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 (...)

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).

The UNESCO Chair for Threats to the Cultural Heritage of the Ionian University was included following a proposal by the Greek National Commission for UNESCO in the Greek National Delegation for the 42nd General Conference of UNESCO that will take place from November 7 to 22, 2023, at the Organization's Headquarters in Paris. The Greek National Delegation is headed by the Minister of (...)

At the 12th Panionian Conference, that was held in Zante from 18 to 21 October 2023, Dr. Maritina Leontsini, PhD, Lecturer Harokopio University and NKUA, Mrs Athina Fatsea, PhD Candidate and Researcher, UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities, Ionian University and Rigas Zafeiriou, Sustainable Food Systems Programme Manager, Mediterranean Institute for (...)

Debating on Antiquities and on a forward looking approach of the Humanity's relationship to the World

Dr Christos Tsirogiannis the Head of Working Group – Illicit Antiquities Trafficking of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to CulturalHeritage and Cultural Heritage related Activities at the Ionian University, Greece, Corfu, Greece was awarded the Cultural Protection Ambassador Award together with Peter Stone OBE.

At the invitation of the UNESCO Chair-holder, Professor Stavros Katsios, the President of the World Sinology Center, Professor Xu Baofeng, headed a twelve-member delegation of professors and researchers from Chinese universities and research institutions, visited the Ionian University. Beyond etiquette, it was a working visit given the pre-work of the group set up at the UNESCO Headquarters, (...)

Christos Tsirogiannis, an expert at identifying looted antiquities, said he suspected the British Museum had not specified how many items were missing or what they looked like because it either had incomplete or no records for some of the objects. Tsirogiannis, who heads illicit antiquities trafficking research for the Unesco chair on threats to cultural heritage at the Ionian University in (...)

Associate Professor Elena Avramidou, World Art History Institute, Shanghai International Studies University in China, Member of the Steering Committee of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage - TCHER at the Ιόνιο Πανεπιστήμιο - Ionian University, participated in the "Third Dialogue on Exchanges and Mutual Learning Among Civilizations" and the "First World Conference of (...)

The director of the UNESCO Chair for Threats to Cultural Heritage, Professor Stavros Katsios, was appointed by the Rector's decision as the representative of the Ionian University for matters concerning the historical cities included in the UNESCO World Heritage List" and in the context of the Monitoring Committee of the Old Town of Corfu. The Old Town of Corfu, on the Island of Corfu off the (...)

The decision by the Turkish authorities in 2020 to convert Hagia Sophia and the Monastery of Christ at Chora in Istanbul into mosques had an impact on the credibility of the World Heritage Convention, in at least one of its five strategic objectives (Credibility, Conservation, Capacity-building, Communication, Communities)  ... more>>