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 (...)

SAR Greek Section's representatives Prof. Stavros Katsios (IU), Prof. Nikos Nagopoulos (UA) and Prof. Alexandros Triantafyllides (AUTH) took part on 22nd March 2023 in a special session of the biannual Hellenic Universities' Rectors Conference -which took place in Corfu, hosted by the Ionian University. SAR Greece has presented todays status and the challenges ahead proposing a uniform strategy (...)

From January 2023 to February 2023, UNESCO is organizing a series of online regional consultations. Each consultation is being hosted by a Member State from the region, according to UNESCO Electoral Groups. The consultations provide a platform to bring forward nuanced and contextualized perspectives of regional concerns and priorities in culture and arts education. The outcomes of the six regional (...)

The WG on Illicit Antiquities Trafficking of the Unesco chair on threats to cultural heritage and cultural heritage-related activities at the Ionian University in ESPRESSO (29/01/2023)

Professor Alexis Papadopoulos from DePaul University, Chicago is selected as Fulbright scholar for research and Teaching at GeoLAB (DFLTI) and the I.U. UNESCO Chair for 2023.The program is aimed at scientists interested in teaching and/or conducting research in Greece. Applicants must have a PhD or higher degree in their field of study and have secured an affiliation with an institution in Greece. Fellowships are awarded for a period of three to four months and cover a variety of disciplines and professional fields.

Season's Greetings from the Team and the UNESCO Chair holder at the Ionian University

The Greek National Section of the International Council of Folk Festivals and Folk Arts (CIOFF®) partner of UNESCO, the Ionian University and the Educational and Cultural Association of Sinion - member of CIOFF® - organized a cultural two-day event, on November 19 and 20, at the Spiritual Center of I.M. Corfu, Paxos and Diapontia Islands. The cultural two-day event is part of the pre-festival (...)

The UNESCO Chair holder Professor Stavros Katsios made a working visit to the Cyclops Center for Natural Hazards Monitoring and Prevention of Cyprus in Larnaka on 9/11/2022.

The WG on Illicit Antiquities Trafficking of the Unesco chair on threats to cultural heritage and cultural heritage-related activities at the Ionian University in the Guardian (again)

On 14th November 2022, UNESCO celebrates the 3rd International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property.

UNESCO has convenend a 30th anniversary celebration of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme. This anniversary conference celebrated the accomplishments over the last three decades and advance authentic interdisciplinary dialogues and the cross-sectoral mobilization needed to confront complex challenges on the horizon.

Does the past have a future? Corfu and the promise for sustainability of a World Cultural Heritage city

Ιn the session “Open innovation in academia-society cooperation: examples of cultural heritage preservation in a crisis situation”, Professor Alex Papadopoulos, representing the UNESCO Chair TCHER made a presentation on cultural heritage threats and your understanding of open innovation to tackle these threats. 

On September 27, 2022, the "2022 Nishan Dialogue on Chinese and Greek Classical Civilizations" was hybridly held, organized by Shandong Province and the Nishan World Center for Confucian Studies.

On 21st September 2022 the Chair's Steering Committee member Asc. Professor Dr. Elena Avramidou participated in the workshop

50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention (16 November 2022): World Heritage as a source of resilience, humanity and innovation

The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage of the Ionian University, which operates in the Geocultural Analysis Laboratory GEOLab of the Department of Foreign Languages ​​Translation and Interpreting, participated with its director and one of the Chair's doctoral candidates at the Ionian University stand during the 86th Thessaloniki International Fair, 10-18 September 2022. As the unique (...)