The International Summer Academy for Intercultural Communication will run for the second consecutive year between the 1st and the 9th of July, 2019 at the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting. The Summer Academy aims to raise intercultural awareness and understanding and cultivate intercultural communication skills. The Director of the International Summer Academy for Intercultural Communication is Asst. Prof. Dr Ioannis Karras. See more: http://dflti.ionio.gr/en/summer-schools.

Summer School for Choral Conductors of School, Childrens' and Youth Choirs will take place from 2nd to 8th of July in Corfu, Greece with Joy Hill (Guest Professor). Director: Dr. Miranda Caldi, Professor Emeritus Ionian University. More info: https://ionio.gr/en/news/11824/.

Apulia Film Commission Foundation organised a press conference yesterday at Bari Cineporto, in order to present “Memory” call- winning directors in the frame of Greece-Italy cooperation project CIAK. Simonetta Dellomonaco, President of Apulia Film Commission Foundation, announced the names of the 10 winning under-35 directors.

The Department of the Environment and the Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology of the Ionian University organise for the first time a Summer School on “Excavation Techniques, First Aid and Preventive Conservation” of excavated material which is to be held at the excavation of the archaeological site of the Amyklaion near Sparta between 8-12 July 2019. More info: https://sites.ionio.gr/efc/2019/en/schedule/.

The Summer School for Greek Language, History and Culture of the Ionian University is aimed at young people from the Greek diaspora, as well as people with a special interest in Greek language, history and culture, who wish to gain an introduction to, or deepen their knowledge of, Greek language and culture. The registration deadline is May 10, 2019. For more information please visit: https://sites.ionio.gr/css/2019/en/.

The Laboratory for Geocultural Analyses of DFLTI / GeoLab and the British Buckingham University Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies (BUCSIS) organise in Corfu the International Summer School in Mediterranean Security and Culture on July 3-7, 2019. More information at https://director2222.wixsite.com/smsec.

The IU brochure containing the essential information about the character, the courses and the infrastructure of each of the twelve university departments and their programmes.

We are pleased to announce the four-day Summer Academy 2019 "Sound-Movement-Body-Environment: Discovering Relationships for Enhanced Understanding, Expression and Creation", offered by the Department of Music Studies (specialization of Music Pedagogy and Psychology of Music) of the Ionian University [National Gallery and Old Fortress, 24-27/6/19]. More info: https://ionio.gr/en/news/11894

The Ionian University, Corfu, Greece offers an intensive two-week summer course (1/7-13/7/2019), which focuses on seafarers in ancient Greece, including pirates, sailors and colonizers. More info: https://sites.ionio.gr/classics/.

Τhe fourth international conference "Taboo - Transgression - Transcendence in Art & Science" will take place November 26–28, 2020, exclusively online as TTT2020 Vienna/Online, an umbilical cord between what would be and what it is.

​The Department of Music of the Ionian University and the Piano Plus Festival welcomes you to the renewed and expanded Summer Piano Institute 2019. More info: www.pianoplusfestival.gr.

Ionian University represented by the Department of Audio & Visual Arts takes part in the project “Common Initiatives to AcKnowledge and valorize tourism potential of the programme area through cinema” (CIAK). The Department of Audiovisual Arts is responsible for organizing and delivering the planned educational activities starting in 2019, as well as theme-specific festivals. The interested economic operators can send their application through digital platform by February 28th, 2019: https://avarts.ionio.gr/memory-greece-italy/.

IFLA Knowledge Management Section: Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on LibrariesThursday, 22 August, 2019,Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology IonianUniversity, Corfu, Greece.

Call for Volunteers for the IFLA World Library and Information Congress that will be held in Athens, Greece, during August 24-31, 2019.

Best wishes from the IU Rectorate for Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The Department of Informatics and the Department of Environment of the Ionian University are organizing an inaugural Summer School on Environmental Informatics in Zakynthos, Greece, between 8-12 July 2019. More info: http://events.di.ionio.gr/envi/.

News on the International Conference 'Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry 2019', organized by the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT) with the collaboration of the Ionian University Research Team IHRC (Information: History, Regulation and Culture)

Sea, fishing and maritime traditions as growth engines for Puglia and Greece

Α team of Ionian University representatives held meetings with the local authorities in Lefkada on the activities of the newly established Department of Regional Development.

We are pleased to announce the official cooperation between the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting (DFLTI) of the Ionian University and the Terminology Coordination Unit of the European Parliament's Directorate-General for Translation (TermCoord).