Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication

dr. (Gijsbert) G. Oonk

dr. (Gijsbert) G. Oonk

Associate Professor Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication Department of History
Location
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Room
M 6-43
Telephone
+31 10 4082496
Email
oonk@eshcc.eur.nl

Latest academic publication

J. Jansen, G. Oonk & G. Engbersen (2018). Nationality swapping in the Olympic field: towards the marketization of citizenship? Citizenship Studies. doi: 10.1080/13621025.2018.1477921

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Gijsbert Oonk (1966) is a Global Historian whose research and teaching activities are in the field of Migration, Citizenship, Capitalism and Inequality, and Sport.

Gijsbert Oonk is project leader of research project on History, Sport and Nation that has been awarded a prestigious Research Excellence Initiative (REI) grant of €417,000. This interdisciplinary research project is titled 'Sport and National Identity: Changing Citizenship and the Global Battle for Talent'. The grant solidifies interdisciplinary collaboration between three departments: the Department of History and the Department of Media and Communication as well as the Department of Sociology contribute to this new and innovative project.

Current projects

Sport, Nation and Migration

The research project ‘Sport and Nation’ focuses on talented migrant athletes in football and the Olympics in the context of changing citizenship, ‘complex nationality issues’ and elite migration. We will emphasize how ideas, institutions and context in this global ‘race for talent’ have changed over the past century and highlight the paradox of states promoting the ‘nation’ without ‘nationals’. In this project we currently have employed three PhD students. See for more our Sport and Nation website.

WWW.sportandnation.com

        • J. Jansen, G. Oonk & G. Engbersen (2018). Nationality swapping in the Olympic field: towards the marketization of citizenship? Citizenship Studies. doi: 10.1080/13621025.2018.1477921
        • G. Oonk (2017). Indiase Soldaten in opstand tegen varkensvet. Geschiedenis Magazine, 52 (Oktober), 6-7.
        • G. Oonk (2015). Gujarati Asians in East Africa, 1880–2000: Colonization, de-colonization and complex citizenship issues. Diaspora Studies, 8 (1), 66-79.
        • G. Oonk (2014). The Emergence of Indigenous Industrialists in Calcutta, Bombay, and Ahmedabad, 1850–1947. Business History Review, 88 (1), 43-72. doi: 10.1017/S0007680513001414
        • G. Oonk (2013). South Asians in East Africa, 1800-2000. An entrepreneurial minority caught in a 'Catch-22'. Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 10 (2), 59-81.
        • G. Oonk (2012). De verworvenheden van het platteland. Stadsgeschiedenis, 2 (7), 101-107.
        • G. Oonk (2011). Clothing matters: Asian-African Businessmen in European Suits, 1880-1980. Comparative Sociology (print), 10 (4), 528-547.
        • G. Oonk (2008). Negotiating Hinduism in East Africa, 1860-1960. Transforming Cultures eJournal, 3 (2), 93-123.
        • G. Oonk (2006). South Asians in East Africa (1880-1920) With a Particular Focus on Zanzibar. African and Asian studies, 5 (1), 57-89.
        • G. Oonk (2005). Gujurati Business Communities in East Africa. Success and Failure Stories. Economic and Political Weekly, XL (20), 2077-2082.
        • G. Oonk (2004). The Changing Culture of the Hindu Lohana Community in East Africa. Contemporary South Asia, 13 (1), 7-23. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0958493042000209843
        • G. Oonk (2004). After Shaking his hand, start counting your fingers. Trust and Images in Indian business networks, East Africa 1900-2000. Itinerario, 18 (3), 70-88. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0165115300019847
        • G. Oonk (2002). Het Globaliseringsdebat met of zonder geschiedenis. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis (print), 78-92.
        • G. Oonk (2001). Convicts in the Indian Ocean. Transportation from South Asia to Mauritius, 1815-1853. Contemporary South Asia, ---.
        • G. Oonk (2001). Motor or Millstone? The Managing Agency System in Bombay and Ahmedabad, 1850-1930. Indian Economic and Social History Review, 419-452.
        • G. Oonk (2001). Verbondenheid op afstand. De Helling, 27-28.
        • G. Oonk (1999). De armoede van Landes over de rijkdom van India. Tijdschrift voor Sociale Geschiedenis, 25 (1), 78-87.

