Valeria Vegh Weis is an Argentinean-German Author. She specializes in criminology, criminal law, international criminal law and transitional justice. Vegh Weis is a Research Fellow at Konstanz Universität Zukunftskolleg, where she focuses on the role of victims organizations to confront state crimes. She is also an adjunct professor at Buenos Aires University and Quilmes National University.[1] She is the Vice President of the Instituto Latinoamericano de Criminología y Desarrollo Social [1]. Vegh Weis won several awards, including the Critical Criminology of the Year Award by the American Society of Criminology [2].
Vegh Weis was previously an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Freie Universitat Berlin and a research associate at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History where she focused on the role of the Global South in the development of transnational criminal regimes.
Biography
editVegh Weis graduated summa cum laude from Buenos Aires University Law School. She pursued post-graduate studies in Criminal Law at Buenos Aires University School of Law[2] and a Master in International Legal Studies at New York University. She also pursued a PhD in Law at the same university and defended her PhD thesis on a Marxist perspective of criminal selectivity.[3] She has published extensively in Spanish and English on criminal law, criminology, transitional justice and mental health law.[4][5][6][7]
She received the CONICET, Fulbright and Hauser Global Scholarships,[8] the International Law and Human Rights [9] and the Transitional Justice Fellowship,[10] among many others awards. She has been a Lecturer for the World Health Organization,[11] a visiting professor at Strathmore University, a Post-Doctoral Visiting Researcher at Freie Universitat Berlin[12] and a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History.[13] She has been serving on the Argentinean Judiciary since 2005 [14] and has also worked as Associate Personnel at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Books and chapters
editIn English
edit- Vegh Weis, Valeria (2021). Criminalization of Activism. Historical, Present and Future Perspectives [3].
- Vegh Weis, Valeria (2017). Marxism and Criminology. A History of Criminal Selectivity. Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-31956-1. The book has been released in paperback by Haymarket Books (2018) ISBN 9781608469307.[15][16][17] The preface was written by Kent University Professor Roger Matthews and the foreword was authored by UC Berkeley Professor of Law Jonathan Simon. The book received the American Library Association Outstanding Academic Titles award in 2017.[18] Art cover by Enzo Leone. The book also received the O utstanding Book Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in 2019.
In Spanish
edit- Vegh Weis, Valeria (2021). ¡Bienvenidos al Lawfare!. Written with Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni and Cristina Caamaño. Prefaces by Atilio Borón, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta [4]; [5]. Republished in Portuguese [6]
References
edit- ^ "Universidad Nacional de Quilmes - carreras - Especialización en Criminología". Universidad Nacional de Quilmes.
- ^ "Información General de la Carrera de Especialización en Derecho Penal - Posgrado - Facultad de Derecho". Universidad de Buenos Aires.
- ^ UBA. "Defensas de tesis - Posgrado - Facultad de Derecho". Universidad de Buenos Aires.
- ^ "Valeria Vegh Weis – Période". revueperiode.net (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Artículo". Periódico Judicial de la Provincia de San Luis.
- ^ Tribuno, El. "Difundieron alcances de la Ley de Salud Mental". El Tribuno.
- ^ "Valeria Vegh Weis | Universidad de Buenos Aires - Academia.edu". uba.academia.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Past Hauser Global Scholars - NYU School of Law". NYU School of Law.
- ^ "Congratulations to 2016 International Law and Human Rights Fellows". CHRGJ.
- ^ "Document Center - NYU School of Law". CHRGJ.
- ^ "Cursos Paises Campus Virtual" (PDF).
- ^ "Freie Universitat Berlin Guest List". 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Home | Max Planck Institute for European Legal History". www.rg.mpg.de. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "DG 47-12". Ministerio Público de la Defensa.
- ^ Altman, Suppa; Manuel, Juan (2017). "Marxism and Criminology. A History of Criminal Selectivity". Revista de Historia del Derecho (53): 0. ISSN 1853-1784.
- ^ DeKeseredy, Walter S (9 April 2018). "Valeria Vegh Weis. Marxism and Criminology: A History of Criminal Selectivity". Punishment & Society. 21 (3): 372–375. doi:10.1177/1462474518769019. S2CID 149750051.
- ^ Lea, John (21 March 2018). "Marxism and Criminology: A History of Criminal Selectivity. By Valeria Vegh Weis (Leiden: Brill (hdbk), 2017, €138, Chicago: Haymarket Books (pbck), 2018, 340pp". The British Journal of Criminology. 58 (4): 1020–1022. doi:10.1093/bjc/azy007.
- ^ "Choice Awards Brill Publications as "Outstanding Academic Titles" in 2017". Brill. 22 February 2018.