Announcements

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 second circle of the MA “Security and Cultural Heritage Studies” for the academic year 2025-2026. Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications exclusively online by Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 14:00 (CET).

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

Access to ScienceDirect AI (SD AI) from 1/1/2026

The International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication presents the Special Issue on Public Service Interpreting: Paving the Way to Social Justice Through Professionalization, which brings together internationally recognized experts examining how public service interpreting shapes access to rights, equity, and social justice in contemporary multilingual societies.

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

  On October 24th 2025, the "World Sinologists' China Night", a grand event and closing ceremony, concluded the Second "World Sinology Month" at the Center for World Sinology at Beijing Language and Culture University. Nearly 100 sinologists and China studies experts from over 30 countries attended the event, honoring outstanding (...)

  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 AN EXTENTION OF THE DEADLINE of the call for the MA “Security and Cultural Heritage Studies” https://dflti.ionio.gr/scher-masterprogram/en/ for the academic year (...)

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 2025-2026.

The first phase of the pioneering research project titled How Can MT and PE Help Literature Cross Borders and Reach Wider Audiences? A Case Study, funded by Translated's Research Centre Imminent, has been successfully completed with the publication of the English translation of the book Tango in Blue Nights—a captivating collection of 35 flash fiction stories by the author and translator Vasilis Manousakis.

            This interdepartmental course, organized by the "Hellenic Center for Sinology" and the "UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage" of the Ionian University, is a unique educational experience, which gives students of all departments of the University of Athens the opportunity to explore, with the help of the most suitable teacher, (...)

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

The Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE) Evaluation and Accreditation Council has accredited the new Postgraduate Study Programme of MA in Security and Cultural Heritage Studies of the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation & Interpreting of the Ionian University as fully compliant to the Standards for Quality Accreditation of New 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.

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

  MA “Security and Cultural Heritage Studies” (SCHER) has been awarded an "excellence" accreditation rating by HAHE (Hellenic Authority for Higher Education), a member of the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) and of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).