The holder of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage of the Ionian University Professor Stavros Katsios and Dr. Maria Gkioni, member of the scientific committee of the Chair participated at the 1st Conference of the Greek UNESCO Chairs which took place from Friday 4th to Saturday 6th 2026 in Alexandroupolis, organised by the (...)

          Upon the invitation of the director of the UNESCO Chair in Film Art and Cultural Diversity of the Beijing Film Academy, Ms. Zhou Zhijun, the director of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and to Cultural Heritage-Related Activities at the Ionian University, Professor Katsios Stavros, visited Beijing and Qingdao in (...)

            To promote the exchange of classical literary works between China and the West and to deepen scholarly dialogue in this field, the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Chinese School of Classical Studies at Athens co-hosted an international academic conference titled "The Formation of Classical Literary (...)

         

FIRST LIVE SESSION OF THE “OUR HOMELAND IS LANGUAGE” NETWORK A Journey through Time with the Antikythera Mechanism Astypalaia, July 1 - 2, 2025 The Astypalaia High School and the Hellenic Library of Southern California are organizing the first live Session of the “Our Homeland is Language” Network, which will take place in Astypalaia, on July 1 and 2, 2025, with the following theme: “A (...)

The Public Central Historical Library of Corfu, in collaboration with the Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu-Zante-Kephalonia and the N. Kazantzakis Museum, is organizing an event entitled "Nikos Kazantzakis, Tertsines, “ST THERESA"—poetry", reflection, search, exercise, divine love”. The event will take place on Wednesday, March 26 at 17:00 in the “Evi Laskari” Events Hall of the Public Central (...)

Inscribing in the UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage

"Nikos Kazantzakis and Lu Xun: Convergences and divergences" was the topic of the speech of the executive director and coordinator of the Hellenic Center for Sinology Dr. Elena Avramidou at the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum in Myrtia, Crete, during the unveiling ceremony of the sculptural composition "Dialogue of Souls Lu Sun and Kazantzakis". The work is by the well-known Chinese artist Wu (...)

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).