Hélène Ahrweiler, the Greek–French Byzantologist and academic known formally as Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, died on February 16, 2026, in Athens, Greece, at the age of 99.
Born in Athens on August 29, 1926, to a family of Greek refugees from Bursa, she studied history and archaeology at the University of Athens and later moved to Paris in 1953. She became Deputy Principal of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne from 1970 to 1973 and was Principal from 1976 to 1981, the first woman to hold that post in the 700-year history of the Sorbonne.
She also served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Greece.
Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler (French: [elɛn aʁvɛlɛʁ]; Greek: Ελένη Γλύκατζη-Αρβελέρ; 29 August 1926 – 16 February 2026) was a Greek-French academic Byzantinologist. She was also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Greece.