A Workshop connecting cultural-heritage protection with financial crime, illicit trafficking and asset recovery at the 43rd Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities (TCHER) at the Ionian University successfully organised a Plenary Workshop, “UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural (...)

            The decision to renew the logos of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage at the Ionian University reflects the Chair’s institutional development, expanding international activities, and need for a coherent, contemporary and versatile visual identity. The previous logo served the Chair during its formative period; however, its (...)

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

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 2026-2027. Deadline Extension: Monday September 21st, 2026, at 14:00 (CET).

            The Chinese School of Classical Studies at Athens (CSCSA) is pleased to invite applications for the CSCSA Scholar Fellowship Program (CSFP). The program seeks distinguished senior scholars and outstanding early-career researchers working in Classical Studies, archaeology, or related fields. Research areas are not limited to ancient (...)

          From 19 to 29 July 2026, the Republic of Korea hosts the 48th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in Busan. Members of the 21-member World Heritage Committee, elected from among the 196 countries, exercise a central responsibility under the World Heritage Convention by determining which new sites to inscribe to the World (...)

            The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will host the SAR Global Congress 2027 from 15 to 17 June 2027 (https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/event/save-the-date-2027-sar-global-congress-june-15-17-2027). The international network “Scholars at Risk/SAR” has more than 550 members (mainly University institutions) in 42 countries around the world (...)

The Updated Regulation of the  KEDIVIM of the Ionian University was published on July 17, 2026 (Government Gazette Issue B' 4396/17-7-2026).

       

          The Jena Declaration is now a consortium of partners. It includes many UNESCO Chairs, relevant international organizations and academies of sciences, arts organizations and networks, business companies, civil societies movements, and many individuals, too. We celebrated our global launch in 2021; in the near future, we will (...)

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 2026-27. The period for submission of candidacies is set from 14/07/2026 to 17/09/2026.

For the eighth consecutive year, the Department of Audio and Visual Arts at the Ionian University is organizing the ICONA 2026 Festival from November 12 through November 15, 2026.

The Ionian University announces that, from September 1st, 2026, the Department of Archives, Library Science, and Museology will be renamed as the Department of Information Science, according to Government Gazette No. 4296 of August 7, 2025, Series B. The new name reflects the Department’s evolution and the expansion of its academic and research fields, while preserving its long tradition and academic excellence in the fields of Archives, Libraries, Museums and Cultural Heritage.

  Call for Applications · Second Edition Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme Application Deadline: 19 July 2026, 23:59 CET (Paris time) Lead Change Through Intercultural Leadership As societies become increasingly interconnected yet fragmented by polarisation, inequality, and rapid (...)

The academic calendar for the year 2026-2027 is published with dates on tuition, exams and holidays.

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

Organised by the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting and the MA Science of Translation of the Ionian University, this international conference — Translating and Interpreting in the Era of Algorithms (TIERA)— invites scholars, researchers, professionals, and students to explore the emerging interfaces between technology, translation and interpreting, and language mediation in the 21st century. Extended submission deadline for abstracts: July 5, 2026.

  I The World Conference of Classics is took place in Athens, following its inaugural edition in Beijing. Professor Stavros Katsios, director of the Hellenic Sinology (...)

            The holder of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage of the Ionian University Professor Stavros Katsios and Dr. Maria Gkioni, member of the scientific committee of the Chair participated at the 1st Conference of the Greek UNESCO Chairs which took place from Friday 4th to Saturday 6th 2026 in Alexandroupolis, organised by the (...)

The Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE) Evaluation and Accreditation Council has accredited the Postgraduate Study Programme 'Digital Technologies in Hospitality Management and Tourism' of the Department of Informatics of the Ionian University as fully compliant to the Standards for Quality Accreditation of Postgraduate Study Programmes of the HAHE and to the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) for study level 7 of the National and European Qualifications Framework.