- Tibetan ‘wind’ and ‘wind’ illnesses: towards a multicultural approach to health and illness Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2010. Tibetan ‘wind’ and ‘wind’ illnesses: towards a multicultural approach to health and illness. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 41(4), pp. 318-324. ISSN 1369-8486
Dr Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim
Ronit's research has focussed on the transmission of medical ideas along the Silk-Roads, including Tibetan medicines.
Staff details
Academic qualifications
- BA Tel-Aviv University, 1989
- MA summa cum laude Tel-Aviv University, 1998
- PhD SOAS, University of London, 2004
Teaching
BA second and third year
History of Asian Medicine: From Manuscripts to YouTube
Bodies and Drugs: A Global History of Medicine
Third year Special Subject
Medicine on the Silk Roads: Transitions and Transmitions
Areas of supervision
Dr Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim welcomes research proposals on various aspects of the history of Asian medicine, as well as in interactions between medicine and religion.
Publications and research outputs
Book
- ReOrienting Histories of Medicine: Encounters along the Silk Roads Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2021. ReOrienting Histories of Medicine: Encounters along the Silk Roads. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781472512574 (Hbk)/9781350195820 (Pbk)
Edited Book
- Rashīd al-Dīn: Agent and mediator of cultural exchanges in Ilkhanid Iran Akasoy, Anna; Burnett, Charles and Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit, eds. 2013. Rashīd al-Dīn: Agent and mediator of cultural exchanges in Ilkhanid Iran. London: Warburg Institute. ISBN 9780854811533
- Islam and Tibet – Interactions along the Musk Routes Akasoy, Anna; Burnett, Charles and Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit, eds. 2010. Islam and Tibet – Interactions along the Musk Routes. London: Ashgate. ISBN 9780754669562
- Astro-Medicine: Astrology and Medicine, East and West Akasoy, Anna; Burnett, Charles and Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit, eds. 2008. Astro-Medicine: Astrology and Medicine, East and West. Florence: Sismel. ISBN 978-88-8450-300-8
Edited Journal
- Special Issue: Asian Medicine and COVID-19: Ethnologies, Histories, Reflections Stanley-Baker, Michael; Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit and Yang, Dolly, eds. 2021. Special Issue: Asian Medicine and COVID-19: Ethnologies, Histories, Reflections, Asian Medicine, 16(1). 1573-420X
Book Section
- Galen in Premodern Tibet and China: Impressions and Footprints Weil, Dror and Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2024. Galen in Premodern Tibet and China: Impressions and Footprints. In: P. N. Singer and Ralph M. Rosen, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Galen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 658-674. ISBN 9780190913687
- Medical Practices in Tibet in Intercultural Contexts Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2023. Medical Practices in Tibet in Intercultural Contexts. In: Sonja Brentjes, ed. Routledge Handbook on Science in the Islamicate World: Practices from the 2nd/8th to the 13th/19th Centuries. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 677-687. ISBN 9781138047594
- Exploring Eurasian transmissions of medical knowledge: cues from the Hebrew Book of Asaf Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2021. Exploring Eurasian transmissions of medical knowledge: cues from the Hebrew Book of Asaf. In: Lennart Lehmhaus, ed. Defining Jewish Medicine: Transfer of Medical Knowledge in Jewish Cultures and Traditions. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 295-311. ISBN 9783447108263
Article
- Asian Medicine and COVID-19: Ethnologies, Histories, Reflections Stanley-Baker, Michael and Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2021. Asian Medicine and COVID-19: Ethnologies, Histories, Reflections. Asian Medicine, 16(1), pp. 1-10. ISSN 1573-420X
- Exploring Persian Lore in the Hebrew Book of Asaf Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2018. Exploring Persian Lore in the Hebrew Book of Asaf. Aleph, 18(1), pp. 123-146. ISSN 1565-1525
- Re-visiting ‘Galen in Tibet' Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2012. Re-visiting ‘Galen in Tibet'. Medical History, 56(3), pp. 355-365. ISSN 2048-8343
Audio
- ReOrienting Medicine on the Silk Roads Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2022. ReOrienting Medicine on the Silk Roads.
- ReOrienting Histories of Medicine: Interview on New Books Network Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit and Rose, Christopher S.. 2021. ReOrienting Histories of Medicine: Interview on New Books Network.
- Medicine Along the Musk Route Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit; Moore, Taylor M. and Hamza, Shireen. 2017. Medicine Along the Musk Route.
Digital
- Asian Medicine and COVID-19: Introducing a Special Issue of Asian Medicine Stanley-Baker, Michael and Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2021. Asian Medicine and COVID-19: Introducing a Special Issue of Asian Medicine.
- Asian Medicine Zone. New Major Wellcome Exhibition: Tibet’s Secret Temple: Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit. 2015. Asian Medicine Zone. New Major Wellcome Exhibition: Tibet’s Secret Temple: Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism.
Project
- Life of Breath Carel, Havi and Macnaughton, Jane. 2015-2020 Life of Breath.
- Translating Medicine in the Premodern World Alberts, Tara; Fransen, Sietske and Leong, Elaine. 2016 - 2019 Translating Medicine in the Premodern World.
Research Interests
Dr Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim's research has focused on the transmission of medical ideas along the Silk-Roads. Within this general scope, she has been working on the history of early Tibetan medicine, based primarily on manuscripts found in the Dunhuang caves. This work followed up on my work which consisted part of the 'Islam and Tibet' project at the Warburg Institute.
Dr Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim's current research project funded by the Wellcome Trust is titled: "Re-Orienting Early Medicine: Bridges of Knowledge between 'east' and 'west'". The main goal of this project is to analyse the ways in which ancient Hebrew medicine, like ancient Tibetan medicine, is a case of 'medical syncretism' deriving from what is termed 'eastern' and 'western' medical traditions.
Her academic training has been in the Study of Religions and she is also interested in the ways religions have defined transmission of knowledge, both in the Buddhist and Jewish cases.