Publications

Please note: where possible I provide open-access versions of my publications. For other works, only citation details or accepted manuscripts are listed here in accordance with publisher policies. If you are unable to access a publication through your institution, do not hesitate to contact me — I will be glad to share a copy for academic use.

MADAGASCAR

Book

Regnier, Denis. (2021). Slavery and Essentialism in Highland Madagascar: History, Ethnography, Cognition. LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003086697 [Interested in reading this book? Feel free to get in touch and I will send you a digital copy for personal academic use]

Journal articles

Regnier, D. (2019). Forever slaves? Inequality, uncleanliness and vigilance about origins in the southern highlands of Madagascar. Anthropological Forum, 29(3), 249-266. http://doi.org/10.1080/00664677.2019.1624501 [Download AAM - Author’s Accepted Manuscript]

Sheskin, M., Chevallier, C., Adachi, K., Berniunas, R., Castelain, T., Hulín, M., Lenfesty, H., Regnier, D., Sebesteny, A. & Baumard, N. (2018). The needs of the many do not outweigh the needs of the few: The limits of individual sacrifice across diverse cultures. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 18(1-2), 205-223. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12340026

Regnier, D. (2016). Naming and name changing in postcolonial Madagascar. Pacific Studies, 39(1-2), 201-215. https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/pacific-studies-journal/vol39/iss1/9 [Download PDF]

Regnier, D. (2015). Clean people, unclean people: the essentialization of ‘slaves’ among the southern Betsileo of Madagascar. Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale, 23(2), 152-68. http://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12107 [Download AAM - Author’s Accepted Manuscript]

Regnier, D. (2014). Pourquoi ne pas les épouser ? L’évitement du mariage avec les descendants d’esclaves dans le Sud Betsileo (Madagascar). Études rurales, 194, 103-122. https://doi.org/10.4000/etudesrurales.10137 [Download PDF]

Regnier, D. (2014). Les esclaves morts et leur invocation dans les rituels du Sud Betsileo. Études Océan Indien, 51-52, 253–276. https://doi.org/10.4000/oceanindien.1682 [Download PDF]

Legrip-Randriambelo, O. & Regnier, D. (2014). The place of healers-diviners (ombiasa) in Betsileo medical pluralism. Health, Culture and Society, 7(1), 28–37. https://doi.org/10.5195/hcs.2014.188 [Download PDF]

Chapters

Somda, D. & Regnier, D. (2024). Esclavage et post-esclavage à Madagascar : État des lieux et perspectives comparatives. In M.-P. Ballarin & K. Boyer-Rossol (Eds.). Les Esclavages en Afrique/Slaveries in Africa. Paris : Karthala. https://www.karthala.com/accueil/3606-les-esclavages-en-afrique-passes-presents-et-heritages.html [Download AAM - Author’s Accepted Manuscript]

Regnier, D. (2021). Funerary speeches and marital investigations in highland Madagascar. In J. Fox (Ed.), Austronesian Paths and Journeys (pp. 77-91). Canberra: ANU Press. http://doi.org/10.22459/APJ.2021 [Download PDF]

Regnier, D. (2021). Uncleanliness, inequality, and essentialism: Legacies of slavery in the southern highlands of Madagascar. POMEPS Studies 44. https://pomeps.org/pomeps-studies-44-racial-formations-in-africa-and-the-middle-east-a-transregional-approach [Download PDF]

Regnier, D. & Somda, D. (2019). Slavery and post-slavery in Madagascar: An overview. In T. Falola, D., R. J. Parrott & D. Porter Sanchez (Eds.), African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization (pp. 345-369). Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/african-islands-9781580469548/ [Download AAM - Author’s Accepted Manuscript]

Parker Pearson, M. & Regnier, D. (2018). Collective and single burial in Madagascar. In A. Schmitt, S. Déderix & I. Crevecoeur (Eds.), Gathered in Death: Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives on Collective Burial and Social Organisation (pp. 41-62). Louvain: Presses Universitaires de Louvain. https://pul.uclouvain.be/book/?GCOI=29303100535290 [Download AAM - Author’s Accepted Manuscript]

Regnier, D. (2017). La fondation d’une nouvelle terre ancestrale dans le Sud Betsileo (Madagascar): dilemme, transformation, rupture. In P. Gervais-Lambony, F. Hurlet & I. Rivoal (Eds.), (Re)fonder. Les modalités du (re)commencement dans le temps et l’espace (pp. 121-129). Paris : Éditions de Boccard. [Download PDF]

Regnier, D. (2015). Tombes ancestrales et super mariages chez les Betsileo de Madagascar. In G. Delaplace & F. Valentin (eds.), Le funéraire. Mémoire, protocoles, monuments (pp. 117-124). Paris: Éditions de Boccard. [Download PDF]

