19-05-2013: Anne-Marie de Brouwer has been appointed a Knight in the Order of Oranje Nassau.

Dr. Anne-Marie de Brouwer was rewarded for making a difference, both professionally and privately. Since her PhD in 2005 – published by Intersentia – she is regarded as a leading international expert in the field of victims of sexual violence in war. She is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, advises the United Nations as well as national and international foundations working on this theme and supervises many young researchers. On Friday, April 26th, she received the award from Mayor Peter van der Velden of Breda.

Anne-Marie de Brouwer is author of:
- Sexual Violence as an International Crime: Interdisciplinary Approaches,
- Victimological Approaches to International Crimes: Africa, and
- Supranational Criminal Prosecution of Sexual Violence.

15-05-2013: Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law Martha A. Fineman will receive an honorary juris doctor degree from Sweden’s University of Lund, in recognition of exemplary work in the study of feminist and family law.

The degree will be presented at the university’s May 31 doctoral promotion ceremony.

"Fineman's work during her long scholarship has been of great importance for jurisprudence at the international level, particularly in feminist legal theory. Within this discipline, she is world renowned," according to the law faculty’s statement in support of the award.

Martha A. Fineman is editor of the book Feminist Perspectives on Transitional Justice

28-03-2013: Intersentia signs new distribution agreements for the UK, Ireland and China.

Effective 1 April 2013, Intersentia publications will be distributed in the United Kingdom and Ireland by NBN International and by Inspirees in China, Hong Kong and Macau.

For more information, please click here.
 

30-01-2013: Fifth conference of the Commission on European Family Law (CEFL)

The CEFL will hold its fifth conference from August 29 to August 31 in Bonn Germany.
The conference focuses on family law and culture in Europe:developments, challenges and opportunities.
More information can be found on the CEFL's website.

17-01-2013: EJSS Best Paper Prize

The Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS), together with the European Journal of Social Security (EJSS) and Intersentia awarded the 2012 EJSS Best Paper Prize to
- W. Van Lancker for the paper Is a child-centred investment strategy bound to fail? Evidence for the EU 27 and
- D. de Vaus, M. Gray, L. Qu and D. Stanton The economic of divorce and implications for the Australian social protection system.
Both papers willl be published in the 2013 volume of EJSS. 

For more information on the journal, please click here.

Calendar

Each year, Intersentia attends several international conferences and seminars. Calendar and more information....