Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Super happy our new podcast is out. We talk about evidence for medicine, the role of culture in health, and how watching football or reading poetry, going to a play, can be good for your health 032
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 04/06/2026What can ancient Asian medicine, global healing traditions and the long history of medical knowledge teach us about the challenges facing medicine today? 🎙️Tune into episode one of the Medicine and the Healing Arts podcast with @yoelitlalim.bsky.social and @mstanleybaker.bsky.social to find out.media.leverhulme.ac.ukIntroducing the Medicine and the Healing Arts podcastIn this opening episode, hosts Professors Michael Stanley-Baker and Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow, Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, set out the central questions of this podcast: what can ancient Asian medicine, glob... 032
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim @yoelitlalim.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Does medical history matter? @mstanleybaker.bsky.social and I think it does, and now we have a podcast where we discuss it! #skystorians comparativeglobalhumanities.mit.edu/mit-global-h...comparativeglobalhumanities.mit.eduMIT Global Humanities Launches New Podcast Series “Medicine and Healing Arts” – MIT Comparative Global Humanities 011
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Very 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 021
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 14/12/2025I'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/ 040
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 14/12/2025What 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-... kumu.io/Hachimantaro...youtu.beQi as a medium of Epistemic CoherenceYouTube video by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 040
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Great 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... 021
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源IASTAM @iastam.bsky.social · 06/10/2025If 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... 012
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源IASTAM @iastam.bsky.social · 26/10/2025#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. 001
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源IASTAM @iastam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025About 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...focustaiwan.twPharmacists protest new traditional Chinese medicine sales rules - Focus TaiwanAround 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... 003
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源IASTAM @iastam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025American 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...nytimes.com‘How Do I Survive?’: Tariffs Threaten U.S. Market for Traditional Chinese Medicine 034
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源IASTAM @iastam.bsky.social · 20/05/2025The Korean Society for the Philosophy of Medicine (한국의철학회) is organizing a spring conference on May 24, 2025, at Yonsei University in Seoul. 002
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源IASTAM @iastam.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Out 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. 013
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源IASTAM @iastam.bsky.social · 24/05/2025New 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... 024
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Meredith Carroll @historicalmeredith.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Always 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/ 1123
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源IASTAM @iastam.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Blogpost by earlier IASTAM president Volker Scheid, and Cinzia Scorzon. www.volkerscheid.net/post/on-dosingvolkerscheid.netOn Dosing(With Cinzia Scorzon MSc)Some time ago, in what now seems the distant past, we went on a trip through the Kimberley, a remote and stunningly beautiful wilderness area in Western Australia. Our guide, ... 032
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源IASTAM @iastam.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Artemisia 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 021
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源IASTAM @iastam.bsky.social · 29/04/2025The 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...who.intKeynote plenary panel at World Health Summit Regional Meeting - Restoring balance: Scaling up access to evidence-based traditional medicine for health and well-beingThe 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 Wor... 011
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源IASTAM @iastam.bsky.social · 29/04/2025www.straitstimes.com/singapore/he...straitstimes.comSingapore’s traditional Chinese medicine scene gets an infusion of new bloodTCM continues to draw Singaporeans, though young practitioners face low pay and long hours. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. 022
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I 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. 10934311612000
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Egas Moniz Bandeira ᠡᡤᠠᠰ ᠮᠣᠨᠢᠰ ᠪᠠᠨᡩ᠋ᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠ @egasmb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Birch 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: 1/3 162
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The 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 2414494728946
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Dear 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...sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr 021
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 27/01/2025The 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... 021
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Ayurveda Collective @ayurvedacollective.bsky.social · 11/12/2024We 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...meetup.comAyurveda Collective | MeetupThis 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... 082
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 19/12/2024New 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. t.co/dE6AtYyc8l 021
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Lorraine Wilcox @l-wilcox.bsky.social · 10/12/2024It looks like this journal is a new account on bluesky. Following it would be a good thing. 081
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Great 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! 053
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 06/12/2024#digitalhumanities #dh #teaching #plagiarism @digitalorientalist.bsky.social @digitalhumanities.bsky.social 021
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 06/12/2024New 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...academia.eduNew AI Research Tools Teaching Faculty Should Be Aware OfAI 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... 111
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Egas Moniz Bandeira ᠡᡤᠠᠰ ᠮᠣᠨᠢᠰ ᠪᠠᠨᡩ᠋ᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠ @egasmb.bsky.social · 24/11/2024This is being circulated in Mr. 糖山‘s social media: A 50 Kana 五十音 table from Japanese-era Taiwan (Shōwa 17: 1942) with sinographic equivalents to be pronounced in Taiwanese Hokkien 😁 35217
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Lorraine Wilcox @l-wilcox.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Dolly Yang has translated the daoyin passages from 《諸病源候論》 Zhubing Yuanhou Lun by ChaoYuanfang (Exercise Prescription in Sui China) with Mugen Jiang.youtube.comDAOI Talks (58): Dao Yin in Chinese Medicine w/ Dolly Yang 🇬🇧YouTube video by Daoist Arts Organization International 041
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 16/11/2024A thread on growing East Asian herbs... #growingherbs #herbmarket #agriculture North America needs to increase growing East Asian medicinal herbs. Flooding, drought, and promised tariffs are increasing some herbs 100-200%! www.mayway.com/articles/fal... 2126
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Lorraine Wilcox @l-wilcox.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Last night at dinner, we were talking about Uncle Baicao's lovely videos.youtube.com六神归位! 历时一年,大叔终于凑齐六种原料,成功谱成"六神曲"YouTube video by Uncle Baicao百草大叔 063
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Lorraine Wilcox @l-wilcox.bsky.social · 15/11/2024The first in a series of four, Mondays this month.youtu.beCase Studies 30: Wendan Tang, Part 1YouTube video by Lorraine Wilcox 162
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Hilde De Weerdt @hildedw.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Just out: In the Middle of What? On Periodization and the Global #Medieval. This is a forum with 6 essays by Chinese historians and literature scholars on the uses and meanings of the global medieval, with an introduction by the organiser and editor Tian Xiaofei. www.tandfonline.com/toc/yemc20/2... 36230
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. 1) situating religion and medicine in early imperial China 2) including plant molecular contents and bioactivity in history 030
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞骼💀 @sudasana.bsky.social · 14/11/2024JOB> Postdoctoral Position in Chinese Buddhist Philosophy, Austrian Academy of Sciences networks.h-net.org/group/announ...networks.h-net.orgPostdoctoral Position in Chinese Buddhist Philosophy | H-NetDear Friends and Colleagues, It is a great pleasure to announce the following Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Buddhist Philosophy: The Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (I... 085
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Kate Lingley 龍梅若 @klingley.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Sinology 🀄 time! OK, just for a change of pace, a thread about Northern Wei funerary gifts. I remember reading the biography of Xianbei elder statesman Qiumuling Liang 丘穆陵亮 and being struck by a list of imperial gifts to him at the time of his funeral in 502. (1/15) 1449
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源Yiming Ha @historianyha.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Please share widely! 🀄📚 044