Professor Stavros Katsios, Chair holder of the UNESCO Chair TCHER, has been appointed Visiting Professor at the World Sinology Center of Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU).

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The Guardian: Christie’s has withdrawn four ancient Greek vases from Tuesday’s auction after a leading archaeologist discovered that each of them was linked to a convicted antiquities dealer Giannfranco Becchina ....  The disputed antiquities include an Attic cup, decorated with warriors and other figures, from around 570-560BC. It had been estimated to fetch $15,000 to $20,000 in the Ancient (...)

As a continuation of the signed Framework Agreement between the Ionian University and Beijing Language and Culture University for the establishment of the Greek Sinology Center at the Ionian University, its official presentation took place on March 5, 2024 at the headquarters of the World Sinology Center in the city of Qingdao, China, which was accompanied by the start of a series of periodical (...)

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.

Following the recent introduction of Chinese language teaching at the Ionian University, the Rector of the Foundation, 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. The goal of this joint effort is the development of Sinology and Chinese Studies in (...)

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.

As a follow-up to the collaboration with the UNESCO Chair’s steering committee member Prof. Elena Avramidou, a delegation of Shandong University of Technology (SDUT), China, visited the Ionian University, the Laboratory for Geo-cultural Analyses (GEOLAB) and the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage on 11-12th December 2023. The discussions between the UNESCO Chair director Professor (...)

The graduation days at the Ionian University's Departments on 7th-8th December 2023 offer the opportunity to share a small but important part of our university's and island's intangible heritage: a publication on the first graduation ceremony of the Ionian University in April 1989; the first graduates were students of the Department of Foreign Languages and Interpreting.  

On the initiative of the UNESCO Chair for Threats to Cultural Heritage and coordinated by Associate Professor Eleni Avramidou of the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) in China and member of the chair's governing committee, the Ionian University, in the context of the expansion of international academic collaborations, systematically pursued the introduction of Chinese studies by (...)