The Executive Director of the Hellenic Sinology Center, Dr. Elena Avramidou, keynote speaker at a conference organized by Andrés Bello University and the Chilean Academy of Social, Political and Moral Sciences of the Institute of Chile, in Santiago. Dr. Elena Avramidou participated, upon invitation as keynote (...)

            The lecture of Dr. Elena Avramidou at the Universidad de Magallanes, in Punta Arenas, the southernmost university in Chilean Patagonia, was dedicated to Socrates and Confucius and the perspectives offered by their thought for addressing the challenges of the 21st century, especially in relation to the use of Artificial Intelligence. The (...)

            On the topic of “Patrimonio Cultural: testimonio del pasado, compromiso con el futuro” (Cultural Heritage: testimony to the past, commitment to the future), the member of the Steering Committee of the UNESCO Chair of the Ionian University, Dr. Elena Avramidou, spoke upon invitation at the Andrés Bello University, in Santiago, Chile, in the (...)

            UNESCO will lead the implementation of the International Decade of Culture for Sustainable Development (2027-2036). 4 September 2026 New York, 4 September 2026 – The United Nations General Assembly today proclaimed 2027-2036 as the International Decade of Culture for Sustainable Development, (...)

    A Workshop connecting cultural-heritage protection with financial crime, illicit trafficking and asset recovery at the 43rd Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities (TCHER) at the Ionian University successfully organised a Plenary Workshop, “UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural (...)

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 2026-2027. Deadline Extension: Monday September 21st, 2026, at 14:00 (CET).

            The Chinese School of Classical Studies at Athens (CSCSA) is pleased to invite applications for the CSCSA Scholar Fellowship Program (CSFP). The program seeks distinguished senior scholars and outstanding early-career researchers working in Classical Studies, archaeology, or related fields. Research areas are not limited to ancient (...)

            The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage participates at the First Forum of Mediterranean UNESCO Chairs – The Futures of Mediterranean Heritage, which will take place from 8 to 11 September 2026 at the University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli, in Corti. A day of heritage and cultural immersion (September 8) will precede three days of (...)

          From 19 to 29 July 2026, the Republic of Korea hosts the 48th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in Busan. Members of the 21-member World Heritage Committee, elected from among the 196 countries, exercise a central responsibility under the World Heritage Convention by determining which new sites to inscribe to the World (...)

  Call for Applications · Second Edition Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme Application Deadline: 19 July 2026, 23:59 CET (Paris time) Lead Change Through Intercultural Leadership As societies become increasingly interconnected yet fragmented by polarisation, inequality, and rapid (...)

            The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has been selected to host the SAR Global Congress 2027 from June 15 to 17, 2027 (https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/event/save-the-date-2027-sar-global-congress-june-15-17-2027).The international network "Scholars at Risk/SAR" has more than 550 members (mainly University institutions) in 42 countries (...)

            “The Policeman in China”(de)kata Magazine, issue 85, Spring 2026 With the text “The Policeman in China” The executive director of the Hellenic Center of Sinology of the Ionian University participates in the literary magazine (de)kata’s tribute to detective fiction under the editorship of the writer and critic Chrysa Spyropoulou. This is (...)

  It is with great pleasure to announce the official renewal of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-related Activities (ID 2021GR1482) by UNESCO’s Future of Learning and Innovation Division. Initially established in 2021, the Chair’s mandate has been formally extended and will remain valid until 31 December 2029. Under the continued (...)

          Upon the invitation of the director of the UNESCO Chair in Film Art and Cultural Diversity of the Beijing Film Academy, Ms. Zhou Zhijun, the director of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and to Cultural Heritage-Related Activities at the Ionian University, Professor Katsios Stavros, visited Beijing and Qingdao in (...)

2 March 2026 Last update:4 March 2026 On Monday 2 March, the Golestan Palace in Tehran, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was reportedly damaged by debris and the shock wave following an airstrike to the Arag Square, located in the buffer zone of the site in the Iranian capital. UNESCO continues to closely monitor the situation of cultural heritage in the (...)