2 March 2026 Last update:4 March 2026 On Monday 2 March, the Golestan Palace in Tehran, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was reportedly damaged by debris and the shock wave following an airstrike to the Arag Square, located in the buffer zone of the site in the Iranian capital. UNESCO continues to closely monitor the situation of cultural heritage in the (...)

On 17-18 February, the team of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage participated in the COST Action “Cultural Property Protection for All” Kick-Off Conference, held in Podgorica, Montenegro. Prof. Kalliopi Chainoglou, Dr Ioannis Blatsos and Athina Fatsea represented the Chair and contributed as experts to the Working Group on Provenance and Traceability, which operates under the (...)

The Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting (DFLTI) of the Ionian University, with the support of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities, announces the call for the second circle of the MA “Security and Cultural Heritage Studies” for the academic year 2025-2026. Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications exclusively online by Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 14:00 (CET).

            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 (...)

            Dr. Christos Tsirogiannis head of the illicit antiquities trafficking research for the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage at the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece has been interviewed by CNN. Read more >>

            For the first time WHO Regional Office for Europe brings together all of data available at the Regional level on child and youth mental health. One in seven children and adolescents aged 0–19 years old lives with a mental health condition, and this number is increasing over time. Females are particularly affected with one in four females (...)

  The UNESCO virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects project, launched on 29th September 2025, is dedicated to digitising stolen cultural objects. The website aims to contribute to raising awareness among the general public of the consequences of illicit trafficking of cultural property as well as contributing to the recovery of stolen objects. Visitors will be able to explore virtual (...)

         

  The Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting (DFLTI) of the Ionian University, with the support of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities, announces AN EXTENTION OF THE DEADLINE of the call for the MA “Security and Cultural Heritage Studies” https://dflti.ionio.gr/scher-masterprogram/en/ for the academic year (...)

The Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting (DFLTI) of the Ionian University, with the support of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities, announces the call for the MA “Security and Cultural Heritage Studies” for the academic year 2025-2026.

As part of our UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage action programme, we have organised a unique online webinar on Cyber-Enabled Threats to Museums and Cultural Institutions (18th of November, 5-7pm GMT).  Speakers: Stavros Katsios (UNESCO Chair), Jose-Carlos Mariategui, Iris Paraskevi (...)

            This interdepartmental course, organized by the "Hellenic Center for Sinology" and the "UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage" of the Ionian University, is a unique educational experience, which gives students of all departments of the University of Athens the opportunity to explore, with the help of the most suitable teacher, (...)