Tsilis Georgios

Studies Personal exhibitions (national or international) / Artwork Professional activity Other activities Rewards - Distinctions Other information

Place of birth:

Paramythia, Thesprotia

Studies

He is a graduate of the:

1. Department of History and Archaeology, School of Philosophy, University of Athens,

2. Department of Philology, and

3. Doctor of History, Department of History and Archaeology, School of Philosophy, University of Ioannina

Personal exhibitions (national or international) / Artwork

He has been involved in historical research on Epirus for 30 years.

Writing work:

1. Folklore of Pramanta-Ioannina, Athens 1990.

2. War facts in Epirus (1820-1824), Athens 1990.

3. The Greek Community of Marseille 1822-1922, Athens 2000 (Dissertation).

4. The Calendar of Spyrantonis Chalikiopoulos Lefkada fighter in the 1821 Revolution, Athens 2001.

5. Economic and Industrial evolution of Greece (1828-1922), Athens 2001.

6. Souli-Souliotes origin, 2007-2008.

7. Epirote Figters of 1821 (to be printed).

He is also involved in poetry; 3 collections of poems will be published soon.

Professional activity

He served in Middle Education

Other activities

He has published more than 60 studies of historical content, in “Ipirotika Chronika”, “Ipirotiko Imerologio” and the Newsletter of the Epirotic Society of Athens; many articles in the press of Thesprotia related to the economic and touristic development of the Prefecture of Thesprotia.

Rewards - Distinctions

He holds an award and a distinction for the collection of Linguistic and Folklore material of Pramanta-Ioannina by the Academy of Athens and a distinction for the collection of village names in the district of Filiates.

Other information

He is married with Maria Phessa and he has two children