Helene Ahrweiler

Hélène Ahrweiler, born Glykatzi (Greek Ελένη Γλύκατζη - Αρβελέρ; born August 29, 1926 in Athens ) is a Byzantinistin and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Greece.

Life

Ahrweiler was the daughter of refugees from Asia Minor in Athens. She attended the University of Athens in 1953 and moved to Paris, where they married in 1958 Jacques Ahrweiler. From 1976 to 1981 she was president of the University of Paris I and 1989-1991 Director of the Centre Georges Pompidou.

Awards

Works

  • Byzance et la mer. La Marine de Guerre, la politique et les Institutiones maritimes de Byzance aux VII e - XVe siècles. Paris 1966.
  • Études sur les structures sociales de Byzance et administrative, 1971.
  • L' ideology politique de l' empire byzantin, 1975.
  • Byzance: Le Pays et les territoires, 1976.
  • Geographica Byzantina, 1981.
  • The Making of Europe, 1999.
  • Les Européens, 2000.
  • Le Roman d' Athènes, 2004.
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