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- Festival of Chinese Film and the Body, Film 4
- Chinese New Year celebrations 2013
- Pharmacology in China
- The Benevolent Dragon? An analysis of China's health diplomacy to Africa (1964 – the present)
- China in Latin America
- Martial arts film: The Sword Identity
- Spices and medicine: From Historical Obsession to Research of the Future
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Spices and medicine: From Historical Obsession to Research of the Future
Friday 24th May 2013, 9:30am – 5:00pm, Maplethorpe Lecture Theatre, UCL School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AX.
A one-day UCL conference sponsored by the British Society for the History of Science and London BioNat, exploring Europe’s fascination with spices as both food and medicine and
the role of spices in the advancement of global scientific knowledge and
medical practices, from ancient times to today. Vivienne Lo (UCL CCHH) and Di Lu (UCL PhD Cand.) will be presenting on 'Scent and Synaesthesia' in China. More...
Published: May 15, 2013 4:56:34 PM
Martial arts film: The Sword Identity
Tuesday 14th May, 6.30pm, Lecture Theatre 1.03, Malet Place Engineering Building.
Part of the UCL Festival of the Arts
Free tickets available from:
http://the-sword-identity.eventbrite.com/# More...
Published: Apr 8, 2013 6:17:45 PM
China in Latin America
21st May 2013, 10am-5pm, Room 103, Institute of the Americas, 51 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PQ.
A one-day international conference, jointly convened by UCL China Centre for Health and Humanity and UCL Centre for Transnational History, and kindly supported by UCL Institute of the Americas and UCL Grand Challenges - Intercultural Interaction.
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Published: Apr 2, 2013 7:09:49 PM
The Benevolent Dragon? An analysis of China's health diplomacy to Africa (1964 – the present)
Wednesday 13 March 2013, 5.30–6.30pm, Bentham SB01 Seminar Room 3.
Transnational history lecture and seminar with Dr Paul Kadetz, Global Health, Arizona School of Health Sciences. More...
Published: Mar 6, 2013 1:30:04 PM
Pharmacology in China
Thursday 28 February 2013, 9–11am, Wilkins Garden Room.
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Published: Feb 26, 2013 6:00:06 PM
Medical Texts in Translation
16 May 2011
We have gathered together speakers who are working on
translations of material that has not been available in translation in the
past.
They will introduce and read the text in translation, followed by their
analysis and a general discussion.
We hope to attract participants who will be able to contribute to the discussion. For further details (or if you are interested in hosting a session) please call or email Vivienne Lo: v.lo@ucl.ac.uk or telephone: 020 7679 8113.
7 June 2011
| 4.00–5.30pm |
Medical Texts In Translation Preface to the Classic of Plain Girl (Su nü jing xu) from Ye Dehui's ‘Shadow of the Double Plum Tree Collection’ [Shuang mei jing an cong shu, 1903] Dr Leon Rocha, University of Cambridge |
28 June 2011
| 4.00–5.30pm |
Medical Texts In Translation Twice-born or thrice-born? The Matriculation of a Medical Student in Ancient India** Dr Dominik Wujastyk, University of Vienna |
**The location for this particular session is yet to be confirmed.
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