On October 24th 2025, the "World Sinologists' China Night", a grand event and closing ceremony, concluded the Second "World Sinology Month" at the Center for World Sinology at Beijing Language and Culture University. Nearly 100 sinologists and China studies experts from over 30 countries attended the event, honoring outstanding (...)

The Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University organizes the 8th International Conference Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges (DCAC-2026) which will be held in hybrid way - online and in the Ionian Academy in Corfu (Greece), on May 8-9, 2026. DCAC-2026 will again afford an exceptional opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, offering a worldwide connection between researchers and lecturers, from a wide range of academic fields, facilitating partnerships across national and disciplinary borders. 

The first in-person two-day working meeting of the partners of the project PIONEER+ (Pioneering Innovation and Entrepreneurship capacity building activities through Digital Transformation), funded by the HEI Initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) under the 4th Cohort, was successfully held on 16–17 October 2025 in Corfu, at the premises of the Ionian University. The Ionian University serves as the lead partner of the project, coordinated by Professor Adamantia Pateli, Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of the Ionian University.

The main phase of the Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) “Sustainable Destination Management and Marketing” was successfully completed in Corfu from 13 to 17 October 2025. The programme was organized by the Department of Tourism of the Ionian University within the framework of the Erasmus+ initiative, fostering a dynamic environment for learning, international collaboration, and exchange of experiences. The programme was coordinated by Professor Christina Beneki and Assistant Professor Naoum Mylonas.

The Forum was organized by the Chinese School of Classical Studies in Athens, at the National University of Athens, with the support of the Greek Center for Sinology, Ionian University.          

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.

The successive extensions of the exhibition "...about the Desired University - The Ionian Academy and Lord Guilford" reflect the great success of this initiative.

The University Gym returns with a new activity program and a refurbished sports area that invites you to come and explore!

The first phase of the pioneering research project titled How Can MT and PE Help Literature Cross Borders and Reach Wider Audiences? A Case Study, funded by Translated's Research Centre Imminent, has been successfully completed with the publication of the English translation of the book Tango in Blue Nights—a captivating collection of 35 flash fiction stories by the author and translator Vasilis Manousakis.

The Department of Informatics of the Ionian University announces the opening of applications for the Postgraduate Program entitled “Ethics in Information Technologies” for the academic year 2025–2026. The application deadline is Monday, 15 December 2025.

ICONA 2025 is organized and promoted by the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University. ICONA 2025 will take place in hybrid mode, in Ionian Academy (Akadimias and Kapodistriou Str - Corfu) and online,  from November 13th to November 16th 2025.

            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, (...)

Clearly, threats to academic freedom come in many different guises. In Europe, infringements are often subtle and insidious, though this makes them no less harmful to higher education, research and science. They may take the form of excessive regulation, top-down funding instruments or the stifling of unpopular views on campus. Moreover, these pressures are often linked to dynamics affecting (...)

The 3rd Sino-Balkanica Conference, organized by the Hellenic Sinology Center of the Ionian University and the World Sinology Center of Beijing Language and Culture University, aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and cooperation among scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and students engaged in Sinology and Chinese studies across Southeastern Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and beyond.

At the international conference Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science (TTT2025), held on 9–13 September 2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Department of Audio and Visual Arts marked the beginning of a new chapter in international cooperation.

The sixth international conference Taboo–Transgression–Transcendence in Art & Science (TTT2025) has come to a close in Slovenia, after five days of intense exchange between artists, scholars, and members of diverse creative communities. Hosted at Kino Šiška, the event was organized in partnership with Zavod Projekt Atol, the Ionian University, and the Pixxelpoint 2025 festival in the context of GO!2025 European Capital of Culture Nova Gorica–Gorizia, with contributions from Kapelica Gallery, Cirkulacija 2, and the Museum of Architecture and Design, and with the support of the Greek Embassy in Ljubljana, the Slovenian Ministry of Culture, the City of Ljubljana, and the University of Nova Gorica.

Ionian University Library & Information Centre publishes the monthly bulletin on the productivity of Ionian University's researchers, based on Scopus and MDPI.

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 Board of Governance of the Ionian University decided on the announcement for the admission of foreign-alien students to the Department of Music Studies, in the Music Performance and to the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Undergraduate Study Program, in accordance with the provisions of Article 58 of 5094/2024 (Α΄ 39), for the academic year 2025-26. The period for submission of candidacies is set from 22/07/2025 to 22/09/2025.