Renata Dalianoudi, Musicologist - PhD in Ethnomusicology, Associate Professor, Dept. of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University, participates in the International Congress “Neograeca Medii Aevi VIII. Tradition, Perception and Edition of the Texts”, which is organized by the Dpt of Philology, University of Ioannina, in honor of the Emeritus Professor Mr. Yiannis Mavromatis, at Ioannina, October 3-6 2024. The title of her paper: “The musical perception of the Cretan Epos “Erotocritus” by folk and art composers. Folkloric and Musicological Approach”.

Renata Dalianoudi, Associate Professor at the Dept. of Audio & Visual Arts of Ionian University, was appointed a member of the Academic Council of the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (H.I.C.D.) for issues related to Cultural Studies, Music/Melodrama, Theatre, Dance Drama.

The Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE) Evaluation and Accreditation Council has accredited the new Postgraduate Study Programme of Master of Research (MARes) in Hybrid Arts of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University as fully compliant to the Standards for Quality Accreditation of new Postgraduate 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.

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. Submission Deadline: 08/10/2024

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.

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

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The Library will be closed from July 29 to August 25 due to summer vacations. Have a great summer!

The Committee for the selection of the 2024-2025 Fellowships (Maria Bottis, INSEIT Director, Keith Miller, INSEIT President and Herman Tavani INSEIT ex-President of INSEIT) awarded by the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology, has announced that two Fellowships will be awarded to two PhD students of the Ionian University.

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

The academic calendar for the year 2024-2025 is published with dates on tuition, exams and holidays.

Welcome to the student exhibition of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of Ionian University. The works presented here are from the course "Interactive Interventions in Public Space," taught by Angelos Floros, with the support of PhD candidate Martha Gogakos. The screening of the films was supported by the production company Fama. The event will take place at the Thespis Theater of the (...)

The Society for Corfiot Studies – Solomos Museum, in collaboration with the Ionian Islands Region and the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, as part of the events celebrating the 20th anniversary of its establishment, is organizing a "Tribute to the author Konstantinos Theotokis" on Thursday, June 13, Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15, 2024.

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.

The 17th Festival of Audiovisual Arts and the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts (AVARTS) of the Ionian University conclude on Sunday (02/06) at the Old Psychiatric Hospital with the following events.

  A new collective volume titled "Beauty and Monstrosity in Art and Culture," by editors Angeliki Malakasioti, Assistant Professor of the Department of Audio and Visual and Image Arts at the Ionian University, and Chara Kokkiou, Visiting Assistant Professor at Tulane University, has been just published by Routledge (2024). The book is part of the Routledge Research in Art History (...)

AVARTS Live Game Hub is an action aiming to bring together new game designers and creators and showcase their ideas to the public. It is organized by teachers of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts with a coordinating core of Vassilis Komianos, Varvara Garnelis, and Emmanuel Rovithis, and is staffed by students who are actively involved in creating games. It focuses on the game design and play (...)

An amateur theatre company struggling to put on a production of Pirandello's "Leonora, addio!" finds its members constantly at odds with each other, while at the same time having to follow the instructions of an authoritarian director who presents their play as nothing less than a gift from God.

Applications are now open for TTTlabs: BioFeral.BeachCamp (BFBC) III - Fall 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) III under the theme New Repro-FlaOctomingopus (NR-FO) - Non-Human Bioart/Bodyart on the Beach is taking place on 15-25 September 2024 (on-place) in Crete. 

AVARTS Live Game Hub is an action aiming to bring together new game designers and creators and showcase their ideas to the public. It is organized by teachers of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts with a coordinating core of Vassilis Komianos, Varvara Garnelis, and Emmanuel Rovithis, and is staffed by students who are actively involved in creating games.

The VR film that represented Greece at the 59th Venice Art Biennale is shown in an installation specifically designed for the Ionian Parliament as part of the Audio Visual Arts Festival 2024.

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.

AKOYSMATA, is the general title for the series of events presented every year by the Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications [EPHMEE] in collaboration with the Laboratory of Performing Arts in Arts [PEARL] of the Faculty of Music and Audiovisual Arts of the Ionian University. AKOYSMATA24 are starting on Friday 24 and finishing on Friday 31, May 2024 and are part of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts’ 20th anniversary celebration.

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.

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/

We are pleased to invite you to an exciting public event organized as part of the "AVA641-Multimedia and Gamification" course offered by the Dept. of Audio & Visual Arts. The event will take place on Thursday, May 23, 2024, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the HAL:Gamification Lab, Ionian University Central Library (entrance from the back of the library building). Speakers: Associate Professor Ioannis Deliyannis (Dept. of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University), Vitor Lemos (University of Aveiro), Dr. Pavel Varacha (Institute of Informatics and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University), Professor Roman Jašek (Head of the Department of Informatics and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Applied Informatics,Tomas Bata University).

The Department of Audio & Visual Arts of the Ionian University, on the occasion of the 17th Audiovisual Arts Festival inaugurates on 28 May 2024 at 11:00 am the exhibition “Mutagenic Futures”, with artworks by artists Ken Rinaldo and Adam Zaretsky.

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.