        • G. Oonk (2015). Historische Mythen: Het ei van Columbus was niet van Columbus. Geschiedenis Magazine, 1 (50), 42-42.
        • G. Oonk (2015). Historische Mythen: Hitler wilde geen handen schudden met Jesse Owens. Geschiedenis Magazine, 2 (50), 42-42.
        • G. Oonk (2015). Historische Mythen: Het witte brood kwam uit de lucht vallen. Geschiedenis Magazine, 3 (50), 42-42.
        • G. Oonk (2015). Historische Mythen: Thomas Jefferson was voor de afschaffing van de slavernij. Geschiedenis Magazine, 4 (1), 42-42.
        • G. Oonk (2015). Historische Mythen: Kolonialisme is een voorwaarde voor kapitalisme. Geschiedenis Magazine, 5 (50), 42-42.
        • G. Oonk (2015). Historische Mythen: De mythe van de marathon. Geschiedenis Magazine, 6 (50), 42-42.
        • G. Oonk (2015). Historische Mythen: Na geld komt schuld. Geschiedenis Magazine, 7 (50), 42-42.
        • G. Oonk (2015). De vloot van de zwemmende draken. De zeven reizen van Zenghe He. Geschiedenis Magazine, 7 (50), 30-33.
        • G. Oonk (2014). Bedrijfshistorici hebben toegang tot bronnen die anders nooit belicht zouden worden. Gesprek met Geoffrey Jones. Geschiedenis Magazine, 47, 34-36.
        • G. Oonk (2014). Een kolonie voor een kolonie. Geschiedenis Magazine, 49 (5), 22-23.
        • G. Oonk (2013). Bedrijfshistorici hebben toegang tot bronnen die anders nooit belicht zouden worden. Gesprek met Geoffrey Jones. Geschiedenis Magazine, 87 (2), 346-348.
        • G. Oonk & M. van Lieshout (2010). De verscheidenheid van India hoeft geen bedreiging te zijn. Geschiedenis Magazine, 6, 26-28.
        • G. Oonk (2009). Migratie: Oude banden, nieuwe culturen. Geschiedenis Magazine, 8, 14-15.
        • G. Oonk (2009). Waarom zijn er geen jazzcafés in China Town? Geschiedenis Magazine, 8, 16-19.
        • G. Oonk (2009). Echt gebeurd: Pokerkampioen. Geschiedenis Magazine, 6, 3-3.
        • G. Oonk (2000). Ontmoetingen met India. Roest, 40-48.

        • G. Oonk (2011). Typisch Hollands. Erasmus Magazine, May, 25-25.
        • G. Oonk (2011). Koffiecultuur. Erasmus Magazine, March, 27-27.
        • G. Oonk (2011). Bob Marley en de volksopstanden. Erasmus Magazine, February, 23-23.
        • G. Oonk (2011). Campus 2028. Erasmus Magazine, January, 23-23.
        • G. Oonk (2010). Sint is een Turk met een dubbel paspoort. Erasmus Magazine, 2 december.
        • G. Oonk (2010). Staatscensuur. Erasmus Magazine, 2 sept..
        • G. Oonk (2010). Een Afrikaanse blik. Erasmus Magazine, 30 sept..
        • G. Oonk (2010). Het proces van de eeuw. Erasmus Magazine, 14 okt..
        • G. Oonk (2008). Gandhi's nachtmerrie: kapitalisme in India. Spiegel Historiael, 6, 26-32.
        • G. Oonk (2005). Asian in Africa: Images Histories and Portraits. IIAS Newsletter. International Institute for Asian Studies (print), 18-18.
        • G. Oonk (2005). South Asian Diasporas: the Creation of Unfinished Identities in the Modern Worl. IIAS Newsletter. International Institute for Asian Studies (print), 34-34.
        • G. Oonk (2003). Het ontrafelen van een stevig touw. De Indiase diaspora in Oost-Afrika 1880-1920. Roest, 8-13.

