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 (...)

           

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).

            “Greeks in China: Encounters through the Times”, has been published in the inaugural issue of the quarterly journal "China Studies", issued by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. The journal was launched as the official publication of the "World Forum on China Studies", held last October in Shanghai. The Forum is a major (...)

          Dr Avramidou concluded 2025 with a lecture at World Art History Institute (WAI), Shanghai International Studies University, on December 9, followed by another at Rixin College, Tsinghua University, on December 19.She also concluded her lectures for the semester at the Experimental Class at Beijing Language and Culture University.

A twofold event-tribute to the legacy of one of the greatest modern Greek authors, Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957), and his special relationship with China, was co-organized by the Embassy of Greece in China and the Southwest University in Chongqing, on Wednesday, 3 December. Greek experts from the International Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis (ISFNK), who travelled to China, (...)

     

            To promote the exchange of classical literary works between China and the West and to deepen scholarly dialogue in this field, the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Chinese School of Classical Studies at Athens co-hosted an international academic conference titled "The Formation of Classical Literary (...)

            Dr. Christos Tsirogiannis head of the illicit antiquities trafficking research for the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage at the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece has been interviewed by CNN. Read more >>

  The executive director of the Hellenic Sinology Center of the Ionian University Dr. Elena Avramidou took part at the Second Meeting of the 7th Executive Committee of the International Confucian Association and at the Conference on Zhu Xi’s Philosophy and Dialogue of Global Civilization in the Chinese cities of Xiamen and Nanping (October (...)

  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 Forum was organized by the Chinese School of Classical Studies in Athens, at the National University of Athens, with the support of the Greek Center for Sinology, Ionian University.          

The 47th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (Paris, 6-16 July 2025) approved the inscription of the six Minoan Palatial Centers (Knossos, Phaistos, Zominthos, Zakros, Malia, Kydonia) on the World Heritage List (the recommendation of ICOMOS, an institutional advisor, to return the file due to a lack of required information was not accepted by the committee). The (...)

The HSC executive director Dr. Elena Avramidou was appointed as a member of the jury at the 1st National Public Speaking Competition organized by the Department of Hellenic Studies of Shanghai International Studies University and the "Marilena Laskaridi" Center for Greek Culture. The competition, entitled "Language and Culture: The World of the Greek Language", was attended by 66 students from 8 Chinese (...)