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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.
More...
Published: Feb 26, 2013 6:00:06 PM
Professor Ma Kanwen
After
graduating from the former Yenching University, Professor Ma worked as an Assistant
Editor for China Bulletin of New Medicine at the Peking Medical
College in 1951. In 1954, he became a premier researcher in the
department for the History of Medicine at the Central Academy of Health.
In 1955 he was transferred to the Institute for the History of Chinese Medicine and Medical Literature at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where he was promoted to Professor. After coming to Britain, from 1987 to the present, he worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, Senior Research Fellow of the Joint Department of Human Sciences and Medical Ethics at the London Hospital Medical College, and Guest Professor of the Institute for the History of Medicine, Vienna University. He served as a council member to several professional organisations, including the International Society of Medical History, and the Standing Committee for the Translation and Publication of Joseph Needham's Works. He served as a member of Editorial committees to several journals, including the Chinese Journal of Medical History; Acupuncture in Medicine.
He has lectured worldwide and is currently Honorary Senior Adviser to the Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine (UK), Senior Adviser to the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, and Adviser to the China National Committee for the Standardisation of English Translation of Chinese Medical Terms. As an author, co-author or co-compiler, he has published twelve books and dictionaries and 160 articles on Chinese medicine and history of Chinese medicine.
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