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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-09-07

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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  • [01] Democracy Seat established in NYU

  • [01] Democracy Seat established in NYU

    Democracy is without doubt today a very fashionable word, and it appears that there is no country that has not adopted it, or at least claims to apply some form of democratic governance, but this does not mean, however, that true understanding or international consensus exists as the the full meaning of the term, Hellenic Parliament president Anna Psarouda-Benaki said.

    Psarouda-Benaki was addressing at New York University (NYU) during an event, on Wednesday ecvening local time, celebrating the establishment of a Democracy Seat titled Hellenic Parliament Global Distinguished Professorship.

    "A return to the roots, to the historical beginning and birth of democracy in ancient Greece, could truly help," she added.

    Psarouda-Benaki said that the parliament of Greece and NYU had worked closely over the past two years to find ways to initiate a broader dialogue on the history and theory of democracy, and decided to establish a global professorship.

    She also welcomed the selection of Cambridge University professor Paul Cartledge, who will be the first to hold the title, and will have the professorship for two years, and expressed certainty that his presence at NYU will give rise to substantive and fascinating discussions with professors and students, inside and outside the lecture halls, on the nature of democracy in the past and the present.

    The parliament president referred at length to modern Greece's experience in democratic institutions and the ordeal it underwent during the seven-year military dictatorship.

    Greece, she noted, last year celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first Constitution since the restoration of democracy in 1974.


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