        • G. Oonk (2013). Settled Strangers: Asian Business Elites in East Africa, 1800-2000. Los Angeles, London, Delhi: Sage
        • G. Oonk (2009). The Karimjee Jivanjee Family: Merchant Princes of East Africa, 1800-2000. Amsterdam: Pallas Publications, Amsterdam University Press
        • G. Oonk (2007). Global Indian Diasporas: Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

        • G. Oonk (2004). Asians in East Africa. Images Pictures and Portraits. Arkel: Sca producties

        • G. Oonk (2017). The Karimjee Jivamjee family; A case for a diasporic family firm. In U. Röschenthaler & A. Jedlowski (Eds.), Mobility Between Africa, Asia and Latin America: Economic Networks and Cultural Interactions Zed Books 2017, 49-71 (pp. 49-71). Chicago: University of Chicago Press / Zed Books
        • G. Oonk (2016). Settled Strangers in East Africa: Triple Heritage and Cultural Change among Asian Africans. In S. Shirwadkar (Ed.), Diaspora & Migration: Cultural Identity, Citizenship & Policy Challenges (pp. 1-24). Pune: Pune University
        • G. Oonk (2008). Communal Business Families in India, 1850-1947: Three patterns in the emergence of Indigenous Industrialists. In V. Gupta (Ed.), Cultural-Sensitive Models of Family Business in Southern Asia. A Compendium Using the GLOBE Paradigm (pp. 48-67). Hyderabad: the Icfai University Press
        • G. Oonk (2007). Introduction. In G. Oonk (Ed.), Global Indian Diasporas. Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory (pp. 9-27). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
        • G. Oonk (2007). Industrialisation in India, 1850-1947: Three Variations in the Emergence of Indigenous Industrialists. In Business Communities Of India (pp. 117-156). Hyderabad: ICFAI University Press Hyderabad
        • G. Oonk (2007). After Shaking his hand, start counting your fingers. Trust and Images in Indian business networks, East Africa 1900-2000. In G. Jones & D. Wadhwani (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (pp. 225-247). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Press
        • G. Oonk (2007). We lost our gift of expression. Loss of the mother tongue among Indians in. In G. Oonk (Ed.), Global Indian Diasporas. Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory (pp. 31-67). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
        • G. Oonk (1998). Bombay-Batavia. Parsi and Eurasian Variations on the Middlemen Theme. In N. Randeraad (Ed.), Mediators between State and Society (pp. 17-40). Hilversum: Verloren

        • G. Oonk (2006). South Asians in East Africa. In B. Lal, R. Rai & P. Reeves (Eds.), The Encyclopaedia of the Indian (pp. 254-262). Singapore: National University of Singapore

        • G. Oonk (2008). Zoektocht naar de waarheid over India [Bespreking van de boeken Europa's India: fascinatie en cultureel imperialisme circa 1750 circa 2000 & Subalterns and the Raj: South Asia since 1600]. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis (print), 3, 343-345.
        • G. Oonk (2007). Global South Asians, Introducing Modern Diasporas [Bespreking van het boek Global South Asians, Introducing Modern Diasporas]. Journal of the Social and Economic History of the Orient, 4, 577-579.
        • G. Oonk (2007). The Business of Empire. The East Indian Company of Imperial Britain, 1756-1833 [Bespreking van het boek The Business of Empire. The East Indian Company of Imperial Britain, 1756-1833]. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis (print), 1, 136-137.
        • G. Oonk (2006). Exotisch Hollywood. Verbeelding van andere culturen in recente succesfilms [Bespreking van het boek Exotisch Hollywood. Verbeelding van andere culturen in recente succesfilms]. Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis (print), 9(2), 121-122.
        • G. Oonk (2003). Entrepreneurship and Institutions in Europe and Asia 1500-2000 [Bespreking van het boek Entrepreneurship and Institutions in Europe and Asia 1500-2000]. .
        • G. Oonk (2002). The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947 : Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama [Bespreking van het boek The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947 : Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama]. .
        • G. Oonk (2002). Globalization and identity: dialectics of flow and closure [Bespreking van het boek Globalization and identity: dialectics of flow and closure]. .
        • G. Oonk (2002). Globalization and Culture [Bespreking van het boek Globalization and Culture]. .
        • G. Oonk (2001). Globalization and Culture [Bespreking van het boek Globalization and Identity. Dialects of Flow and Closure]. .
        • G. Oonk (2000). Mughal India and Central Asia [Bespreking van het boek Mughal India and Central Asia]. .
        • G. Oonk (2000). Colonialism in Action: Trade Development and Dependence in Late Colonial India [Bespreking van het boek Colonialism in Action: Trade Development and Dependence in Late Colonial India]. .
        • G. Oonk (2000). Indians in Britain. Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity, 1880-1930 [Bespreking van het boek Indians in Britain. Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity, 1880-1930]. .
        • G. Oonk (2000). Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization [Bespreking van het boek Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization]. .
        • G. Oonk (1999). Miners and Millhands: Work and Politics in Princely Mysore [Bespreking van het boek Miners and Millhands: Work and Politics in Princely Mysore]. .
        • G. Oonk (1999). Maritime Commerce and English Power: Southeast India 1750-1800 [Bespreking van het boek Maritime Commerce and English Power: Southeast India 1750-1800]. .
        • G. Oonk (1999). Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India [Bespreking van het boek Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India]. .
        • G. Oonk (1999). Indian Traffic. Identities in Question in Colonial and Postcolonial India [Bespreking van het boek Indian Traffic. Identities in Question in Colonial and Postcolonial India]. .
        • G. Oonk (1998). Small Industries, Big Ambitions [Bespreking van het boek Small Industries, Big Ambitions]. .

