{"id":8204,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/selim-islami-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:53:21","slug":"selim-islami-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/selim-islami-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Selim Islami"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Selim<\/span> Islami, <\/span>archaeologist<\/span>, <\/span>one<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>founders<\/span> of<\/span> Albanian<\/span> archaeology<\/span>, <\/span>professor<\/span>, <\/span>died<\/span> in Tirana. He <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in <\/span>Pandelejmon<\/span>, Saranda, in 1923. He <\/span>attended<\/span> the “Normal” <\/span>sc<\/span>ho<\/span>ol<\/span> in Elbasan <\/span>and<\/span> higher<\/span> studies<\/span> at the “<\/span>Lomonosov<\/span>” <\/span>University<\/span> in <\/span>Moscow<\/span> (1946-1951). He <\/span>started<\/span> work<\/span>ing<\/span> at the Institute <\/span>of<\/span> Sciences<\/span>, <\/span>then<\/span> at the Institute <\/span>of<\/span> History<\/span>, at the Institute <\/span>of<\/span> Archeology<\/span>, <\/span>where<\/span> he <\/span>worked<\/span> until<\/span> the end <\/span>of<\/span> his<\/span> life<\/span>. In the <\/span>years<\/span> 1956-1966, he <\/span>was<\/span> in <\/span>charge<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>archeology<\/span> department<\/span> at the Institute <\/span>of<\/span> History<\/span> and<\/span> Linguistics<\/span>. <\/span>Directed<\/span> the <\/span>works<\/span> in the <\/span>mounds<\/span> of<\/span> Mati (1952-1956) <\/span>and<\/span> then<\/span> in <\/span>other<\/span> centers<\/span>, <\/span>such<\/span> as: Gajtan, <\/span>Paz<\/span>ho<\/span>k<\/span>, <\/span>Xibër<\/span>, Zgërdhesh, Butrint, <\/span>etc<\/span>. In the <\/span>years<\/span> 1958-1960, he <\/span>led<\/span> the <\/span>research<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Albanian-Soviet<\/span> archaeological<\/span> expedition<\/span> in <\/span>Apollonia<\/span>. He <\/span>is<\/span> the <\/span>aut<\/span>ho<\/span>r<\/span> of<\/span> a <\/span>number<\/span> of<\/span> scientific<\/span> articles<\/span>; <\/span>co-aut<\/span>ho<\/span>r<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>works<\/span> “<\/span><\/span>Historia e <\/span>Shqipërisë<\/span><\/span>“<\/span> (“<\/span>History<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span>”)<\/span> vol. I (1959) <\/span>and<\/span> “<\/span><\/span>Historia e <\/span>popullit<\/span> shqiptar<\/span><\/span>“<\/span> (“<\/span>History<\/span> of<\/span> Albanian<\/span> people<\/span>”)<\/span> vol. I (2002); <\/span>responsible<\/span> editor<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>collection<\/span> “<\/span><\/span>Ilirët<\/span> dhe<\/span> Iliria <\/span>te<\/span> autorët<\/span> antikë<\/span><\/span>“<\/span> (<\/span><\/span>“The Illyrians and Illyria in ancient aut<\/span>ho<\/span>rs<\/span><\/span>“)<\/span> and<\/span> the <\/span>book<\/span> “<\/span><\/span>Les<\/span> Illyriens<\/span> <\/span>” (Tirana, 1985). In the <\/span>years<\/span> 1981-1985, he <\/span>was<\/span> the <\/span>editor<\/span>-in-<\/span>chief<\/span> of<\/span> the magazine “Iliria”. In <\/span>addition<\/span> to the <\/span>research<\/span> and<\/span> studies<\/span> about<\/span> the <\/span>Illyrian<\/span> city<\/span>, the <\/span>basic<\/span> object<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> studies<\/span> was<\/span> the <\/span>political<\/span> history<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Illyrian<\/span> state<\/span>. As an <\/span>external<\/span> lecturer<\/span>, he <\/span>taught<\/span> archeology<\/span> and<\/span> ancient<\/span> history<\/span> at the <\/span>University<\/span> of<\/span> Tirana. <\/span>With<\/span> his<\/span> scientific<\/span> and<\/span> managerial<\/span> activity<\/span>, he <\/span>provided<\/span> special <\/span>help<\/span> for<\/span> the <\/span>illumination<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>basic<\/span> problems<\/span> of<\/span> archeology<\/span> and<\/span> the <\/span>ancient<\/span> history<\/span> of<\/span> our<\/span> country<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/span>p<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span>: <\/span>Selim<\/span> Islami)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian<\/span> encyclopedic<\/span> dictionary<\/span> – Vol. 2 <\/span><\/span>, <\/span>Academy<\/span> of<\/span> Sciences<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span>, “<\/span>Kristalina<\/span>-KH”, Tirana, 2008, page 1049.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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