Selim Islami

Selim Islami was an Albanian archaeologist and historian. He contributed to the development of Illyrian studies in Albania.

Biography

Selim Islami was born in Pandalejmon, Sarandë District, 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 , 1959, 1967, with Kristo Frashëri, Stefanaq Pollo, Aleks BudaNouvelles données sur l'antiquité illyrienne dans le territoire albanais 1962Iliria në mijëvjeçarin e I p.e.s. , 1964 with Hasan CekaIlirët dhe Iliria te autorët antikë , 1965, with Frano Prendi; Hasan Ceka, Skënder AnamaliLe Monnayage de Skodra, Lissos et Genthios, 1966Historia e popullit shqiptar , 1969, with Kristo Frashëri, Aleks BudaL' Etat Illyrien, sa place et son role dans le monde mediterraneen, 1972L'Epire ancienare, 1972Shteti ilir, vendi dhe roli i tij në botën mesdhetare, 1974Epiri antik : vështrim i shkurtër etnologjik, 1984Les Illyriens : aperçu historique, 1985, with Skënder Anamali, Muzafer Korkuti, Frano PrendiProblems of Illyrian History, 1998Historia e ilirëve , 2008, with Mimoza Verzivolli