dr. (Gijsbert) G. Oonk

All publications (188)

• Article (44)

  • Scholarly Publication (17)

    • J. Jansen, G. Oonk & G. Engbersen (2018). Nationality swapping in the Olympic field: towards the marketization of citizenship? Citizenship Studies, 22 (5), 523-539. 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: 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: 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). Verbondenheid op afstand. De Helling, 27-28.
    • 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 (1999). De armoede van Landes over de rijkdom van India. Tijdschrift voor Sociale Geschiedenis, 25 (1), 78-87.

  • Professional Publication (15)

    • G. Oonk (2015). Historische Mythen: Het ei van Columbus was niet van Columbus. Geschiedenis Magazine, 1 (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 (2015). Historische Mythen: De mythe van de marathon. Geschiedenis Magazine, 6 (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: Thomas Jefferson was voor de afschaffing van de slavernij. Geschiedenis Magazine, 4 (1), 42-42.
    • G. Oonk (2015). Historische Mythen: Na geld komt schuld. Geschiedenis Magazine, 7 (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: Kolonialisme is een voorwaarde voor kapitalisme. Geschiedenis Magazine, 5 (50), 42-42.
    • G. Oonk (2014). Een kolonie voor een kolonie. Geschiedenis Magazine, 49 (5), 22-23.
    • G. Oonk (2012). Bedrijfshistorici hebben toegang tot bronnen die anders nooit belicht zouden worden. Gesprek met Geoffrey Jones. Geschiedenis Magazine, 47, 34-36.
    • G. Oonk & M. van Lieshout (2010). De verscheidenheid van India hoeft geen bedreiging te zijn. Geschiedenis Magazine, 6, 26-28.
    • G. Oonk (2009). Echt gebeurd: Pokerkampioen. Geschiedenis Magazine, 6, 3-3.
    • 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 (2000). Ontmoetingen met India. Roest, 40-48.

  • Semiscientific Publication (12)

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

• Book / Monograph / Book editorial (4)

  • Scholarly Publication (3)

    • 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

  • Professional Publication (1)

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

• Part of book - Chapter (12)

  • Scholarly Publication (9)

    • G. Oonk (2018). The Indian Diaspora in Africa. In Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, and Everett Rowson (eds), (Ed.), The Encyclopaedia of Islam (pp. 115-119). Leiden: Brill Publishers
    • 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). 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 (2007). Introduction. In G. Oonk (Ed.), Global Indian Diasporas. Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory (pp. 9-27). 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

  • Professional Publication (3)

    • G. Oonk, A. van Stipriaan & S. Manickam (2018). Preface. In A. van Stipriaan, G. Oonk & S. Manickam (Eds.), History @ Erasmus: Histories of Encounters, (pp. 5-9). Rotterdam: Erasmus School of History and Communication
    • G. Oonk & G. van Campenhout (2018). The Emergence of Hyperdiversity at the World Cup Football 1930-2022. In A van Stipriaan, G Oonk & S Manickam (Eds.), History @ Erasmus: Histories of Encounters, (pp. 34-39). Rotterdam: Erasmus School of History and Communication
    • 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

• Book review (30)

  • Scholarly Publication (18)

    • 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). Globalization and identity: dialectics of flow and closure [Bespreking van het boek Globalization and identity: dialectics of flow and closure]. .
    • 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 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). Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization [Bespreking van het boek Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization]. .
    • 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). Mughal India and Central Asia [Bespreking van het boek Mughal India and Central Asia]. .
    • 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 (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). 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). 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 (1999). Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India [Bespreking van het boek Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India]. .
    • G. Oonk (1998). Small Industries, Big Ambitions [Bespreking van het boek Small Industries, Big Ambitions]. .

  • Professional Publication (5)

    • 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). Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India [Bespreking van het boek Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India]. .
    • G. Oonk (1998). Asian Entrepreneurial Minorities [Bespreking van het boek Asian Entrepreneurial Minorities]. .
    • 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]. .

  • Other Publication (7)

    • 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). 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 (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). 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 (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.

• Journal editorship / Referee (3)

  • Scholarly Publication (2)

    • 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.

  • Professional Publication (1)

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

• Article in volume (1)

  • 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)

• Lecture (37)

  • Scholarly Publication (25)

    • G. Oonk (2017, mei 20). Early Settlers: Asians in East Africa. London, lunch meeting in the honour of Kaka Jobanputra.
    • 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, 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, 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 (2016, mei 15). Settled Strangers and the Emergence of the Global South. Frankfurt, Germany, Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies, Goethe University of Frankfurt, and the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Africa, University of Naples.
    • 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, januari 31). Indian Diasporas in the Modern World. University of Pune, Master class Invited by Prof. Dr. Swati Shirdwadkhar.
    • G. Oonk (2015, januari 27). Gujaratis in India and Africa: South-South exchanges in the post-colonial era. Mumbai, India, Conference: Revisiting the ‘Homeland’ Link in the Indian Diaspora.
    • 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, 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, oktober 15). The Global Indian Family Firm, Harvard Conference: The Business History of India and South Asia: Recent Trends in Research. Harvard University, Boston, USA, Business History Network.
    • G. Oonk (2015, december 14). Discussant/Chair. Leiden, International Workshop Cross-border Exchanges and the Shadow Economy.
    • 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 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 (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 13). Making States, Creating Strangers. Citizenship, belonging and identity in colonial East Africa. University of Amsterdam, Presentation in honor of Willem van Schendel.
    • G. Oonk (2013, september 12). Settled Strangers: Asian Business Elites in East Africa 1800-2000. Johannesburg, South Africa, Witts University.
    • 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, september 9). Settled Strangers in East Africa: Contributions and Constraints. Nairobi, Kenya, National Museum of Kenya.
    • G. Oonk (2013, oktober 31). Settled Strangers and the Indian Diaspora debate. Hyderabad, India, Centre for Diaspora Studies Hyderabad University.
    • G. Oonk (2012, oktober 25). The Karimjee Jivanjee. A Case for Diasporic Business History. Istanbul, Business History Conference in Istanbul.
    • G. Oonk (2012, juli 25). Settled Strangers in the Indian Diaspora. Lisbon, Chair Panel: ESCAS (European Conference on South Asian Studies).
    • G. Oonk (2012, juli 18). Settled Strangers: Why Gujaratis in East Africa cannot become Natives? Hyderbad, Indian Diaspora Conference.