        • G. Oonk (2010). De kaart van tien miljoen [Bespreking van het boek Het vierde werelddeel. Het verhaal over de ontdekking van de kaart die Amerika zijn naam gaf en het begin van de Nieuwe Tijd]. Geschiedenis Magazine, 7, 52-54.
        • G. Oonk (2009). Een wereld uit balans [Bespreking van het boek Kapitalisme, kolonisatie en cultuur. Arme en rijke landen in historisch perspectief]. Geschiedenis Magazine, 7, 42-43.
        • G. Oonk (1998). Asian Entrepreneurial Minorities [Bespreking van het boek Asian Entrepreneurial Minorities]. .
        • G. Oonk (1998). Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India [Bespreking van het boek Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India]. .
        • G. Oonk (1996). The Origins of Industrial Capitalism in India: Business Strategies and the Working Classes in Bombay, 1900-1940 [Bespreking van het boek The Origins of Industrial Capitalism in India: Business Strategies and the Working Classes in Bombay, 1900-1940]. .

        • G. Oonk (2017). Review of. [Bespreking van het boek Indian Doctors in Kenya, 1895-1940: The Forgotten History]. Journal of African History, 58(3), 534-535.
        • G. Oonk (2016). Not Quite African but no longer Lebanese. Interlopers of Empire: The Lebanese Diaspora in Colonial French West Africa [Bespreking van het boek Not Quite African but no longer Lebanese. Interlopers of Empire: The Lebanese Diaspora in Colonial French West Africa.]. Journal of African History, 57(2), 295-296.
        • G. Oonk (2016). Impossible citizens: Dubai's Indian diaspora [Bespreking van het boek Impossible citizens: Dubai's Indian diaspora.]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological institute, 22(1), 234-235.
        • G. Oonk (2016). Not Quite African but no longer Lebanese. Interlopers of Empire: The Lebanese Diaspora in Colonial French West Africa [Bespreking van het boek Interlopers of Empire: The Lebanese Diaspora in Colonial French West Africa. By Andrew Arsan]. Journal of African History, 57(2), 295-296.
        • G. Oonk (2016). Impossible Citizens [Bespreking van het boek Impossible citizens: Dubai's Indian diaspora]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological institute, 22(1), 234-235.
        • G. Oonk (2016). Diaspora and Nation in the Indian Ocean: Transnational Histories of Race and Urban Space in Tanzania [Bespreking van het boek Diaspora and Nation in the Indian Ocean: Transnational Histories of Race and Urban Space in Tanzania]. Journal of World History, 587-588.
        • G. Oonk (2013). From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa [Bespreking van het boek From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa]. Harvard Business Review, 87(2), 346-348.

        • G. Oonk (Ed.). (2013) Journal of the Social and Economic History of the Orient.
        • G. Oonk (Ed.). (2012) Journal of the Social and Economic History of the Orient.

        • G. Oonk (Ed.). (2009) Geschiedenis Magazine, 8.

