The author and professor of Foreign Policy History at the Law School of Athens, Lena Divani, where he taught Greek and Balkan foreign policy history of the 20th century at undergraduate level and minority problems in the Balkans at postgraduate level, submitted her resignation as a sign of protest on the situation in Greek universities, referring to the lyrics of the Nobel Prize-winning poet William Butler Gates.

The post of Lena Divani for her performance from the Law School of Athens

“The Greek university reminds me more and more of the lyrics from Yeats’ Second Coming:
The best lack all belief, while the worst
They are full of passion …
So the center probably can not hold.
That is why today I submitted my resignation from the school “, noted the distinguished academic characteristics in a post on social media, accompanied by a photo that captures the situation that prevails in many institutions of higher education in Greece. “My students will always be my greatest award,” she commented, responding to the first reactions of her students to her decision.

Lena Divani has been a Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard University, King’s College London, twice in the League of Nations Archives at the United Nations Library in Geneva and Catering. Greek Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In 2021, in the 9 episodes of the historical podcasts of ATHENS VOICE entitled “How was Greece born?” The writer and university student Lena Divani spoke about the territorial integration of the Greek state on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution.

Lena Divani: Some of her best books

• Greece and Minorities – The International System of Protection under the League of Nations, Nefeli Publications, Athens, 1995 (reprinted by Kastaniotis Publications, 1999).
• Dodecanese – The long road to integration, Kastaniotis Publications, Athens, 1996 (in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• The policy of the Greek exiled governments, Sakkoulas publications, Athens, 1992
• International Crisis and the Intervention of the International Organization – Persian Gulf and Former Yugoslavia, Sakkoula Publications, Athens, 1994 (ed.)
• The territorial integration of Greece – 1830-1947, patriotism exercises, Kastaniotis Publications, 2000.
• (2014) The “insidious stupidity”: Greece and foreigners, 1821-1940, Kastaniotis Publications

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