A scientific tribute in his honor Elenis Glykatzi-Arveler held at Byzantine and Christian Museum in the presence of the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou and the Minister of Culture Linas Mendonis.
The Minister of Culture stated in his greeting that Eleni Glykatzis-Arveler, a great and intellectual historian, with a major influence on science and public affairs, was “fortunate to be alive, and in many cases, to participate in events that shaped the 20th century, which is rightly characterized as “the age of the most important social and economic changes in the history of mankind”.
Arveler “represents Byzantium and its legacy in its true dimensions. It emphasizes that the Empire succeeded in confronting the classical Greek tradition and mobilized it to intercept the invading spirit of the East, which provided the maximum services to European civilization,” Lina Mendoni clearly noted, at emphasizing the clarity and the strong documentation provided by her studies, for the “continuity between the Ancient and Medieval Greeks, which both raise a barrier to the conquerors rushing from Asia and his spirit. And this is his contribution and a huge contribution to Greece and Europe”.
The Minister also emphasized that Eleni Arveler “never had any barriers between public and scientific speech, which, when uttered from his lips, is extremely penetrating, often even more influential and effective than a political speech. She was never just an intellectual and a historian who had a catalytic influence, not only in her narrow field of knowledge, but in her own historical studies. He is, on the contrary, a man who creatively combined theory with practice, as shown by his friction in very demanding administrative tasks.
With regard to the positions of responsibility held by Hélène Arveler, it is worth highlighting, quite indicatively, the “University of Europe”, a vision she shared with François Mitterrand, the position under the auspices of UNESCO regarding the new history of Europe write, isolated from the perspective of Central Europe, Charlemagne on our continent and the past, but also the creation of the television of the Sorbonne. Examples of writing and examples of men, who not only lasted for an entire century, but co-shaped it. A metabolization of all the experiences she received from her long and so complete life and transformed into a creative work, in History, which has never been seen before, nor acted as a science. He ministered to her and acted as her art.”
At the scientific tribute to Eleni Glykatzi-Arveler, at the Byzantine and Christian Museum, the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President of the Board of Directors also gave a greeting. of BCM-NPDD Georgios Tsaprounis and Director General of BCM Aikaterini Dellaporta.
This was followed by a scientific round table meeting on the topic “Byzantium and the sea”, directed by Athanasios Markopoulos, Emeritus Professor of Byzantine Philology at the University of Athens and attended by Michel Kaplan, Emeritus Professor of Byzantine History at the Sorbonne. successor to the Chair of Byzantine Studies at the Sorbonne, Honorary Professor Jean Claude Cheynet of the Sorbonne, Professor of Underwater Archeology of the University of Constantinople Ufuk Cocabas and Professor of Byzantine Literature Mrs. Marina Loukaki. The event ended with a video dedicated to Eleni Arveler where children from the 3rd Gymnasium of Florina interviewed Eleni Arveler about Byzantium.
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