Professor Vivienne Lo Inaugural Lecture: 'Communities of Asian Medical Practice'

This lecture not only summarises my research into the communities and networks that have created and disseminated medico-culinary knowledge to and from the ancient and medieval Chinese worlds; it also celebrates those interdisciplinary communities that have dedicated themselves to research more broadly into Asian medicine: the societies, journals, practitioners, teachers, students, artists and academics that I have been proud to work alongside. These are the people promoting diversity in research and on the curriculum, combatting racism in our academic system, promoting drug discovery, integrated public health and building the cultural connectivity do so. The subjects and people will begin in ancient China and take us along the so-called Silk Roads through Central Asia and into the modern world.