Last chance to submit for ICTAM XI! Submissions close tonight Singapore time: iastam.org/ictam-xi/cal...
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📢 ICTAM XI 2027 — Theme: Efficacy, Evidence and Safety in the Practice of Asian Medicine 🗓️ Abstract deadline: 30 Sept 2026 📍 NTU Singapore | 12–16 July 2027 📄 Submit your abstract (up to 300 words): 👉 Call for Papers www.conftool.org/ictam-xi-2027/
Some public hospitals are now offering acupuncture alongside conventional treatment for back pain, stroke recovery and cancer-related symptoms. www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/tc...
From painkillers to acupuncture: Singapore's public hospitals expand TCM use in acute care
Some hospitals are now offering acupuncture alongside conventional treatment for back pain, stroke recovery and cancer-related symptoms.
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Call for papers for our next conference in Singapore at Nanyang Technological University from July 12-16, 2027! Please submit proposals via the online portal by September 30, 2026 (link in bio).
Health: Organisation, Practice & Emerging Strategies 🌏 20–22 Aug 2026 | CHRIST University, Bengaluru Scholars, policymakers & practitioners explored health systems, equity, ageing, care, and Traditional, Complementary & Integrative Health Systems. cspd.in/hopes-confer...
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Leading interdisciplinary scholarship on population and development with an emphasis on economic, social and climate justice.
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Ka Wai FAN 范家偉, Temples of the Three Sovereigns, Physicians and Medicine in the Yuan Dynasty 元代三皇廟、醫者與醫學 (2026). A study of Yuan medicine’s integration of northern and southern traditions—and its lasting impact on Ming medicine.
Did we undersell ICTAM XI? 🌿 Alongside brilliant scholars of Asian medicines, we're planning a Sui/Yuan dynasty banquet with the historian Vivienne Lo, Chinese opera and gamelan, medicinal garden tours, and maybe even a Humanities disco. 🏮 iastam.org/ictam-xi/
Big News! The call for papers for ICTAM XI, the Eleventh International Congress on Traditional Asian Medicine is now out. From July12-16, 2027, IASTAM will host the conference at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. iastam.org/ictam-xi/?fb...
📍 Taipei | This Saturday I 15:00-16:30 Join Professor Yang Yan's talk on the transformative history of Chinese medicine in Singapore. If you're in Taipei and interested in the history of medicine, this is a great opportunity to hear her latest research.
Singapore Health Sciences Authority invites public comment on Complementary Health Product legislation. www.hsa.gov.sg/announcement...
Stakeholder Consultation on the Proposed Regulation for Complementary Health Products under the Health Products Act
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Very interesting conference bringing medical history and medical humanities together around questions of cross-cultural medical transfer. shh.bjmu.edu.cn/english/news...
The School of Health Humanities
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Important conference on TCM taking place today at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Excellent papers pointing to problems in producing evidence for traditional medicine, but also for biomedical research as well. event.ntu.edu.sg/the-14th-ann...
The 14th Annual Meeting of The GP-TCM RA (7 - 9 Jul 2026)
This event has been approved by TCM Practitioners Board with CPE 10 points (TCM20260331-1B-0006) for Singapore Registered TCM Practitioners. Conference Hig...
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Join the Vienna Sowa Rigpa Dialogues on June 30 for an update on Trees of Knowledge, an innovative project transforming Tibetan medical knowledge into a collaborative textile installation through crowd-knitting. Join: [https://univienna.zoom.us/j/69198850742...](l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...)
Yonsei University & EAMAN host the international conference Medical Humanities in the Era of Artificial Intelligence on June 28 in Seoul. Exploring AI, East Asian medicine, ethics, care, and death.
A Midsummer TCM Journey 2026 will feature Dr. John McDonald, IASTAM Vice President James Flowers @jimflowers.bsky.social, and IASTAM Past President Volker Scheid. Join to exchange with the global East Asian medicine community. 📅 June 27, 2026 FREE registration via The TCM Community.
2026 Theme: Yoga for Healthy Ageing - This year marks the 12th International Day of Yoga with the theme “ Yoga for Healthy Ageing”, which emphasizes the importance of Yoga for all ages. www.un.org/en/observanc...
International Day of Yoga | United Nations
Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. International Yoga Day aims to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practicing yoga.
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Call for submissions: 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/
The TCM Community will host A Midsummer TCM Journey 2026 online on 27 June 2026, bringing together practitioners, students, researchers, and enthusiasts of TCM. At 11:00, IASTAM Vice President James Flowers @jimflowers.bsky.social will join the discussion. www.tcmcommunity.com
WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre: Annual Report 2025 www.who.int/publications...
WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre: Annual Report 2025
Publications of the World Health Organization
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Does Tibetan medicine use animals as medicine? Less and less. Stephan Kloos's new open-access article examines why Sowa Rigpa has been moving away from animal ingredients since the 1980s. Read more: brill.com/view/journal...
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Hybrid Conference on Buddhism & Medicine Buddhism and Medicine: People, Paradigms and Perspectives (21–23 May 2026), hosted by the Centre for Buddhist Studies. buddhiststudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk?page_id=435&...
Buddhism and Medicine Conference – Centre for Buddhist Studies Bristol
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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/
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!
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...
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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 www.facebook.com/NangpaiSorig...
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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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