Chios is famous for its mastic production, as well as its medieval villages and Byzantine architecture. Can you share how hikers can experience and learn about these cultural aspects while exploring the island's trails? Hiking, in conjunction with walking in natural surroundings, offers opportunities to familiarize oneself with both the tangible and intangible aspects of the culture in a given (...)

On May 25, 2024, Professor Ioannis Mylonopoulos, Columbia University, organised  a panel on “Stolen Identities: Between Cultural Heritage, Art Collections, and Looting” at the Maria Callas Museum in Athens.  Among the experts invited were two distinguished members of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage of the Ionian University, Dr. Christos Tsirogiannis and Dr. Catherine Titi. The (...)

Easter Greetings!

2024, the chinese year of the Dragon Teaching the Chinese Language at I.U. The teaching of the Chinese language is offered to the students of the Ionian University without tuition fees based on the relevant agreement signed between the Ionian University, the Department of Foreign Languages Translation and Interpreting and the UNESCO Chair of the Ionian University with the Chinese Center (...)

Associate Professor Elena Avramidou, member of the UNESCO Chair TCHER Steering Committee has been appointed as Consultant Specialist at the World Sinology Center of Beijing Language and Culture University.

The Rector of the Ionian University, Professor Andreas Floros and the President of Beijing Language and Culture University, Professor Duan Peng signed a Framework Agreement providing for the establishment of a Greek Sinology Center.

Dr Christos Tsirogiannis the Head of Working Group – Illicit Antiquities Trafficking of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to CulturalHeritage and Cultural Heritage related Activities at the Ionian University, Greece, Corfu, Greece was awarded the Cultural Protection Ambassador Award together with Peter Stone OBE.

Associate Professor Elena Avramidou, World Art History Institute, Shanghai International Studies University in China, Member of the Steering Committee of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage - TCHER at the Ιόνιο Πανεπιστήμιο - Ionian University, participated in the "Third Dialogue on Exchanges and Mutual Learning Among Civilizations" and the "First World Conference of (...)

The director of the UNESCO Chair for Threats to Cultural Heritage, Professor Stavros Katsios, was appointed by the Rector's decision as the representative of the Ionian University for matters concerning the historical cities included in the UNESCO World Heritage List" and in the context of the Monitoring Committee of the Old Town of Corfu. The Old Town of Corfu, on the Island of Corfu off the (...)

The UNESCO Chair of the Ionian University, GEOLab of the Department of Foreign Languages Translation and Interpreting and the Library and Information Center of the Ionian University organized on Wednesday 3-5-23 at the Central Library of the Ionian University (72 Ioannou Theotokis Str.) at 19.00 the presentation of the book by Alex Papadopoulos and Triantafyllos Petridis Hellenic Statecraft and (...)

Easter wishes from the whole team of the Ionian University's UNESCO Chair

The Department of History, Politics and International Studies and Strategy International in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair "On threats to Cultural Heritage and its relatedactivities" and the Geocultural Analysis Laboratory of the Ionian University invite you to the public on line lecture of Professor Alexis Papadopoulos on the topic: "Vincentian Praxis in French State Formation From (...)