Ionian University Message from the Rector 2 Contents 3 The Ionian Islands 4 The Ionian University 5 Department of History 6 Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting 8 Message from the Department of Archives, Rector Library Science & Museology 10 Department of Informatics 12 Dear Friends, Department of Digital Media the Ionian University was founded in 1984 in the other Higher Education Institutions and research and Communication 14 historic and beautiful city of Corfu, a Unesco World centers on a European and international level. Heritage Site,and until 2018 consisted of sixdepartments (History, Foreign Languages and The traditionally open and outgoing character of Department of Music Studies 16 Translation, Music Studies, Library, Archival and the Ionian University also expresses itself on the Museum Studies, Audiovisual Arts, and Infor- local cultural and artistic scene with numerous Department of Audio and Visual Arts 18 matics) with five thousand undergraduate and events, concerts, recitals, lectures, festivals, more than six hundred postgraduate students. exhibitions, seminars and international confer- By incorporating and restructuring the Ionian ences, aspiring to offer our students education and Department of Ethnomusicology 20 Technological Education Institute, in the academic culture as an integral part of their everyday year 2019-2020 the Ionian University will expand university life. to henceforth comprise a total of twelve depart- Department of Food Science ments on four islands of the Ionian Sea (Corfu, The brochure in your hands contains the essential and Technology 22 Lefkada, Kefalonia, Zakynthos). information concerning the character, the courses and the infrastructure of each one of our twelve Along with the aforementioned departments, it will university departments. As you can see, our aim is Department of Environment 24 broaden its scope and also include departments of to provide our students with all they need for a Tourism, Economics, Environment and Cultural successful professional career and, at the same Heritage, together with the establishment of a time, to offer the best possible environment for Department of Regional Development 26 Research Center and several specialized their studies, with benefits which often go beyond Institutes. those offered by other, larger institutions. Department of Tourism 28 During its thirty-five years of operation, the Ionian University has created an important international academic and research profile, being a partner in Erasmus 30 many academic networks and collaborating with Prof. Vassilios Chrissikopoulos 2 3 Message from the Rector 2 Contents 3 The Ionian Islands 4 The Ionian University 5 Department of History 6 Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting 8 Message from the Department of Archives, Rector Library Science & Museology 10 Department of Informatics 12 Dear Friends, Department of Digital Media the Ionian University was founded in 1984 in the other Higher Education Institutions and research and Communication 14 historic and beautiful city of Corfu, a Unesco World centers on a European and international level. Heritage Site,and until 2018 consisted of sixdepartments (History, Foreign Languages and The traditionally open and outgoing character of Department of Music Studies 16 Translation, Music Studies, Library, Archival and the Ionian University also expresses itself on the Museum Studies, Audiovisual Arts, and Infor- local cultural and artistic scene with numerous Department of Audio and Visual Arts 18 matics) with five thousand undergraduate and events, concerts, recitals, lectures, festivals, more than six hundred postgraduate students. exhibitions, seminars and international confer- By incorporating and restructuring the Ionian ences, aspiring to offer our students education and Department of Ethnomusicology 20 Technological Education Institute, in the academic culture as an integral part of their everyday year 2019-2020 the Ionian University will expand university life. to henceforth comprise a total of twelve depart- Department of Food Science ments on four islands of the Ionian Sea (Corfu, The brochure in your hands contains the essential and Technology 22 Lefkada, Kefalonia, Zakynthos). information concerning the character, the courses and the infrastructure of each one of our twelve Along with the aforementioned departments, it will university departments. As you can see, our aim is Department of Environment 24 broaden its scope and also include departments of to provide our students with all they need for a Tourism, Economics, Environment and Cultural successful professional career and, at the same Heritage, together with the establishment of a time, to offer the best possible environment for Department of Regional Development 26 Research Center and several specialized their studies, with benefits which often go beyond Institutes. those offered by other, larger institutions. Department of Tourism 28 During its thirty-five years of operation, the Ionian University has created an important international academic and research profile, being a partner in Erasmus 30 many academic networks and collaborating with Prof. Vassilios Chrissikopoulos 2 3 The Ionian Islands and the Ionian University The Ionian The Ionian Islands University Having been under Venetian, French and English rule for a long period of time, the Ionian Islands followed a different historical path from the other Greek provinces, The Ionian University has five faculties which are subdivided in twelve which after the fall of the Byzantine Empire in the 15th departments (campus location in brackets) century became part of the Ottoman Empire until the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, when these territories gradually gained their freedom and joined the The Faculty of History The Faculty newly established Greek state. & Translation - Interpreting of Environmental Sciences Department of History (Corfu) Department of Environment (Zakynthos) This different path brought the Ionian Islands closer to the western European ways of life and thinking, which, Department of Foreign Languages, Department of Food Science and in turn, left their mark on the urban and rural landscape Translation and Interpreting (Corfu) Technology (Argostoli, Kefalonia) of the islands, on the mentality of people and their customs. It should be noted that the first Greek The Faculty of Information Science The Faculty University, the Ionian Academy, was founded in Corfu in 1824, which was then under English rule. From the first & Informatics of Economic Sciences decades of the 19th century until their Union with the Department of Archives, Library Science Department of Regional Development new Greek State in 1864, the Ionian Islands became the and Museum Studies (Corfu) (Lefkada) cradle of a unique literary current, which largely Department of Informatics (Corfu) Department of Tourism (Corfu) contributed to the intellectual ferment of modern times. Department of Digital Media and The Ionian University aims, besides its other objectives, Communication (Argostoli, Kefalonia) to contribute to the revival and cultivation of the local intellectual heritage, a heritage partly deriving from the The Faculty of Music cultural impact of the long-lasting European relation- ship. & Audiovisual Arts Department of Audio and Visual Arts (Corfu) Department of Music Studies (Corfu) Department of Ethnomusicology (Lixouri, Kefalonia) 4 5 The Ionian Islands and the Ionian University The Ionian The Ionian Islands University Having been under Venetian, French and English rule for a long period of time, the Ionian Islands followed a different historical path from the other Greek provinces, The Ionian University has five faculties which are subdivided in twelve which after the fall of the Byzantine Empire in the 15th departments (campus location in brackets) century became part of the Ottoman Empire until the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, when these territories gradually gained their freedom and joined the The Faculty of History The Faculty newly established Greek state. & Translation - Interpreting of Environmental Sciences Department of History (Corfu) Department of Environment (Zakynthos) This different path brought the Ionian Islands closer to the western European ways of life and thinking, which, Department of Foreign Languages, Department of Food Science and in turn, left their mark on the urban and rural landscape Translation and Interpreting (Corfu) Technology (Argostoli, Kefalonia) of the islands, on the mentality of people and their customs. It should be noted that the first Greek The Faculty of Information Science The Faculty University, the Ionian Academy, was founded in Corfu in 1824, which was then under English rule. From the first & Informatics of Economic Sciences decades of the 19th century until their Union with the Department of Archives, Library Science Department of Regional Development new Greek State in 1864, the Ionian Islands became the and Museum Studies (Corfu) (Lefkada) cradle of a unique literary current, which largely Department of Informatics (Corfu) Department of Tourism (Corfu) contributed to the intellectual ferment of modern times. Department of Digital Media and The Ionian University aims, besides its other objectives, Communication (Argostoli, Kefalonia) to contribute to the revival and cultivation of the local intellectual heritage, a heritage partly deriving from the The Faculty of Music cultural impact of the long-lasting European