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Open Call - Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2024 - Extended deadline submission 22/10/2024
Posted: 08-10-2024 14:31 | Views: 4107
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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.
UNESCO World Heritage List grows: 26 new sites inscribed. The Ionian University's UNESCO Chair as technical consultant.
Posted: 08-08-2024 10:05 | Views: 1039
The 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee ended on Wednesday in New Delhi, India. The Committee inscribed 26 new cultural and natural properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The session concluded with Nauru ratifying the World Heritage Convention and becoming its 196th State Party.
The Committee inscribed 26 new properties, including making 2 major extensions to properties (...)
The 17th Audiovisual Arts Festival of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University ended with great success and large public attendance
Posted: 05-06-2024 13:44 | Views: 5272
The 17th Audiovisual Arts Festival, a central event of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts (AVARTS) of the Ionian University, ended on Sunday (02/06) with great success and large public attendance. For 10 days (May 23 – June 2, 2024) an original program of artistic, scientific and educational events provided the city of Corfu with new cultural experiences, gaining the attention of the academic and the local community.
Presentation of the Academic Program of the Ionian University to students of the Greek community of New York
Posted: 27-05-2024 13:59 | Views: 2732
Ionian University presented its undergraduate and graduate programs of study to 11th and 12th-grade students of the Greek American School of Saint Demetrios, Astoria, New York. The event was held on Friday, May 24, at 10:30 a.m. in the School's Library.
The Light of a Sunless World: An art exhibition of Iro Feidia
Posted: 26-05-2024 15:18 | Views: 3931
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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.
Opening of the 17th Audiovisual Arts Festival Central event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University
Posted: 22-05-2024 19:56 | Views: 6223
Important Date: 23-05-2024
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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.
6th International Conference Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges [DCAC-2024] 24-25 May 2024
Posted: 20-05-2024 20:09 | Updated: 22-05-2024 10:51 | Views: 5962
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The Department of Audio & Visual Arts, of the Ionian University in Corfu organizes the 6th International Conference Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges: Interdisciplinary Creativity in Arts and Technology (DCAC- 2024, May 24-25). The Conference will be held hybridly (in the Ionian Academy and online) and its sessions will be continuously streamed at the following address:
https://avarts.ionio.gr/stream/
The 17th Audiovisual Arts Festival (May 23 – June 2, 2024) celebrates the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University
Posted: 19-04-2024 09:42 | Updated: 21-05-2024 13:58 | Views: 10204
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The 17th Festival of Audiovisual Arts celebrates this year the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts (AVARTS) of the Ionian University, presenting an extroverted, dynamic, and rich program of artistic, scientific, and educational events that fills the city of Corfu with images and sounds. The opening of the festival is the central anniversary event and will take place on Thursday (23/05) at 19:30 in the People's Garden.
Collective Exhibition "Artists' Awakening
Posted: 17-05-2024 18:52 | Views: 6703
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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.
3rd Project Meeting and 2nd Hybrid Multiplier Event within the framework of the SusTour project
Posted: 10-04-2024 12:53 | Views: 2716
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.
A success story of UNESCO Chair's WG on Illicit Trafficking of Antiquities: Christie’s withdraws Greek vases from auction over links to convicted dealer
Posted: 10-04-2024 00:07 | Views: 1573
The Guardian: Christie’s has withdrawn four ancient Greek vases from Tuesday’s auction after a leading archaeologist discovered that each of them was linked to a convicted antiquities dealer Giannfranco Becchina ....
The disputed antiquities include an Attic cup, decorated with warriors and other figures, from around 570-560BC. It had been estimated to fetch $15,000 to $20,000 in the Ancient (...)
Official presentation of the Greek Sinology Center in China
Posted: 20-03-2024 00:28 | Views: 2770
As a continuation of the signed Framework Agreement between the Ionian University and Beijing Language and Culture University for the establishment of the Greek Sinology Center at the Ionian University, its official presentation took place on March 5, 2024 at the headquarters of the World Sinology Center in the city of Qingdao, China, which was accompanied by the start of a series of periodical (...)
Introduction of the Chinese Language to the Ionian University
Posted: 02-02-2024 18:31 | Views: 6432
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 (...)
The Ionian region is developing at the center of academic cooperation between Greece and China
Posted: 18-01-2024 20:29 | Views: 6947
The Rector of the Ionian University, Professor Andreas Floros and the President of Beijing Language and Culture University, Professor Duan Peng signed a Framework Agreement providing for the establishment of a Greek Sinology Center.
TTTlabs: BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC) II - Crete, Spring 2024 - call for applications open!
Posted: 18-12-2023 13:57 | Views: 4952
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Applications are now open for TTTlabs: BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC) II - Spring 2014, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and the Ionian University within the Feral Labs Network. Dedicated to issues related to new reproductive technologies, TTTlabs: BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC) II under the theme New Repro-Zombie Studies (NR-ZS) - Undead Bioart / Bodyart on the Beach is taking place on 5-14 April 2024 (on-place) on the island of Crete.
Visit of a delegation of Shandong University of Technology (SDUT), China, to the Ionian University, the Laboratory for Geo-cultural Analyses (GEOLAB) and the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage
Posted: 13-12-2023 01:18 | Views: 2724
As a follow-up to the collaboration with the UNESCO Chair’s steering committee member Prof. Elena Avramidou, a delegation of Shandong University of Technology (SDUT), China, visited the Ionian University, the Laboratory for Geo-cultural Analyses (GEOLAB) and the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage on 11-12th December 2023. The discussions between the UNESCO Chair director Professor (...)
Agreement for the provision of Chinese language teachers between the Ionian University and the Center for Language Education and Cooperation (CLEC) of the Ministry of Education of China.
Posted: 01-12-2023 00:26 | Views: 2970
On the initiative of the UNESCO Chair for Threats to Cultural Heritage and coordinated by Associate Professor Eleni Avramidou of the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) in China and member of the chair's governing committee, the Ionian University, in the context of the expansion of international academic collaborations, systematically pursued the introduction of Chinese studies by (...)
The Ionian University UNESCO Chair at the 42nd UNESCO General Conference - An Account
Posted: 25-11-2023 17:35 | Views: 3515
The 42nd session of UNESCO General Conference represented a showcase to the world of what multilateralism in action means.
Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General
The UNESCO Chair of the Ionian University is included in the Greek National Delegation for the 42nd UNESCO General Conference
Posted: 09-11-2023 00:30 | Views: 2393
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The UNESCO Chair for Threats to the Cultural Heritage of the Ionian University was included following a proposal by the Greek National Commission for UNESCO in the Greek National Delegation for the 42nd General Conference of UNESCO that will take place from November 7 to 22, 2023, at the Organization's Headquarters in Paris. The Greek National Delegation is headed by the Minister of (...)
UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage at the Corfu Literary Festival 2023
Posted: 21-10-2023 23:33 | Views: 1781
Debating on Antiquities and on a forward looking approach of the Humanity's relationship to the World