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Very honoured to contribute this image to the WHO Global Summit on Traditional Health this week. The summit will bring huge advances to traditional medicine.
Great working w. @yoelitlalim.bsky.social on the historical timeline.

Here viewed by @narendra-modi.bsky.social and the Director of @who.int

I'm super pleased to be presenting (twice) at this week's World Health Organization Summit on Traditional Medicine.

An historical exhibit on historical transmission, and a panel on "Standards, data and responsible AI" How polyglotasianmedicine.com models knowledge transfer.

tm-summit.org/speakers/

YouTube video by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 Qi as a medium of Epistemic Coherence

What is qi 氣, or, how is it known? Can the varieties of qi be described, organised? In case you are interested, I did a thing: a video, a knowledge graph, and an article.

youtu.be/bcdUPKrhL-E

www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

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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!

brill.com/view/journal...

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...

#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.

Pharmacists protest new traditional Chinese medicine sales rules - Focus Taiwan Around 5,000 pharmacists gathered on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei on Sunday to protest a new directive from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) regarding the...

About 5,000 pharmacists protested in Taipei against a new policy allowing non-licensed individuals to sell traditional Chinese medicine after completing 35 credits. Pharmacists say it lowers standards, while officials argue it supports the industry.
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...

‘How Do I Survive?’: Tariffs Threaten U.S. Market for Traditional Chinese Medicine

American tariffs are disrupting the TCM market and slowing the flow of herbal ingredients from China to the U.S. Prices are expected to keep rising, significantly impacting both practitioners and patients.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/b...

The Korean Society for the Philosophy of Medicine (한국의철학회) is organizing a spring conference on May 24, 2025, at Yonsei University in Seoul.

Out now! “Responding to Epidemic Outbreaks in Tibetan Contexts”

Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, Number 77, May 2025:
www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/...

Edited by Barbara Gerke, William A. McGrath and Jan M. A. van der Valk.

New Issue: Asian Medicine, Volume 20!
Highlights include Maarten Bode on “Revitalizing Ayurveda,” Kenneth Zysk’s Basham Medal Address, articles by Colin Garon & Arthur Erqi Cheng, essays by Lan A. Li, Stephan Kloos & Bernard Coops, plus 10 book reviews.
Read more: brill.com/.../journals...

Always great to meet our authors in the wild! Thanks #aahm2025
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social’s book is out in paperback next month manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526191120/

Blogpost by earlier IASTAM president Volker Scheid, and Cinzia Scorzon.

www.volkerscheid.net/post/on-dosing

Artemisia or wormwood can be found all over the world. In East Asian herbal medicine it's used to stop bleeding, treat pain, and dispel itching. Leaves can be eaten fresh and used for moxibustion therapy. #asianmedicine #moxibustion #yomogi #herbalmedicine #EastAsianMedicine

The WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC) organizes a keynote plenary panel, "Restoring balance: Scaling up access to evidence-based traditional medicine for health and well-being" at the World Health Summit (WHS) Regional Meeting on Friday, 25 April 2025. www.who.int/news-room/ev...

Singapore’s traditional Chinese medicine scene gets an infusion of new blood TCM continues to draw Singaporeans, though young practitioners face low pay and long hours. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com/singapore/he...

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

Birch bark smol. n° 11, written in runic Old Norse

Birch bark documents are fascinating for many reasons, among them the languages they are written in. Most are written in a colloquial Slavic language, and there is also the oldest attestation of Finnic (n° 292) and one document in runic Old Norse (Smol. n° 11)! Here's the Old Norse document: 1/3

The greatest business battle EVER to be fought will come when President Elon starts trying to implement AI for federal processes.

The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.

This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen

Oh, take care!

Dear math historians;
Karine Chemla is organising a seminar on the Historipgraphy of Mathematical Symbolism in Feb, April, May and June this year.
www.sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr/IMG/pdf/hist...

As well as a conference in September
www.sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr/IMG/pdf/2025...

The latest issue of East Asian Science Technology and Medicine is out, with articles on Japanese survey of Korean materia medica, and early concepts of state hygiene in Japanese Goto Shimpei.

brill.com/view/journal...

Ayurveda Collective | Meetup This group is dedicated to sharing and learning strategies for optimal health and well-being through the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda. Whether you are new to Ayurveda or a seasoned practitioner, this is...

We are gearing up to start meetup zooms of info and education from our Guest Speakers! Come join us and meetup! www.meetup.com/ayurveda-ess...

New book series seek submissions:
Medica: Studies in Pre-Modern Health and Healing (Routledge) is a multi-disciplinary book series that encourages and promotes scholarship in the long history of health, healing, and medicine from the Ancient World to 1800.
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It looks like this journal is a new account on bluesky. Following it would be a good thing.

Great new issue out from Asian Medicine, the journal of @iastam.bsky.social! Really attests to the diversity of our membership and the reach of Asian Medicine as research concept.
Congratulations!

#digitalhumanities #dh #teaching #plagiarism @digitalorientalist.bsky.social @digitalhumanities.bsky.social

Thanks to @mushtaqbilalphd.bsky.social for great posts keeping us updated!

New AI Research Tools Teaching Faculty Should Be Aware Of AI Research tools are advancing rapidly. We should be reviewing and teaching how to use these in our classes, and certainly be aware of them for plagiarism. Research Assessment Workaround: Get student...

New AI research tools for Teachers:
This lists new AI research tools which faculty should be aware of for plagiarism, and to teach to students.
Suggests how to counter AI plagiarism - make a required assessment that students journal and reflect on their AI usage.
www.academia.edu/126102542/Ne...