      • G. Oonk (2015). The Indian Diaspora in East Africa: Past Experiences and Future Challenges. In ODI special lecture series as a part of Global India Dialogue Series, Publication date: December 2015 (pp. 1-23). Delhi: Uitgever Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives (ODI)

        • G. Oonk (2017, januari 26). The Historian, the Anthropologist and the Thinker. Three reflections on the emergence of a transnational trading elite in East Africa. VU Amsterdam, On invitation Tijo Salverda.
        • G. Oonk (2017, oktober 21). Who may represent the Nation? Sport, migration and citizenship, and opportunities for football to address global (migration) history. Erasmus University, Seminar: Learning Local Football Histories: A Tool for Local Social Inclusion: EUROCLIO - European Association of History Educators and Erasmus University.
        • G. Oonk (2017, september 4). Who Belongs to the Nation? Sport, Migration and Citizenship Changes, Reinforcing Crossing, and Transcending Borders: Soccer in a Globalized World. Athens, Greece, Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Harvard University, Hosted by Olympiacos F.C.
        • G. Oonk (2017, mei 20). Early Settlers: Asians in East Africa. London, lunch meeting in the honour of Kaka Jobanputra.
        • G. Oonk (2013, oktober 4). Gevestigde buitenstaanders: nieuwe en oude visies op migranten en de staat. Den Haag, Gastlezing op het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken.
        • G. Oonk (2015, februari 2). Triple Heritage: Cultural Change and Identity among Asian Africans. Conference: Understanding Migration and Diaspora: Cultural Practices, Challenges and Solutions. Pune University, India, Centre for Advanced studies, Department of Sociology, Pune Universtity.
        • G. Oonk (2015, januari 31). Indian Diasporas in the Modern World. University of Pune, Master class Invited by Prof. Dr. Swati Shirdwadkhar.
        • G. Oonk (2015, december 6). India and the Indian Diaspora. Past Experiences and Future Challenges. New Delhi, Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives (ODI) & Diaspora and International Migration (DIMP), CAS-Jawaharlal Nehru University.
        • G. Oonk (2015, november 19). Sport and Nation: The Battle for Global talent. Erasmus University Rotterdam, the international conference on contemporary media discourses of cultural belonging: The porous walls of fortress Europe.
        • G. Oonk (2014, november 11). De onafhankelijkheid van India. Utrecht, Studenten Internationale Betrekkingen.
        • G. Oonk (2014, mei 15). Settled Strangers and the Emergence of the Global South. Frankfurt, Key Note on invitation of Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies, Goethe University of Frankfurt, and the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Africa, University of Naples: Thematic Conference:.
        • G. Oonk (2014, november 20). Indian Diaspora in the Indian Ocean Region Reflections on Migration, Settlement and Change. School of African and Asian Studies (SOAS), London, Invited lecture.
        • G. Oonk (2014, juni 18). The Emergence of Indigenous Industrialists in Calcutta, Bombay and Ahmedabad, 1850-1947. Göttingen, Workshop Göttingen: "Informal and Everyday Markets: Modern Histories of Indian Business and Entrepreneurship since the Nineteenth Century",.
        • G. Oonk (2013, september 9). Settled Strangers in East Africa: Contributions and Constraints. Nairobi, Kenya, National Museum of Kenya.
        • G. Oonk (2013, oktober 29). South Asian Diaspora in Africa: African, Indian and European Perspectives. JNU New Delhi, India, Tenth Anniversary Celebration African Studies Association in India (ASA India).
        • G. Oonk (2013, oktober 31). Settled Strangers and the Indian Diaspora debate. Hyderabad, India, Centre for Diaspora Studies Hyderabad University.
        • G. Oonk (2012, juli 18). Settled Strangers: Why Gujaratis in East Africa cannot become Natives? Hyderbad, Indian Diaspora Conference.

        • G. Oonk (2017, maart 10). Burgerschap en Identiteit: cases in Global History. ProDemos, Nascholing Docenten Geschiedenis.
        • G. Oonk (2017, februari 10). Wie hoort er bij de natie? Geglobaliseerde sport en nationale identiteiten. Leeuwarden, Sport Historisch Congres over Sport en Identiteit, georganiseerd door het Koninklijk Fries Genootschap.
        • G. Oonk (2017, oktober 6). Convener: Sport and Nation kick-off. Rotterdam, Official starting of the Sport and Nation Research Excellence Initiative Rotterdam.
        • G. Oonk (2016, december 13). Inequality in Africa. Developments and Prospects. The Hague, Roundtable meeting with the Dutch Minister of Trade and Development,.

