Alexander Laban Hinton Explained

Birth Place:	United States
Workplaces:	Rutgers University
Era:	20th century
Alma Mater:	Wesleyan University
Main Interests:	Anthropology Genocide Studies

Alexander Laban Hinton is an anthropologist whose work focuses on genocide, mass violence, extremism, transitional justice, and human rights. He has written extensively on the Cambodian genocide and, in 2016, was an expert witness at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.^[1] He has authored many books, including, most recently, It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US^[2] and Anthropological Witness: Lessons from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.^[3], he is a distinguished professor at Rutgers University.^[4]

Research

Alexander Hinton is the author of seventeen books and numerous essays. He serves as an Academic Advisor to the Documentation Center of Cambodia, on the International Advisory Boards of journals such as the Genocide Studies and Prevention, Journal of Genocide Research, and Journal of Perpetrator Research, and as co-editor of the CGHR-Rutgers University Press book series, "Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights." He also co-organized the 2014-2016 Rethinking Peace Studies initiative and is co-convener of the Global Consortium on Bigotry and Hate (2019-2024). Hinton's recent book, "Anthropological Witness," centers on his 2016 experience testifying as an expert witness at the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia.

Research positions

, Hinton holds the positions of Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights,^[5] Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, and UNESCO Chair in Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University. During 2011–2013, Hinton was President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars.^[6] He was a Member/Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey during the same period.

Awards and Prizes

Among other awards, Hinton received the American Anthropological Association's 2009 Robert B. Textor and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology^[7] and 2022 Anthropology in the Media Award.^[8]

Scholarly works

Notable publications by Hinton include:^[4]

• Biocultural Approaches to the Emotions (Cambridge University Press, 1999)
• Genocide: An Anthropological Reader (Blackwell, 2002)
• Annihilating Difference: The Anthropology of Genocide (California, 2002)
• Why Did They Kill? Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide (California, 2005) [Awarded 2008 Stirling Prize]
• Night of the Khmer Rouge (Paul Robeson Gallery, 2007)^[9]
• Genocide: Truth, Memory, Representation (Co-edited, Duke, 2009)
• Transitional Justice: Global Mechanisms and Local Realities after Genocide and Mass Violence (Rutgers, 2010)
• Hidden Genocides: Power, Knowledge, Memory (Co-edited, Rutgers, 2014) ^[10]
• Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America (co-edited, Duke, 2014) ^[11]
• Genocide and Mass Violence (co-edited, Cambridge, 2015) ^[12]
• Man or Monster? The Trial of a Khmer Rouge Torturer (Duke, 2016) ^[13]
• The Justice Facade: Trials of Transition in Cambodia (Oxford, 2018)
• Rethinking Peace: Discourse, Memory, Translation, and Dialogue (co-edited, Rowman and Littlefield, 2019) ^[14]
• It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US (NYU, 2021) ^[15]
• Anthropological Witness: Lessons from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Cornell, 2022) ^[3]
• Perpetrators: Encountering Humanity's Dark Side (co-authored, Stanford, 2023) ^[16]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Alex Hinton testifies at UN-backed Tribunal for the Khmer Rouge. Rutgers University. en. 2022-07-01.
2. Web site: It Can Happen Here . 2022-01-17 . . en-US.
3. Web site: Anthropological Witness. 2023-01-07 . . en-US.
4. Web site: Alex Hinton . 2021-06-24 . . en.
5. Web site: CGHR . . en . 2021-06-18.
6. Web site: IAGS . Genocide Scholars . en . 2022-07-01.
7. Web site: Textor Prize . . en . 2022-07-01.
8. Web site: Alex Hinton Wins Anthropology in the Media Award for Raising Awareness of Genocide and Human Rights . . en . 2023-01-08.
9. Web site: Night of the Khmer Rouge . 2022-06-24 . Paul Robeson Gallery . en-US.
10. Web site: Hidden Genocides . 2022-06-24 . . en-US.
11. Web site: Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America . 2022-01-17 . . en-US.
12. Book: Genocide and Mass Violence . 2022-06-17 . . 2014 . 10.1017/CBO9781107706859 . 9781107706859 . en-US. Hinton . Hinton . Devon E. . Alexander L. .
13. Web site: Man or Monster? . 2022-06-24 . . en-US.
14. Book: Rethinking Peace . 2022-06-24 . RW Press . en-US.
15. Web site: It Can Happen Here. 2022-01-17 . . en-US.
16. Book: Perpetrators. 2023-01-07 . . 9781503630673 . en-US. Hinton . Alexander Laban . 2023 .