  • Professional Publication (4)

    • 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.

  • Semiscientific Publication (2)

    • 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.

  • Other Publication (6)

    • 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.

• Other output (38)

  • Scholarly Publication (9)

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

  • Other Publication (29)

    • G. van Campenhout & G. Oonk (2018). Het Marokkaanse voetbalelftal; hoe de loyaliteit van de Leeuwen van de Atlas van twee kanten. WK 2018: (2018, juni 8).
    • G. van Campenhout & G. Oonk (2018). Op dit WK is 13 procent voetballers geboren noch getogen in land waarvoor ze spelen – hoe kan dat? WK 2018: (2018, juni 14).
    • G. van Campenhout & G. Oonk (2018). Meer voetbalmigranten dan ooit tijdens WK. WK 2018: (2018, juni 14).
    • G. Oonk & J.C. van Sterkenburg (2017). Sport and cities. Erasmus Initiatives Grant (accepted): .
    • 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 (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). East African History and the Indian Ocean. Invitation Workshop by Dr. Benjamin Brühwiler: University of Basel (2014, mei 29).
    • G. Oonk (2017). Discussant. Provincializing Globalization conference: University of Amsterdam (2017, november 10).
    • 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 and the Indian Diaspora debate. Centre for Diaspora studies: Hyderabad (2013, oktober 31).
    • 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). Settled Strangers: Asian Business Elites in East Africa 1800-2000. Invited lecture by Wits University Johannesburg: Johannesburg (2013, september 20).
    • 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). Settled Strangers: The case of South Asian diasporas. Keynote lecture at the Graduate Symposium: 'Experiencing Indian Diasporas': Tilburg (2013, juni 24).
    • 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). East Africa’s Asian Business Elite. A History, Interview with Joel Macharia. Interview: Business (East Africa) 6, 62-64.
    • 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). 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). Settled Strangers. Bookpresentation: invited by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalisme: New Delhi (2013, oktober 28).
    • G. Oonk (2012). Chaired panel: Globalisation and Migration. Settled Strangers: Why Gujaratis in East Africa cannot become Natives? The Gujarat Community: Globalisation and Belonging: Dubai Gujarat Studies Association (2012, februari 14).
    • 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). 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 (2003). After Shaking his hand, start counting your fingers. Trust and images in Indian business networks, East Africa 1900-2000.
    • 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). Industrialization in India 1850-1930: Three variations in the Emergence of Indigenious Industrialists. Entrepreneurship and Institutions Conference: Rotterdam (2000, januari 14).
    • G. Oonk (2000). Asians in Africa: The Emergence of a Transnational Trading Elite, 1900-2000.

• Contribution weekly / daily journal (11)

  • Semiscientific Publication (4)

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

  • Other Publication (7)

    • G. Oonk & G. van Campenhout (2018, juni 14). Hyperdiversiteit wordt nieuwe norm WK voetbal, opiniestuk in de Volkskrant 14-06-2018 (samen met Gijs van Campenhout). Volkskrant [go to publisher's site]
    • G. Oonk (2016, augustus 16). Straks koop je de Olympische medailles. NRC Next, pp. 26-27.
    • G. Oonk (2016, mei 19). Sport Transcending National Borders: Erasmus Alumni Magazine. Erasmus Alumni Magazine
    • G. Oonk (2015, september 22). Afrika een kansloos continent? Helemaal niet. Trouw, pp. 21-21.
    • G. Oonk (2015, mei 18). Dichte grenzen leiden juist tot meer migratie. Trouw, pp. 9-9.
    • G. Oonk (2012, augustus 13). Demografisch drama dreigt voor Europa. Trouw
    • G. Oonk (2012, augustus 13). Demografisch drama dreigt voor Europa. Trouw

• Book editorship (2)

  • G. Oonk, A. van Stipriaan & S.K. Manickam (Ed.). (2018). History @ Erasmus: Histories of Encounters. Rotterdan: Eramus School of History and Communication
  • G. Oonk, A. van Stipriaan & S.K. Manickam (Ed.). (2018). History @ Erasmus: Histories of Encounters. Rotterdam: Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communcation

• Television or radio appearance (5)

  • G. Oonk (expert interview) (2018, jun 26). Radio 1, NPO. [radio-uitzending]. In Sporters die ‘verdwijnen’ op toernooien: niet de beker maar vluchten als doel..
  • G. Oonk (Interview) (2018, jun 14). Radio 1, NPO. [radio-uitzending]. In Migratie en het WK voetbal.
  • G. Oonk (Interview) (2016, aug 20). Kunnen Olympische medailles gekocht worden? [radio-uitzending]. In Radio 1, sportzomer.
  • G. Oonk (Interview) (2016, apr 16). Settled Strangers. [radio-uitzending]. In The Economist.
  • G. Oonk (discussant) (2014, mei 14). Three Continents, Three Generations. [radio-uitzending]. In Three Continents, Three Generations. BBC 4.

• Doctoral thesis (1)

  • 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.

Present position