Selim Islami (March 18, 1923 – October 26, 2001) was an Albanian archaeologist and historian from
Sarandë who contributed to the development of
Illyrian studies.
Biography
Selim Islami was born in
Pandalejmon
Pandalejmon ( sq-definite, Pandalejmoni) is a village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Finiq. A 1993 study by Leonidas Kallivretak ...
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Sarandë District
Sarandë District ( sq, Rrethi i Sarandës) was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created counties. It had a population of 35,235 in 2001, and an area of . The centre of the district ...
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Albania. He completed his primary education in Saranda and secondary education in Elbasan. In 1951 he graduated from the Moscow University and returned to Albania, where he worked for around forty years at the Albanian Academy of Sciences as an archaeologist.
He was the director of the Archaeological Museum in Tirana, for over ten years he headed its archaeological department.
He was also vice-dean of the Faculty of History and Philology of the University of Tirana. In 1973 he was awarded the title of professor.
Selected publications
* ''Historia e Shqipërisë (History of Albania)'', 1959, 1967, with Kristo Frashëri, Stefanaq Pollo, Aleks Buda
* ''Nouvelles données sur l'antiquité illyrienne dans le territoire albanais'' 1962
* ''Iliria në mijëvjeçarin e I p.e.s. (Illyria in the 1st millennium BC)'', 1964 with Hasan Ceka
* ''Ilirët dhe Iliria te autorët antikë (The Illyrians and Illyria in ancient authors)'', 1965, with Frano Prendi; Hasan Ceka,
Skënder Anamali
* ''Le Monnayage de Skodra, Lissos et Genthios'', 1966
* ''Historia e popullit shqiptar (History of Albanians)'', 1969, with Kristo Frashëri, Aleks Buda
* ''L’ Etat Illyrien, sa place et son role dans le monde mediterraneen'', 1972
* ''L’Epire ancienare'' (Reflexion sur le probleme ethnique), 1972
* ''Shteti ilir, vendi dhe roli i tij në botën mesdhetare'', 1974
* ''Epiri antik'' : vështrim i shkurtër etnologjik, 1984
* ''Les Illyriens : aperçu historique'', 1985, with
Skënder Anamali, Muzafer Korkuti, Frano Prendi
* ''Problems of Illyrian History'', 1998
* ''Historia e ilirëve (History of Illyrians)'', 2008, with Mimoza Verzivolli
See also
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illyrian studies
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Academy of Albanological Studies
The Academy of Albanological Studies ( sq, Akademia e Studimeve Albanologjike) is the main institution of albanology in Albania.
History
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References
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1923 births
Illyrologists
Albanian archaeologists
2001 deaths
Archaeology of Albania