Dr Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim

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 ORCID logo . 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

Tibetan Medicine and its Buddhist Contexts Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit . 2020. Tibetan Medicine and its Buddhist Contexts. In: John Barton, ed. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
The Silk Roads as a Model for Exploring Eurasian Transmissions of Medical Knowledge: Views from the Tibetan Medical Manuscripts of Dunhuang Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit . 2019. The Silk Roads as a Model for Exploring Eurasian Transmissions of Medical Knowledge: Views from the Tibetan Medical Manuscripts of Dunhuang. In: Pamela H. Smith, ed. Entangled Itineraries: Materials, Practices, and Knowledges across Eurasia. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 47-62. ISBN 9780822965770
Galen in Asia? Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit . 2019. Galen in Asia? In: Barbara Zipser and Petros Bouras-Vallianatos, eds. Brill's Companion to the Reception of Galen. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, pp. 594-608. ISBN 9789004302211
Travelling Light: Sino-Tibetan Moxa-Cautery from Dunhuang Lo, Vivienne; and Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit . 2018. Travelling Light: Sino-Tibetan Moxa-Cautery from Dunhuang. In: Vivienne Lo and Penelope Barrett, eds. Imagining Chinese Medicine. Leiden: Brill, pp. 271-290. ISBN 9789004362161
A Tibetan image of Divination: Some Contextual Remarks Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit . 2018. A Tibetan image of Divination: Some Contextual Remarks. In: Vivienne Lo, ed. Imagining Chinese Medicine. Leiden: Brill, pp. 429-440. ISBN 9789004366183
Between medicine and ritual: Tibetan 'medical rituals' from Dunhuang Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit . 2015. Between medicine and ritual: Tibetan 'medical rituals' from Dunhuang. In: Charles Ramble and Ulrike Roesler, eds. Tibetan and Himalayan Healing: An Anthology for Anthony Aris. Kathmandu, Nepal: Vajra Books, pp. 749-755. ISBN 978-9937-623-35-3
Medicine, astrology and divination Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit . 2014. Medicine, astrology and divination. In: Theresia Hofer, ed. Bodies in Balance: The Art of Tibetan Medicine. New York, New York, USA: Washington University Press, pp. 90-104. ISBN 978-0-295-99359-1
“Central Asian Mélange: Early Tibetan Medicine from Dunhunag” Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit . 2013. “Central Asian Mélange: Early Tibetan Medicine from Dunhunag”. In: UNSPECIFIED, ed. Scribes, Texts, and Rituals in Early Tibet and Dunhuang. Wiesbaden: Reichert-Verlag, 53 -60. ISBN 978-3-89500-938-9
Islam and Tibet-Cultural Interactions: An Introduction Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit . 2010. Islam and Tibet-Cultural Interactions: An Introduction. In: Anna Akasoy; Charles Burnett and Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, eds. Islam and Tibet – Interactions along the Musk Routes. London: Ashgate, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9780754669562
On urine analysis and Tibetan medicine's connections with the West Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit . 2010. On urine analysis and Tibetan medicine's connections with the West. In: Sienna Craig; Mingji Cuomu; Frances Garrett and Mona Schrempf, eds. Studies of Medical Pluralism in Tibetan History and Society. Halle: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, pp. 195-211. ISBN 978-3-88280-087-6
Tibetan Medical Astrology Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit . 2008. Tibetan Medical Astrology. In: Anna Akasoy; Charles Burnett and Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, eds. Astro-Medicine: Astrology and Medicine, East and West. Florence: Sismel, pp. 223-236. ISBN 978-88-8450-300-8

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 ORCID logo . 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.

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.