PROF. DR. LUAN PËRZHITA •1980 – Graduated, Luigj Gurakuqi University, Shkodër •1982 – Archaeologist, Department of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Institute of Archaeology, Tirana. • 1992 - PhD • 2000 - Associated Professor • 2009 - Professor • Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History in the Faculty of History and Philology of the University of Tirana, and in Master Programmes of the Academy for Albanian Studies. Member of several committees on Master and PhD programmes. • Professor of Medieval Archaeology, Balkan Middle Ages, and the Archaeology of souther-estern Europe, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Prishtina • Invited Professor for lectures on Balkan Archaeology at the Universtiy of Sarbone IV (France); University of Lion 2 (France); Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy); University of Chieti-Pescara (Itali) and others. Honoured with the Award for International Excellence in Archaeology, Italy, 2016. --70 archaeological projects undertaken in Albania, Kosovo, Northern Macedonia and Montenegro.