Competition. The idea and conception of this competition stemmed from Natalie Köhle (Hong Kong Baptist University) and Lisa Brooks (Berkeley). As ICTAM X is […]
Category: Prizes & Competitions
The Charles Leslie prize seeks to honour the work of Charles Leslie and his dedication to IASTAM, and aims to encourage young scholars in the field that he helped to establish. This prize is awarded to the best original, unpublished scholarly essay on Asian medicine submitted to the competition and judged by the IASTAM Council.The nominee […]
Have you ever had an experience with traditional medicine that profoundly changed the way you practice medicine, seek treatment, think about medical theory, science, or even life? We are looking for precisely such “life stories” told in an engaging and inspiring manner. To this end, this competition invites you — practitioner, patient, or scholar of […]
The Charles Leslie prize seeks to honour the work of Charles Leslie and his dedication to IASTAM, and aims to encourage young scholars in the field that he helped to establish. This prize is awarded to the best original, unpublished scholarly essay on Asian medicine submitted to the competition and judged by the IASTAM Council.The nominee […]
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of IASTAM, we cordially invite academic researchers, practitioners of Asian medicines with recent academic publications, graduate students, and post-docs to submit an original, unpublished paper to be considered for this prize. All manuscripts received will be considered for acceptance in the society’s journal Asian Medicine. They should apply methods from anthropology, […]
Awards Announcements
The Arthur L. Basham Medals, 2017 The award ceremony took place in Kiel, Germany, on 11 August 2017. It was awarded to Dr. Shizu SAKAI (Emeritus Professor of Medical History at Juntendo University) and Dr. Judith Farquhar (Max Palevsky Professor of Anthropology Emerita and of Social Sciences in the College, Faculty Director of the University of Chicago Center in Beijing). […]