Interdisciplinary Conference Friday 17 and Saturday 18 May 2024, Reading Society of CorfuHuman Rights in the Information Age:Reference points of history, law, ethics and culture Co-organization of the Cultural and Historical Heritage Documentation Laboratory of TABM, Ionian University, the IHRC Research Group of TABM, Ionian University and the Association of Philologists of Corfu with the (...)

The 42nd session of UNESCO General Conference represented a showcase to the world of what multilateralism in action means. Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General

The UNESCO Chair onThreats to Cultural Heritage of the Ionian University is proud supporter of the International Scientific Conference on the anniversary of 140 years since the birth of Nikos Kazantzakis and 35 years since the foundation of the International Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis (IFNK) entitled "MEETINGS AND KAZANTZAKIS' TEXTS FOR NON-GREEK WRITERS AND ARTISTS" ; 25-26 November 2023 in the Center of the History of Thessaloniki, in Thessaloniki, Greece. Kazantzakis was a consultant to UNESCO for the promotion of translations of the classics of world literature, with the aim of bridging the cultures of East and West (1947-1948).

At the 12th Panionian Conference, that was held in Zante from 18 to 21 October 2023, Dr. Maritina Leontsini, PhD, Lecturer Harokopio University and NKUA, Mrs Athina Fatsea, PhD Candidate and Researcher, UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities, Ionian University and Rigas Zafeiriou, Sustainable Food Systems Programme Manager, Mediterranean Institute for (...)

The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage, the Laboratory for Geocultural Analyses (GEOLab), Department F.L.T.I. and the Laboratory for the Documentation of Cultural & Historic Heritage, Department ALMS of the Ionian University organised on 15th March 2023 18:00-20:30 a hybrid Workshop "Threats to Cultural Heritage: normative and ethical approaches and contradictions".

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 (...)

Dr. Dionysios Demetis, Senior Lecturer at Hull University, UK, member of the Steering Group of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultura Heritage related Activities was awarded the AIS senior scholars Best Publication Award.

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.

The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage organised ον 10/11/2022 a WORKSHOP on Digital Technologies and the future of Illicit trafficking of Cultural Property during EUROMED 2022 International Conference on Digital Heritage - The workshop focused on the latest developments in the use of technologies in the field of illicit antiquities research and on the multidisciplinary dimensions of heritage protection. Various academics presented some of the most important and recent projects, including cross-disciplinary research on already repatriated antiquities and the monitoring of the international antiquities market.

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

Dr. Elena Avramidou, philosopher who served as Cultural and Educational Attaché at the Greek embassy in China and current member of the steering committee and the advisory committee of international cultural societies and foundations, took part at the event organized by the FEN together with the Directorate of Relations Internationals of the U. Andrés Bello.

On August 11, 2022, the inaugural workshop took place in the framework of the collaboration between the UNESCO Chair of the Ionian University with the Institute of Studies on the Mediterranean Rim of China's Zhejiang University of International Studies.

Professor Stavros Katsios Chair holder of the UNESCO Chair TCHER is participating in the round table on "Best Practices for the Promotion of Intercultural Dialogue in local Communities".

UNESCO is convening a 30th anniversary celebration of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme at its headquarters in Paris from 3-4 November 2022.

The UNESCO and European Research Area (ERA) Chairs on Digital Heritage are announcing the International EuroMed 2022 conference dedicated on Digital Cultural Heritage Documentation, Preservation and Protection. The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage related Activities at the Ionian University takes part and strongly supports the conference.

The Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, in collaboration with the Research Center of China-EU Relations, School of Social Sciences and Tsinghua University, co-organized the seminar “Classic Philosophical Thoughts and Contemporary International Relations”.

Elena Avramidou, Associate Professor of Philosophy (Peking University), and member of the Steering Committee of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage of the Ionian University attended the Workshop “Workshop—Ancient Wisdom for Modern Challenges" organised by the Athens Academy in which took part scholars specialising in Ancient Greek and Chinese Philosophy.

This EU-UNESCO Conference organized on June 9, 2022 at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris Dr. Christos Tsirogiannis head of the WG Illicit Antiquities' Trafficking of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage -related Activities at the Ionian University, was a invited speaker at the panel.

After a remarkable presentation and debate

 We are forwarding an invitation of UNESCO to the university professors worldwide Are you a university professor? If so, this survey is for you. Life for university professors can be tough, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. Engagement and burnout levels in work teams relate to their effectiveness and performance, as they impact the amount of effort that people put (...)

Neapolis University Pafos in Cyprus, the Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies at the University of Buckingham in the UK (BUCSIS) and UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage -related Activities, will be co-organising an intensive workshop in Security and Intelligence studies from April 15 to April 17, 2022.