Book launch
Taking Lives: Narratives of Latin American Femicide Perpetrators
- Date
- Wednesday 12 November 2025
- Time
- Explanation
- Open to the public (registration required)
- Address
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Schouwburgstraat
Schouwburgstraat 2
2511 VA The Hague - Room
- 0.06
We are pleased to invite you to the book launch of Taking Lives: Narratives of Femicide Perpetrators in Latin America, a new and powerful academic work by Dr. Martín Hernán Di Marco, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Leiden University.
The launch will include a presentation by the author, followed by a panel discussion (speakers to be announced) exploring narratives of femicide, gender-based violence, and possibilities for social change in both Latin America and beyond. Latin American snacks and drinks will be served.
Programme
- 16.30 hrs – Walk-in
- 17.00 hrs – Opening remarks by Marieke Liem
- 17.10 hrs – Foreword by Martín Hernán Di Marco
- 17.30 hrs – Panel discussion
- 18.00 hrs – Drinks
Description of the book
This book offers the first large-scale, cross-cultural qualitative study of men convicted of intimate femicide/feminicide in Latin America. Based on repeated biographical interviews across eight countries, it analyses perpetrators’ narratives to reveal recurring themes and insights into the processes behind intimate partner violence. It provides valuable contributions to criminology, law, public health, social sciences, and gender studies.
Dr. Martín Hernán Di Marco
Dr. Martín Hernán Di Marco is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (Leiden University), specialising in violence perpetration with a strong focus on gender, crime, and desistance processes. His work centres on how micro-social networks, gender norms, and institutional logics shape trajectories of harm and disengagement. He has worked at the Institute of Criminology and Sociology of Law (Faculty of Law, University of Oslo), have been an Adjunct Professor at Emory University, and collaborated with the World Health Organization on projects related to external causes of mortality. He is currently on the board of the Working Group on Violence and Society and the Research Committee on Biography and Society of the International Sociological Association.
Dr. Marieke Liem
Dr. Marieke Liem is professor of Security and Interventions at Leiden University, where she and her team coordinate the European Homicide Monitor. A graduate of University of Cambridge in the U.K., Marieke Liem completed her PhD in Forensic Psychology from Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Before joining the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, she was a Marie Curie fellow at Harvard University. Her research interests involve interpersonal violence, with specific research projects on domestic homicide (including intimate partner homicide), homicide by the mentally ill, homicide followed by suicide, the effects of confinement on violent offenders, and international comparative research on lethal violence.