International Section News

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International section update, spring 2013

by Yan Ruth Xia, Chair, and Angela Wiley, Chair-Elect
April 16, 2013

One of the section's big and bold ideas is to celebrate the 75th NCFR anniversary with 75 international attendees at the 2013 NCFR Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas. We need all NCFR members’ support to reach this goal.

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New editor sought for Journal of Family Theory & Review

March 14, 2013

NCFR is seeking nominations and applications for the position of editor of the Journal of Family Theory & Review, beginning January 2014 for the publication of the March 2015 issue.

Family and Migration conference

International Conference on Family and Migration

Lithuania—July, 2013
October 09, 2012

Deadline for submissions is December 1, 2012.

Jan McCulloch, NCFR Families and Health Chair

Family and Health update: Phoenix, here we come

Greetings NCFR Members and Walkers!
September 14, 2012

Check out the leader board. The EE Section and the CFLE Advisory Board may be partying in Phoenix.

United Nations

NCFR’s UN representative to speak at the United Nations

May 15, 2012

NCFR's United Nations representative, Dr. Mihaela Robila, will be presenting at an United Nations Expert Group Meeting on "Good Practices in Family Policies."

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Call for Submissions: The Journal of Latino-Latin American Studies

Special Issue: Latino and Latin American Families
January 04, 2012

The Journal of Latino-Latin American Studies (JOLLAS) invites manuscripts for two Special Issues on Latino and Latin American families. Potential contributors are asked to submit a letter of intent by Monday, January 16, 2012.

CFR Seminar painting

Seminar offered by Family and Population Studies research group at the Centre of Sociological Research (CeSO) at K.U. Leuven

September 12, 2012 - September 14, 2012
Leuven, Belgium

This seminar focuses on the intertwined transitions in demographic regimes and family structures the past three decades. These transitions are both cause and consequence of the dramatic increase in family dissolution, and subsequently on new repartnering patterns and processes.

2011 International Travel Scholarships Awarded

December 13, 2011

International Section awards four International Travel Scholarships at the 2011 NCFR Annual Conference

Phyllis J. Johson

Phyllis J. Johson - 2011 Jan Trost Award Winner

November 28, 2011

Phyllis J. Johnson selected the Jan Trost Award Winner sponsored by the International Section. This award recognizes her significant and career-long contributions to cross-cultural family scholarship.

Masako Ishii-Kuntz

Masako Ishii-Kuntz - 2012 Jan Trost Award Winner

November 26, 2012

Masako Ishii-Kuntz selected the  Jan Trost Award Winner sponsored by the International Section. This award recognizes her significant and career-long contributions to cross-cultural family scholarship.

Deutsches Jugendinstitut

International Workshop

The Everyday Life of Multi-local Families, Concepts, Methods and the Example of Post-Separation Families
October 20, 2011 - October 21, 2011
Munich, Germany

This workshop will be held in Munich, Germany on October 20 & 21st, 2011. It’s sponsored by the German Youth Institute.