        • G. Oonk (2017, mei 18). Meeting the Expert. Rotterdam, Interactieve voorlichting over migratie op Erasmiaans in Rotterdam.
        • G. Oonk (2013, oktober 18). Settled Strangers in the Indian Ocean. Leiden, Cosmopolitan Lezing.

        • G. Oonk (2010, december 2). Zwarte Piet of niet? Hilversum, VARA Radio 1, Felix Meurders.
        • G. Oonk (2010, december 5). Zwarte Piet of niet? Randstad, FunX.
        • G. Oonk (2005, juni 23). We lost our gift of Expression. Loss of the Mother Tongue among Indian Migrants in East Africa. Rotterdam, Lezing.
        • G. Oonk (2005, april 14). Negotiating Hinduism in East Africa. Los Angeles, Indian Ocean World Conference.
        • G. Oonk (2000, september 1). Asians in Africa: Changing cultural profiles. Nairobi, Lezing voor National Museum of Kenya.
        • G. Oonk (1999, mei 7). De visie van sub-alternists op de Nationalistische Historiografie van India. Utrecht, Voordracht voor de Utrechtse Historische Kring.

        • G. Oonk (2011). A short history of Sisal in Tanganyika. Conference: University of Mumbai: Mumbai (2011, februari 10 - 2011, februari 11).
        • G. Oonk (2011). Settled strangers. Why Asians in Africa cannot become natives? Conference: University of Surrey: Surrey.
        • G. Oonk (2011). Migrant's Miracles. Towards a Comparative Perspective. Conference: Jawarlal Nehru University: Delhi (2011, januari 3 - 2011, januari 4).
        • G. Oonk (2010). Settled Strangers: The emergence of a transnational trading elite. ESSHC conference: Gent (2010, april 16 - 2010, april 19).
        • G. Oonk (2010). Why Asians in Africa can't become natives, 1860-2000? Conference: University of Pecs: Pecs (2010, mei 27 - 2010, mei 29).
        • G. Oonk (2010). Asian in East Africa: stranger than others. Conference: American Anthropology Association: New Orleans (2010, november 18 - 2010, november 22).
        • G. Oonk (2009). Why Asians are Rich and Why African are Poor. The British Institute in East Africa: Nairobi (2009, april 27 - 2009, april 28).
        • G. Oonk (2009). Settled Strangers. The role of Asians in East Africa. Conference for African studies: Leipzig (2009, juni 4 - 2009, juni 6).
        • G. Oonk (2009). Making States Creating Strangers. Presentation: University of Heidelberg: Heidelberg (2009, december 3 - 2009, december 5).

