Jan Abbink
Professor emeritus Governance and politics in Africa
- Name
- Prof.dr. G.J. Abbink
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- g.j.abbink@asc.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1383-7849
For an overview of Jan Abbink's research and publications, visit his profile on the ASCL website.
Jan Abbink is an anthropologist-historian and carries out research on the history and cultures of the Horn of Africa (Northeast Africa), particularly Ethiopia. He is Professor Emeritus of Politics and Governance in Africa at Leiden University.
He has done a number of research projects, the first one being a study of Ethiopian immigrants in Israel in the 1980s. His current projects are a socio-cultural history of South Ethiopia, an historical-cultural study of the relation between governance, political culture and religious discourse, and an ethnological study of southwest Ethiopian ethnic groups, livelihoods and conflict. He is also interested in theoretical and epistemological issues in social science.
Since 2001 Jan Abbink has been Professor (extraordinary) of African Ethnic Studies at the VU University in Amsterdam.
Professor emeritus Governance and politics in Africa
- Afrika-Studiecentrum
- Wetenschappelijke staf
- Abbink G.J. (8 November 2022), ‘Ethiopië wil van Rusland profiteren’. Interviewed by Janssen M. for Historisch Nieuwsblad. [interview].
- Abbink G.J. (5 January 2022), EXCLUSIVE: Professor J. Abbink discusses the Ethiopian war and the economic repercussions of the country's removal from AGOA. Interviewed by Benson E.A.. [interview].
- Abbink G.J. (2012), Revolte en revolutie in de 'Arabische Lente': duurzame politieke klimaatverandering?. Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Abbink G.J.. Identiteit, strijd en continuïteit in trans-modern Afrika: een kritisch-realistische benadering. Vrije Universiteit. Amsterdam. [inaugural address].