Photo of Nigel EltringhamNigel Eltringham
Emeritus Reader

Selected publications

Article

Eltringham, Nigel (2017) ‘The judgement is not made now; the judgement will be made in the future’: ‘politically motivated’ defence lawyers and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda”s ‘historical record’. Humanity. ISSN 2151-4364

Eltringham, Nigel (2015) Rescuing (cosmopolitan) locals at the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda. Allegra: A Virtual Lab of Legal Anthropology [weblog article, 21 January, 2015].

Eltringham, Nigel (2014) A legacy deferred?: The international criminal tribunal for Rwanda at 20 years. E-International Relations [online article, 29 April 2014]. ISSN 2053-8626

Eltringham, Nigel (2014) ‘When we walk out, what was it all about?’: Views on new beginnings from within the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Development and Change, 45 (3). pp. 543-564. ISSN 0012-155X

Eltringham, Nigel (2013) 'Illuminating the broader context': anthropological and historical knowledge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 19 (2). pp. 338-355. ISSN 1359-0987

Eltringham, Nigel (2012) Spectators to the spectacle of law: the formation of a ‘validating public’ at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Ethnos, 77 (3). pp. 425-445. ISSN 0014-1844

Eltringham, Nigel (2009) Introduction: Identity, Justice and "Reconciliation" in Contemporary Rwanda. Journal of Genocide Research, 11 (1). pp. 5-10. ISSN 1462-3528

Eltringham, Nigel (2009) "We are not a Truth Commission": fragmented narratives and the historical record at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Journal of Genocide Research, 11 (1). pp. 55-79. ISSN 1462-3528

Eltringham, Nigel (2009) Identity, Justice and "Reconciliation" in Contemporary Rwanda. Journal of Genocide Research, 1 (11). pp. 5-10. ISSN 1462-3528

Eltringham, Nigel (2008) Besieged history? An Evaluation of Shooting Dogs. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 26 (4). pp. 740-746. ISSN 0236-7758

Eltringham, Nigel (2008) "A War Crimes Community?": The Legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Beyond Jurisprudence. New England Journal of International and Comparative Law, 14 (2). pp. 309-318. ISSN 1936-279X

Eltringham, Nigel (2006) 'Invaders who have stolen the country': The Hamitic Hypothesis, Race and the Rwandan Genocide. Social Identities, 12 (4). pp. 425-446. ISSN 1350-4630

Book

Eltringham, Nigel (2019) Genocide never sleeps: living law at the international criminal tribunal for Rwanda. Cambridge Studies in Law and Society . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9781108485593

Eltringham, Nigel (2004) Accounting for Horror: Post-Genocide Debates in Rwanda. Pluto Press, London, UK. ISBN 9780745320007

Book Section

Eltringham, Nigel (2017) ‘Nordics' and 'Hamites': Joseph Deniker and the rise (and fall) of scientific racism. In: Rupnow, Dirk and Morris-Reich, Amos (eds.) The Concept of Race in the Humanities. Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 251-272. ISBN 3319499521

Eltringham, Nigel (2014) Display, concealment and ‘culture’: the disposal of bodies in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. In: Dreyfus, Jean-Marc and Anstett, Élisabeth (eds.) Human remains and mass violence: methodological approaches. Manchester University Press, Manchester. ISBN 9780719096501

Eltringham, Nigel (2014) ‘When we walk out; what was it all about?’: Views on “new beginnings” from within The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In: Anders, Gerhard and Zenker, Olaf (eds.) Transition and justice: negotiating the terms of new beginnings in Africa. Wiley Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 153-174. ISBN 9781118944776

Eltringham, Nigel (2014) Bodies of evidence: remembering the Rwandan genocide at Murambi. In: Eltringham, Nigel and Maclean, Pam (eds.) Remembering genocide. Remembering the modern world . Routledge, London, pp. 200-219. ISBN 9780415660112

Eltringham, Nigel (2013) Introduction: Cinema/chimera? the re-presencing of Africa in twenty-first-century film. In: Eltringham, Nigel (ed.) Framing Africa: portrayals of a continent in contemporary mainstream cinema. Berghahn Books, Oxford. ISBN 9781782380733

Eltringham, Nigel (2013) Showing what cannot be imagined: 'Shooting dogs' and 'Hotel Rwanda'. In: Eltringham, Nigel (ed.) Framing Africa: portrayals of a continent in contemporary mainstream cinema. Berghahn books, Oxford. ISBN 9781782380733

Eltringham, Nigel (2012) Exhibition, dissimulation et « culture ». Le traitement des corps dans le génocide rwandais. In: Anstett, Élisabeth and Dreyfus, Jean-Marc (eds.) Cadavres impensables, cadavres impensés. Approches méthodologiques du traitement des corps dans les violences de masse et les génocides. Éditions Petra, Paris. ISBN 9782847430608

Eltringham, Nigel (2011) The Past is Elsewhere: The Paradoxes of Proscribing Ethnicity in Post-Genocide Rwanda. In: Straus, Scott and Waldorf, Lars (eds.) Remaking Rwanda: State Building and Human Rights after Mass Violence. University of Wisconsin Press, Wisconsin, USA, pp. 269-282. ISBN 9780299282646

Eltringham, Nigel (2010) Judging the "Crime of Crimes": Continuity and Improvisation at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In: Hinton, Alexander Laban (ed.) Transitional Justice: Global Mechanisms and Local Realities after Genocide and Mass Violence. Rutgers University Press, pp. 206-226. ISBN 9780813550695

Eltringham, Nigel (2008) Rwanda. In: Stearns, PN (ed.) Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195176322

Eltringham, Nigel (2006) Debating the Rwandan Genocide. In: Kaarsholm, Preben (ed.) Violence, Political Culture and Development in Africa. James Currey, Oxford, pp. 66-91. ISBN 9780852558942

Eltringham, Nigel (2003) The Blind Men and the Elephant: the Challenge of Representing the Rwandan Genocide. In: Caplan, Pat (ed.) The Ethics of Anthropology:debates and dilemmas. Routledge, pp. 96-112. ISBN 0415296439

Eltringham, Nigel and Van Hoyweghen, Saskia (2000) Power and Identity in Post-Genocide Rwanda. In: Doom, Ruddy and Gorus, Jjan (eds.) Politics of Identity and Economics of Conflict in the Great Lakes Region. VUB Press. ISBN 9054872497

Eltringham, Nigel (2000) The Institutional Aspect of the Rwandan Church. In: Goyvaerts, D L (ed.) Conflict and Ethnicity in Central Africa. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pp. 225-250. ISBN 9784872977653

Edited Book

Eltringham, Nigel and Maclean, Pam, eds. (2014) Remembering genocide. Remembering the Modern World . Routledge, London, pp. 1-18. ISBN 9780415660112

Eltringham, Nigel and Mclean, Pam, eds. (2013) Remembering genocide. Remembering the modern world . Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415660112

Eltringham, Nigel, ed. (2013) Framing Africa: portrayals of a continent in contemporary mainstream cinema. Berghahn on film . Berghahn, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-78238-073-3

Video

Eltringham, Nigel (2009) Review of "My Neighbour, My Enemy". [Video]