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Fengshui in the Qing Dynasty Courtroom
Brown has written a new book about this rich and overlooked past, “Laws of the Land: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China,” published this month by Princeton University Press. In it, he examines the place of fengshui in Chinese society, specifically as a doctrine of knowledge used to inform legal cases and public…
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Situating Religion and Medicine in Asia: Methodological Insights and Innovations was published (November 2023)
The book “Situating Religion and Medicine in Asia: Methodological Insights and Innovations,” edited by Michael Stanley-Baker, was published in November 2023. This book tackles how health was desired or restored in Asia historically, placing healing practices into the hands of the actors who wielded the practices, materials, tools and spirits of healing and their lore.
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Michael Stanley-Baker was nominated president of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine
Michael Stanley-Baker, the current Vice-President, has been nominated as the President of the International Association for the Study of Asian Medicine (IASTAM). Founded in 1979, IASTAM is the world’s foremost community of scholars and practitioners devoted to understanding the history and contemporary practice of Asian medicines in their various forms.
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Tristan Brown was awarded a grant for “Humanistic Approaches to Climate”
As the standard-bearer for SHASSs participation in MIT’s Climate initiative Tristan Brown was awarded a grant for “Humanistic Approaches to Climate” on which he is working with Serguei Saavedra (Environmental Engineering), both coordinators of the “Environment, Biodiversity, and the Sacred” experimental research group of the initiative. Link: https://news.mit.edu/2023/forging-climate-connections-across-institute-1101
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Polyglot Asian Medicine won 2nd Runner-up for Best Dataset in DH Awards 2023
The dataset Polyglot Asian Medicine constructed by Michael Stanley-Bakerwon 2nd Runner-up for Best Dataset in DH Awards 2023.This site addresses the intersection of traditional medical systems and languages, framed here as “polyglot medicine.” Taking maritime Southeast Asia as a starting point, with Singapore at the center, it provides resources and tools for studying how these…