RWANDA

Journal articles

Harris, A., Yegian, A., Sibson, B., Uwimana, A., Niyibizi, J.-B., Regnier, D., Ojiambo, R., Nuhu, A., Thomas, A., Kocsis, L., Vennemann, T., Baggish, A. & Lieberman, D. (2025). Comparing physical Activity levels and metabolic quotients to quantify the physical activity transition in Rwanda. American Journal of Human Biology 37(9): e70142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70142

Bekele, A., Regnier, D., Swedberg, C., Lemu, E., Giraneza, C. & Bradley, E. (2025). “An eye-opener:” A qualitative study of a liberal arts approach to medical education. BMC Medical Education 25, 610. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07157-z [Download PDF]

Kalinda, C., Qambayot, M., Ishimwe, S., Regnier, D., Bizimya, D., Uwizeimana, T., Desie, S., Rudert, C., Gebremariam, A., Brennan, E., Karumba, S., Bekele, A. & Wong, R. (2024). Leveraging multisectoral approach to understand the determinants of childhood stunting in Rwanda: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews 13(16). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02438-4 [Download PDF]

Bekele, A., Regnier, D., Paul, T., Yohannes, T. & Bradley, E. (2023). Advancing global health equity: The role of the liberal arts in health professional education. Journal of Medical Humanities 45, 185–192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-023-09827-9 [Download PDF]

Rwamwejo, F., Ndatinya, G., Mkata, M., Regnier, D., Blauman, A. & Cruz, S. (2023). Deworming in rural Rwanda: An assessment of the knowledge, attitudes, practices, and perceptions of stakeholders. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 17(8), e0010759. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010759 [Download PDF]

PACIFIC ISLANDS

Edited volumes

Bastide, L., Regnier, D., & Hervouet, L. (Eds.). (2025). Tensions océaniennes : Modernités et fractures postcoloniales dans le Pacifique insulaire. Tahiti : Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme du Pacifique. https://cloud.ent.upf.pf/index.php/s/ByAKqT6i3kQXyTd?dir=/&openfile=true [Download PDF]

Bastide, L. & Regnier, D. (Eds.). (2023). Family Violence and Social Change in the Pacific Islands. Routledge Studies in Family Sociology. Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003146667 [Interested in reading this book? Do not hesitate to get in touch and I will send you a digital copy for personal academic use]

Chapters

Bastide, L., Regnier, D., & Hervouet, L. (2025). Introduction : Modernités multiples, pluralisation des normes sociales et conflictualités dans le Pacifique insulaire. In Bastide, L., Hervouet, L. & Regnier, D. (Eds.). Tensions océaniennes : Modernités et fractures postcoloniales dans le Pacifique insulaire. Tahiti : Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme du Pacifique. [Download PDF]

Bastide, L. & Regnier, D. (2023). Introduction: Family, violence, and social change in the Pacific Islands. In Bastide, L. & Regnier, D. (Eds.). Family Violence and Social Change in the Pacific Islands. Abingdon: Routledge. [Download PDF]

MISCELLANEA

Journal special issue

Regnier, D. & Astuti, R. (Guest Editors). (2015). The Cognitive Challenge. Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale, 23(2). https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/saas/23/2/saas.23.issue-2.xml

Policy brief

Eggerman, J., Munyamugisha, P., Nshimiyimana, I., Qtaishat, L., Panter-Brick, C., & Regnier, D. (2025). Training for Equity: Participatory Systems Mapping in Global Health Education. Policy Brief. Conflict, Resilience and Health Program, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University, and Global Health Studies Program, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University. https://jackson.yale.edu/academics/global-health-studies/research/

Commentary

Bekele, A., Chu, K., D’Ambruoso, A., Davies, J., Ferriolli, E., Greig, C., Manaseki-Holland, S., Regnier, D., & Siddiqi, S. (2022). Global health funding applications: Brain drain under a new name? The Lancet Global Health, 10(1), E22-E23. http://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00505-2 [Download PDF]

Abstracts

Kabayundo, J., Uwimana, A., Mugisha, N., Ndangurura, D., Regnier, D., Fehr, A., Rugengamanzi, E., Watanabe-Galloway, S. & Fadelu, T. (2025). Understanding breast cancer stigma in Rwanda: Perspectives from community health workers. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 34(9 Supplement). https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7755.DISP25-B086

Tillard, L., Regnier, D., Chiaroni, J. & Schmitt, A. (2021). Restituer les règles de recrutement dans une sépulture collective : les marqueurs génétiques à l’épreuve. Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris 33(S). https://doi.org/10.4000/bmsap.7210 [Download PDF]

Encyclopedia entry

Regnier, D. (Forthcoming). Zafimaniry. In M. Vellinga (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World (Second Edition). London: Bloomsbury.

Book review

Regnier, D. (2014). Review of: Heinonen, Paula. (2011). Youth Gangs and Street Children: Culture, Nurture and Masculinity in Ethiopia. New York: Berghahn. Social Anthropology 22(1): 145–6.