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

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.