The Ionian University’s Department of Audio and Visual Arts is pleased to announce the successful selection of candidates for the inaugural Master of Research (MARes) in Hybrid Arts program for the academic year 2024–2025. Classes are set to begin on Monday, 3 February 2025, marking the start of an innovative program that explores the dynamic intersections of art, science, and technology.

For those who didn't catch the movie screenings of the ICONA FESTIVAL 2024 or for those who would like to see the movies again, you are able to watch them on demand, available from December 17th until December 31st 2024: https://iconafestival.eu/vod

The Department of Informatics of the Ionian University, in collaboration with its partners in the project "WICT - Introduction of joint short-cycle ICT courses for better employability of students and graduates" is organizing courses on data science and artificial intelligence.

The director Professor Stavros Katsios and the Executive Director Dr. Elena Avramidou of the Hellenic Sinology Center (HSC) together with the director of the World Sinology Center Professor XU Baofeng, took part in the annual academic conference titled “Sino-Balkan Cultural Dialogue: Challenges and Perspectives in a Global Context”, jointly organized by the Bulgarian (...)

The aim of the Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2024 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 animated film, contribute to creation of new films, provide ground for potential international co-productions and encourages dialogue between professionals, filmmakers and the public. Extended submission deadline: 22/10/2024.

Dr. Heidi Hehnly-Chang (USA) and Dr. Boryana Rossa (Bulgaria/USA) from Syracuse University have been selected to participate in TTTfellows: Art and Science Residency 2024 Fall taking place on 23 September - 4 October 2024 (online) and 7-18 October 2024 in-person on the island of Corfu. TTTfellows is organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, within the framework of Rewilding Cultures, a project co-financed by the European Union, and will be hosted in collaboration with the Corfu Central Public Historical Library - Corfu Tech Lab, the Corfu Aquarium and BiHELab.

The Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting (DFLTI) at the Ionian University in Greece and the European Commission co-organise an online Translating Europe Workshop (TEW) on Tuesday, October 8 2024 under the title "AI Τranslation vs Ηuman Τranslation: Τraining Perspectives and the Impact on the Translation Profession".

Ionian University participates for the fourth consecutive year in International Fair of Thessaloniki, which will take place from Saturday 7 to Sunday 15 September 2024 (TIF - Helexpo, Egnatia 154, Thessaloniki). The Foundation's presence in the previous three years was a great success, making its participation in the event an institution.

Students and graduates of the Ionian University present a tribute exhibition in memory of Iro Feidia, AVARTS graduate. The aim is to display her illustrative and digital artwork, but also to portray her as an individual, fellow student and friend. Despite her time being short, the plurality and diversity of her work is remarkable.

Τhe opening of the 17th Festival of Audiovisual Arts (23 May – 02 June 2024), which is the central anniversary event of the celebration of 20 years of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts (AVARTS) of the Ionian University, will be held on Thursday 23/05/2024 at 19:30 in the People's Garden.

In the context of the 17th Audiovisual Arts Festival and the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, the "LiteRArt" Club celebrates its 2 years of operation with the Opening of the Exhibition "Artists’ Awakening", on Friday, May 31, 2024 (18:00) at the Library and Information Centre of the Ionian University.

The ‘INSAP’ meeting [May 20th-24th, 2024] in Ionian Academy - 1, Kapodistriou str., Corfu marks the twelfth in the series of Conferences on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena and will explore humanity’s fascination with the sky by day and by night - which has been a strong and often dominant element in human life and culture.

AV-school, the series of seminars and workshops of the Audiovisual Arts Festival, will be held at the Public Central Historic Library at Corfu from May 28th to May 31st, 2024. AV-School 2024 theme is “Impressions” and it celebrates the Department of Audio and Visual Arts’ 20th Anniversary. The program is open to all those interested in contemporary art issues and new technologies, focusing this year in topics related with film, performance art, radio, gaming and art research. Registration for both workshops and seminars is free, and attendees will receive a certificate of attendance.

On Thursday 4 and Friday 5 April 2024, the Third Project Meeting of the partners of the SusTour project - "Joint e-course on sustainable management of tourism destinations" financed by Erasmus+ in the axis KA220-HED was successfully held in Corfu. The two-day events were organized by the Ionian University and took place in the Senate Hall at the Ionian Academy (Rectorate of the Ionian University) and the Meeting Room of the Building of the Department of History and the Department of Archival, Librarianship and Museology of the Ionian University (72 Ioanni Theotokis Street) respectively.

In the framework of the Erasmus Plus project "Joint e-Course on the Sustainable Management of Tourism Destinations" named "SusTour" in which the Ionian University participates as a partner with the academic responsible, Assistant Professor of the Department of Tourism Dr Naoum Mylonas, will be held in Corfu on Friday, April 5, 2024, the Second Dissemination Event of the Project, entitled "Challenges in Sustainable Tourism".

The Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University organizes the 6th International Conference Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges (DCAC-2024) which will be held in hybrid way - online and in the Ionian Academy in Corfu (Greece), on Friday 24 May and on Saturday 25 May 2024. Also on 26-27 May, 2024 the joint conference "Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" will take place. Hard deadline extension for submission of extended abstracts: 13 March 29 March, 2024 (14.00 CET)

Ionian University welcomes Incoming Erasmus students for the 2023-2024 academic year- Spring Semester 2024, on Tuesday, March 19th, 2024, at Ionian University (72, I. Theotoki Street) at 12:00 pm. 

2024, the chinese year of the Dragon Teaching the Chinese Language at I.U. The teaching of the Chinese language is offered to the students of the Ionian University without tuition fees based on the relevant agreement signed between the Ionian University, the Department of Foreign Languages Translation and Interpreting and the UNESCO Chair of the Ionian University with the Chinese Center (...)