        • G. Oonk (2017). Discussant. Provincializing Globalization conference: University of Amsterdam (2017, november 10).
        • G. Oonk (2017). East African History and the Indian Ocean. Invitation Workshop by Dr. Benjamin Brühwiler: University of Basel (2014, mei 29).
        • G. Oonk (2017). A case for a diasporic family firm. Conference: Commodity Trading Companies in the First Global Economy, 1870-1913: Erasmus University (2017, februari 3).
        • G. Oonk (2017). Karimjee Jivanjee & Co. 1860–2000: from India to Tanzania and from Japan to the UK. Nodes, Networks Orders, Three Global History Workshops on Transformative Connectivity: University of Leiden (2017, april 22).
        • G. Oonk (2013). Settled Strangers. Radio and TV interview: Lotus FM (South Africa) (2013, september 11).
        • G. Oonk (2013). Settled Strangers. Radio and TV interview: East FM Kenya (2013, september 12).
        • G. Oonk (2013). Unsettling Questions about local strangers. Interview by Ameerja Jiwaji: The Nairobi Law Monthly (2013, oktober 1).
        • G. Oonk (2013). They are insiders and outsiders in one at the same time. Interview: Businessworld India, p. 96 (2013, oktober 21).
        • G. Oonk (2013). South Asian Diaspora in Africa: African. Tenth Anniversary Celebration African Studies Association of India (ASA India): New Delhi (2013, oktober 29).
        • G. Oonk (2013). East Africa’s Asian Business Elite. A History, Interview with Joel Macharia. Interview: Business (East Africa) 6, 62-64.
        • G. Oonk (2013). Settled Strangers. Bookpresentation: invited by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalisme: New Delhi (2013, oktober 28).
        • G. Oonk (2013). Gevestigde buitenstaanders: nieuwe en oude visies op migranten en de staat. Uitnodiging van de Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken: Den Haag (2013, oktober 4).
        • G. Oonk (2013). Settled Strangers: Asian Business Elites in East Africa 1800-2000. Invited lecture by Wits University Johannesburg: Johannesburg (2013, september 20).
        • G. Oonk (2013). Settled Strangers in East Africa: Contributions and Constraints. Louis Leakey memorial Hall at the National Museum of Kenya: Kenya (2013, september 12).
        • G. Oonk (2013). Networks and Identities in a global World. Invited lecture at the Research Master programme: Global and Local: Themes in Social and Economic History: Posthumus Institute: VU Amsterdam (2013, april 8).
        • G. Oonk (2013). Settled Strangers: The case of South Asian diasporas. Keynote lecture at the Graduate Symposium: 'Experiencing Indian Diasporas': Tilburg (2013, juni 24).
        • G. Oonk (2013). Settled Strangers and the Indian Diaspora debate. Centre for Diaspora studies: Hyderabad (2013, oktober 31).
        • G. Oonk & H.G.C. Schulte Nordholt (2005). The South Asian Diaspora. Expertmeeting: The South Asian Diaspora, Funded by IIAS, NWO, KNAW, Erasmus University: Rotterdam (2005, juni 23 - 2005, juni 24).
        • G. Oonk (2004). Industrialisation in India, 1850-1939: Ahmedabad, Bombay and Calcutta.
        • G. Oonk (2003). After Shaking his hand, start counting your fingers. Trust and images in Indian business networks, East Africa 1900-2000.
        • G. Oonk (2003). Characterizing the Changing Culture of an Asian Business Elite in East Africa 1880-2000. Conference at the Association for Asian Studies: (2003, maart 27).
        • G. Oonk (2002). Characterizing the Changing Culture of an Asian Business Elite in East Africa 1900-2000. Conference Globalisation and Creolisation: Rotterdam (2002, maart 21).
        • G. Oonk (2000). Asians in Africa: The Emergence of a Transnational Trading Elite, 1900-2000.
        • G. Oonk (2000). Industrialization in India 1850-1930: Three variations in the Emergence of Indigenious Industrialists. Entrepreneurship and Institutions Conference: Rotterdam (2000, januari 14).

        • G. Oonk (2010, januari 16). De beste Sinterklaas is de Kerstman. NRC Handelsblad
        • G. Oonk (2010, november 20). De beste Sinterklaas is de Kerstman. De Standaard
        • G. Oonk (2010, november 17). De beste Sinterklaas is de Kerstman. NRC Next
        • G. Oonk (2008, december 5). De Kerstman kan de Sint redden. de Gelderlander

        • G. Oonk (2016, mei 19). Sport Transcending National Borders: Erasmus Alumni Magazine. Erasmus Alumni Magazine
        • G. Oonk (2015, mei 18). Dichte grenzen leiden juist tot meer migratie. Trouw, pp. 9-9.
        • G. Oonk (2015, september 22). Afrika een kansloos continent? Helemaal niet. Trouw, pp. 21-21.
        • G. Oonk (2012, augustus 13). Demografisch drama dreigt voor Europa. Trouw
        • G. Oonk (2012, augustus 13). Demografisch drama dreigt voor Europa. Trouw

      • G. Oonk (Interview) (2016, apr 16). Settled Strangers. [radio-uitzending]. In The Economist.
      • G. Oonk (Interview) (2016, aug 20). Kunnen Olympische medailles gekocht worden? [radio-uitzending]. In Radio 1, sportzomer.
      • G. Oonk (discussant) (2014, mei 14). Three Continents, Three Generations. [radio-uitzending]. In Three Continents, Three Generations. BBC 4.

      • G. Oonk (1998, mei 7). Ondernemers in ontwikkeling. Fabrieken en fabrikanten in de Indiase katoenindustrie, 1850-1930. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (250 pag.) (Hilversum: Verloren) Prom./coprom.: Prof.Dr. H.W. van Schendel.

  • Associate Professor

    University
    Erasmus University Rotterdam
    School
    Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
    Department
    Department of History
    Country
    Nederland
    Telephone
    +31 10 4082496

Address

Visiting address

Burg. Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam