Easter wishes from the whole team of the Ionian University's UNESCO Chair

The Department of History, Politics and International Studies and Strategy International in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair "On threats to Cultural Heritage and its relatedactivities" and the Geocultural Analysis Laboratory of the Ionian University invite you to the public on line lecture of Professor Alexis Papadopoulos on the topic: "Vincentian Praxis in French State Formation From (...)

Within the framework of our 2023 "Impact and Outreach Action Plan" the "Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage related activities", at the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece, is launching a quarterly online publication titled "THREATS Briefing" that aims among other to raise global awareness on various global threats to Cultural Heritage and consequently to our societies' (...)

SAR Greek Section's representatives Prof. Stavros Katsios (IU), Prof. Nikos Nagopoulos (UA) and Prof. Alexandros Triantafyllides (AUTH) took part on 22nd March 2023 in a special session of the biannual Hellenic Universities' Rectors Conference -which took place in Corfu, hosted by the Ionian University. SAR Greece has presented todays status and the challenges ahead proposing a uniform strategy (...)

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 (...)

The WG on Illicit Antiquities Trafficking of the Unesco chair on threats to cultural heritage and cultural heritage-related activities at the Ionian University in ESPRESSO (29/01/2023)

Professor Alexis Papadopoulos from DePaul University, Chicago is selected as Fulbright scholar for research and Teaching at GeoLAB (DFLTI) and the I.U. UNESCO Chair for 2023.The program is aimed at scientists interested in teaching and/or conducting research in Greece. Applicants must have a PhD or higher degree in their field of study and have secured an affiliation with an institution in Greece. Fellowships are awarded for a period of three to four months and cover a variety of disciplines and professional fields.

Season's Greetings from the Team and the UNESCO Chair holder at the Ionian University

Participation of Professor Stavros Katsios, Holder of the UNESCO Chair for Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities at the Ionian University, in a discussion on the radio show "About music the reason" on ERT Corfu, on 24/11/2022.

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.

The Greek National Section of the International Council of Folk Festivals and Folk Arts (CIOFF®) partner of UNESCO, the Ionian University and the Educational and Cultural Association of Sinion - member of CIOFF® - organized a cultural two-day event, on November 19 and 20, at the Spiritual Center of I.M. Corfu, Paxos and Diapontia Islands. The cultural two-day event is part of the pre-festival (...)

The UNESCO Chair holder Professor Stavros Katsios made a working visit to the Cyclops Center for Natural Hazards Monitoring and Prevention of Cyprus in Larnaka on 9/11/2022.

The WG on Illicit Antiquities Trafficking of the Unesco chair on threats to cultural heritage and cultural heritage-related activities at the Ionian University in the Guardian (again)

On 14th November 2022, UNESCO celebrates the 3rd International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property.

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

The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage of the Ionian University, which operates in the Geocultural Analysis Laboratory GEOLab of the Department of Foreign Languages ​​Translation and Interpreting, participated with its director and one of the Chair's doctoral candidates at the Ionian University stand during the 86th Thessaloniki International Fair, 10-18 September 2022. As the unique (...)

The UNESCO Chair for Threats to Cultural Heritage of the Ionian University participates in the 86th Thessaloniki International Fair - Akademia (pavilion 14, stand 18) September 10-18, 2022.

UNESCO Chair Steering Group Member Dr. Vassilios Kappis (BUCSIS) joined the University of Southern California Center for Public Diplomacy (CPD) as an Eastern Mediterranean Research Fellow for the academic year 2022-23!