Manager of RRU
Manager of RRU, Arabic Studies
Professor, Manager of Research and Research Education
- Arabic Studies
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail lena.ambjornmellost.luse
Phone +46 46 222 36 57
Room SOL:A228
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
Lena Ambjörn's main field of research is medieval medicine in the Middle East. She has produced textcritical editions of works attributed to the 9th century physician, astronomer and philosopher Qusta b. Luqa. Current projects concern the 10th century medical encyclopedia al-Mu'alajat al-Buqratiyya, Hippocratic treatments.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- New source material for the History of Medicine: an Arabic medical encyclopedia from the 10th century (research leader)
- A messenger of truth
- Qusta Ibn Luqa on the preparation of purgative drugs (research leader)
- Qusta Ibn Luqa on purgative Drugs and Purgation (research leader)
- Extended research competence in Semitic Languages (research leader)
My main field of research is medieval medicine in the Middle East. I have produced text-critical editions of several texts attributed to the 9th-century mathematician, astronomer and physician Qusta Ibn Luqa. My current project focusses a neglected Arabic medical encyclopedia from 950 C.E., al-Muʿālaǧāt al-Buqrāṭiyya attributed to the clinically active physician Abū l-Ḥasan aṭ-Ṭabarī. Apart from Arabic manuscript material I have also worked with Syriac sources.
Books (3)
- Ambjörn, L. (2008). The Life of Severus by Zachariah of Mytilene. TECLA. Gorgias Press.
- Ambjörn, L. (2004). Qusta ibn Luqa On purgative Drugs and Purgation. Edition, translation and commentary by Lena Ambjörn. Publications of the Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science. Islamic Medicine. Volume 100. Institut für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften.
- Ambjörn, L. (2000). Qusta ibn Luqa On Numbness : A Book on Numbness, Its Kinds, Causes and Treatment According to the Opinion of Galen and Hippocrates. Edition, Translation and Commentary. Studia Orientalia Lundensia Nova Series, 1. Almqvist & Wiksell International. Dissertation.
Articles (4)
- Ambjörn, L. (2016). Medicinsk teori i medeltida arabiskt källmaterial. Kungl. vitterhets historie och antikvitetsakademiens årsbok, 97-108. Kungliga Vitterhets- historie- och antikvitetsakademien.
- Ambjörn, L. (2011). Book-titles mentioned in the 10th century medical encyclopedia al-Mu'alajat al-Buqratiyya. Galenos. Rivista di filologia dei testi medici antichi, 103-112. Fabrizio Serra Editore.
- Ambjörn, L. (2007). Qusta Ibn Luqa On the preparation of purgative drugs. Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften, 2006/2007, 125-197. Institut für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften.
- Ambjörn, L. (2001). Harakat at-targama: den grekisk-arabiska översättningsrörelsen. Dragomanen: årsskrift utgiven av svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul, 37-52. Svenska Forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul och Föreningen Svenska Istanbulinstitutets vänner.
Book chapters (7)
- Ambjörn, L. (2017). 900-talsläkaren Abu l-Hasan at-Tabari : Om Melankoli. In Nilsson, A. M. H., Damtoft Poulsen, A. & Svensson, J. (Eds.) Humanitas : Festskrift till Arne Jönsson (pp. 318-340). Makadam förlag.
- Ambjörn, L. (2015). Qusṭā b. Lūqā On protection against rheum and catarrhs that occur in the winter. Edition and English translation of the Arabic text preserved in the manuscript Ayasofya 3724. In Edzard, L. (Ed.) Arabic and Semitic Linguistics Contextualized. A Festschrift for Jan Retsö (pp. 274-298). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
- Ambjörn, L. (2008). A new Source for the History of Medicine : an Arabic Medical Handbook from the 10th Century. In Calvo, E., Comes, M., Puig, R. & Rius, M. (Eds.) A shared legacy : Islamic science East and West : homage to professor J. M. Millàs Vallicrosa (pp. 227-235). University of Barcelona.
- Ambjörn, L. (2008). Gifter, droger och mat : om läkemedel i den medeltida medicinen i islam. In Beskow, P., Borgehammar, S. & Jönsson, A. (Eds.) Förbistringar och förklaringar : festskrift till Anders Piltz (pp. 25-33). Lund : Språk- och litteraturcentrum, Lunds universitet : Skåneförlaget.
- Ambjörn, L. (2007). Qusta ibn Luqa and his production : A survey of an Arabic treatise on dental-nerve dysfunction. In Isaksson, B., Eskhult, M. & Ramsay, G. (Eds.) The professorship of Semitic languages at Uppsala University 400 years : jubilee volume from a symposium held at the University Hall, 21-23 September 2005 / Studia Semitica Uppsaliensia (pp. 69-85), 24. Uppsala University.
- Ambjörn, L. & Vitestam, G. (2002). Memoranda on the Birth of a Language. Some episodes told by Ehud Ben-Yehuda in January 1973 at the Department of Middle Eastern Languages at Lund University. In Molnár, V., Paulsson, G. & Andersson, G. (Eds.) Årsbok, Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund. Årsbok 2002. Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund.
