The first Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2019, organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University (within the framework of the CIAK Intereg program) took place in Corfu from the 29th of November until the 1st of December 2019.

The first Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2019, organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University within the framework of the CIAK Interreg program under the scientific supervision of Assistant Professor Michalis Panagopoulos, had a great participation with almost 1.000 submissions of movies. Although competition was fierce, the committee's work was successfully completed with a selection of 135 films - 72 short films and 63 student films – from 48 countries.

The ebook with the proceedings of the interdisciplinary conference Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2018 was published by the Ionian University - Department of Audio & Visual Arts in November 2019. This digital publication includes 20 contributions, in English, proposed and accepted by the scientific and artistic committee of TTT2018. Edited by Dalila Honorato, María Antonia González Valerio, Marta de Menezes and Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, this is the second and main core of the presentations of TTT2018.

The website of the Museum of the Ionian University has gone live! The website contains general information about the Museum, its collections as well as topics/aspects related to educational work, academic research and volunteering.

The aim of the first Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2019, which is organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University (within the framework of the CIAK Intereg program) is to present the best from the field of animation from all around the world. The festival also aims to preserve and help develop the cultural heritage of short animated film, contribute to creation of new films, provide ground for potential international co-productions and encourage dialogue between professionals, filmmakers and the public.

The Greek Economic History Association in collaboration with the Department of History of the Ionian University, organizes the 4th International Conference in Economic and Social History in Corfu on 1-3 October 2020.

Organized by the Dept. of History of the Ionian University, in the framework of the Interreg Program FISH&CHIPS

The summer holidays period for the administrative services of the Ionian University will last until August 20th, 2019. Happy holidays!

International & Public Relations Department of the Ionian University has new and modern website. In the sections of the new website one can find information on public and international relations and information on the Erasmus program and internships.

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.