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, (...)

Corfu Literary Festival 2025 In collaboration with the Ionian University, under the auspices of its Scholars At Risk (SAR) programme and of its UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage, presented an expert panel on how the world of academia and further education is changing and how and why this affects us all. Is the determined promotion and funding of STEM curricula (...)

The 47th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (Paris, 6-16 July 2025) approved the inscription of the six Minoan Palatial Centers (Knossos, Phaistos, Zominthos, Zakros, Malia, Kydonia) on the World Heritage List (the recommendation of ICOMOS, an institutional advisor, to return the file due to a lack of required information was not accepted by the committee). The (...)

  UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage as a years-long supporter of Corfu Literary Festival is delighted to invite you to the eighth Corfu Literary Festival from Monday 8th to Sunday 14th September 2025. Corfu inspires the arts in all its forms and lives by the ethos of philoxenia (hospitality). In September, the island is a riot of wildflowers and sunshine, and we cannot imagine a (...)

  The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage‑related Activities at the Ionian University has officially placed the CULTURIOUS platform under its auspices, marking the launch of a strategic cooperation focused on museum outreach, ethical digital engagement, and sustainable heritage practice. This (...)

A new article by the Chair's member, Dr. Catharine Titi, Research Associate Professor (tenured) CNRS-CERSA, University Paris-Panthéon-Assas, written on the British Museum. The piece, is published in the Current Debates section of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, as the writer's reaction to Cullinan’s recent interview in The Times Magazine. You can find the article attached to (...)