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[Webinar] Asian Medicine & the Social Dimensions of Epidemics

Posted on March 10, 2021 by admin

Part of the Health Humanities Speaker Series at Penn State University’s Abington College: “Asian Responses to COVID-19” (Feb 2021) Combating Epidemics: A Historical PerspectiveYan Liu (University of Buffalo, SUNY) Abstract: This talk examines a wide array of strategies developed by … Continue reading →

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“Life Stories” Interactive Media Competition Results

Posted on January 15, 2021 by admin

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 … Continue reading →

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[Webinar] Asian Medicines and COVID-19 (Oct 22, 2020)

Posted on September 30, 2020 by admin

Robust responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have not only come from biomedical healthcare workers. Researchers and clinicians in the world’s traditional healthcare systems have also mounted large-scale and localised efforts. Despite the racialized and politicised representations of these efforts in … Continue reading →

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[Webinar] The ‘pan’ of pandemics: Why and how do Asian approaches matter? (July 8th 2020)

Posted on July 10, 2020 by admin

Introduction: Prof. Dr. Angelika C. Messner (IASTAM President, Kiel University) Moderator: Dr Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim (Goldsmiths, University of London) Historical Contours of the Medieval Afro-Eurasian Disease Landscape: New Findings from Genetics and Medical HistoryProf. Monica H. Green (Independent scholar) Recent developments … Continue reading →

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Charles Leslie Prize 2020 Deadline postponed to Nov. 30, 2020

Posted on April 3, 2020 by admin

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 This prize is awarded to the best original, unpublished scholarly … Continue reading →

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ICTAM X 2021 “Life Stories” Interactive Media Competition

Posted on April 3, 2020 by admin

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 … Continue reading →

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ICTAM X rescheduled!

Posted on February 20, 2020 by admin

Dear Delegates,  In light of the recent concerns regarding the novel coronavirus in China, and the World Health Organization’s decision to declare the epidemic an international public health emergency, the Conference Organizer has decided to postpone Joint Conference of IASTAM and … Continue reading →

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Announcement of the Charles Leslie Prize Competition 2020

Posted on January 19, 2020 by admin

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 … Continue reading →

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Call for Abstracts — Deadline Nov 30

Posted on November 14, 2019 by admin
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ICTAM X: Challenges to Asian Medicines: Drawing a New Big Picture (June, 2023)

Posted on March 10, 2019 by admin

  Official conference website & program The Joint Conference of IASTAM and ASHM at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, presents an opportunity to take stock of the current state of Asian medicines from a different vantage point, to examine the global … Continue reading →

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Announcement of the IASTAM 40th Anniversary Prize, 2019

Posted on January 1, 2019 by admin

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 … Continue reading →

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Awards Announcements

Posted on July 21, 2017 by admin

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 … Continue reading →

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