- Ambjörn, L. (2001). Hälsovård och helhetssyn i medeltida medicin i islam. In Molnár, V., Paulsson, G., Grönvall, A. & Andersson, G. (Eds.) Årsbok, Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund. Årsbok 2001 (pp. 115-124). Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund.
Conference contributions (15)
- Ambjörn, L. (2015). Medeltida arabisk fackprosa : En lägesbeskrivning.
- Ambjörn, L. (2014). Melancholy in al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya : differentiation and case studies.
- Ambjörn, L. (2010). al-Mu'alajat al-Buqratiyya.
- Ambjörn, L. (2010). Materia medica in al-Mu'alajat al-Buqratiyya.
- Ambjörn, L. (2010). References to book-titles in al-Mu'alajat al-Buqratiyya.
- Ambjörn, L. (2008). A new Source for the History of Medicine: an Arabic Medical Handbook from the 10th Century. In Calvo, E., Comes, M., Puig, R. & Rius, M. (Eds.) A shared Legacy. Islamic Science East and West (pp. 227-236). University of Barcelona.
- Ambjörn, L. (2008). New source material for the history of medicine.
- Ambjörn, L. (2007). al-Mu'aladjat al-Buqratiyya: an Arabic medical encyclopedia from the 10th century.
- Ambjörn, L. (2006). al-Mu'aladjat al-Buqratiyya: en arabisk medicinsk encyklopedi från 900-talet.
- Ambjörn, L. (2003). Reconstructing a basis for intercultural dialogue.
- Ambjörn, L. (2003). Teknisk terminologi i arabisk medicinsk text.
- Ambjörn, L. (2001). MS Ayasofya 3724: Qusta ibn Luqas bok om laxerande droger.
- Ambjörn, L. (1999). The 9th century physician Qusta ibn Luqa and Medieval Arabic Medicine.
- Ambjörn, L. (1997). Arabic medicine: the Book ob Numbness by Qusta ibn Luqa.
- Ambjörn, L. (1997). Qusta ibn Luqas bok om domning.
Working papers (1)
Reviews (4)
- Ambjörn, L. (2008). Luke Demaitre, Leprosy in Premodern medicine. Journal of Early Modern History, 12, 458-462. Brill Academic Publishers.
- Ambjörn, L. (2003). Rec. av Ronny Ambjörnsson, Tankens pilgrimer. Dragomanen: årsskrift utgiven av svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul, 7. Svenska Forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul och Föreningen Svenska Istanbulinstitutets vänner.
- Ambjörn, L. (2001). Ett steg framåt för universitetspedagogiken. TfMS. Tidskrift för mellanösternstudier, 151-152. Tidskrift för mellanösternstudier.
- Ambjörn, L. (2001). Levnadsregler från 1100-talet. Ystads Allehanda.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (4)
- at-Tabaris, A. l.-H. (2015). Om Melankoli. Ur Hippokratiska Behandlingsmetoder. Subaltern, 25-34. h:ström - Text & Kultur, h:ström - Text & Kultur.
- Ambjörn, L. (2014). Hippokratiska behandlingsmetoder : En återupptäckt arabisk läkarhandbok från 950-talet. Dragomanen: årsskrift utgiven av svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul, 37-46. Föreningen Svenska Istanbulinstitutets vänner, Svenska Forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul och Föreningen Svenska Istanbulinstitutets vänner.
- Ambjörn, L. (2013). Hippokratiska behandlingsmetoder: En återupptäckt arabisk läkarhandbok från 950-talet. Sydsvenska medicinhistoriska sällskapets årsskrift, 2013, 269-276. Sydsvenska medicinhistoriska sällskapet.
- Ambjörn, L. (2012). Gifter, droger och mat – om läkemedel i den medeltida medicinen i islam. Dragomanen: årsskrift utgiven av svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul, 111-124. Svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul, Svenska Forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul och Föreningen Svenska Istanbulinstitutets vänner.
Supervision at Lund University (1)
Administrative
- Manager of Research and Research Education at Arabic Studies
- Member, Board of Section 5, Centre for Languages and Literature
- Member, Forskarutbildningsnämnden, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Teaching
Other tasks and qualifications
Researcher at Copenhagen University 2001–2002
Einar Hansen Scholarship (320 000 SEK) 2001
Senior Lecturer of Arabic at Gothenburg University 2002–2003
Associate professor of Semitic Languages at Lund University 2004
Professor of Arabic at Lund University 2010
Secretary of the Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSM) and Nordic representative at the European Association for Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES) 2004-2007
Member of the Swedish Research institute, Istanbul
Member of the board of Vetenskapssocieteten, Lund,2006–2014.
Chairman of the board 2011–2014.
Member of Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet, Lund.
Member of the Royal Physiographic Society, Lund.
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.
Chairman of the group for evaluation of higher education in African and Oriental languages in Sweden, appointed by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, 2012-2013.
Elektor for the Swedish Research Council 2015 and 2018
Professor, Manager of Research and Research Education
- Arabic Studies
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail lena.ambjornmellost.luse
Phone +46 46 222 36 57
Room SOL:A228
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20