Jan Abbink
Emeritus hoogleraar Governance and politics in Africa
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Emeritus hoogleraar Governance and politics in Africa
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- Abbink G.J. (2024), Suffering and scholarly response: how to discuss the Israel-Hamas violence, Research Africa reviews 7(3): 12-13.
- Abbink G.J. (2024), The Israel-Hamas drama and the dilemmas of scholarly response, Research Africa reviews 7(3): 6-9.
- Abbink G.J. (19 juni 2024), Politics above culture?: the 2023 ‘Palestinian Festival of Literature’ redux. Commentary on a New York Review of Books discussion. [webartikel].
- Abbink G.J. (18 maart 2024), Growing political correctness in social science peer reviewing? : Some personal reflections on experiences in African studies: Enago Academy. [essay].
- Dietz A.J., Amha A. & Abbink G.J. (2024), Ethiopia before 1936. African Postal Heritage (APH) papers nr. 61. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [working paper].
- Abbink G.J. (2024), Political culture and cyclical conflict in Ethiopia: exploring the generative dynamics of political crisis in the 2020s, Journal of Asian and African Studies : 1-17.
- Abbink G.J. (2023) Understanding ‘secularism’ : new insights. Bespreking van: Berlinerblau J. (2021), Secularism: the basics. London/New York: Routledge. Secular Studies 5(1): 1-7.
- Abbink G.J. (2023), Evaluating the Pretoria Agreement: the limitations of presentist analysis of conflicts in Ethiopia, Review of African Political Economy 50(176): 234-242.
- Abbink G.J. (2023), Contesting the "secular" via the judiciary: exploring Muslim criticism of the national politico-legal order in Africa, Anthropos 118(1): 349-363.
- Abbink G.J. (2023), Eternal periphery?toward a socio-political history of Maji, an Ethiopian frontier town, 1898-2020: toward a socio-political history of Maji, an Ethiopian frontier town, 1898-2020, International Journal of African Historical Studies 56(3): 277-295.
- Bach J.-N., Abbink G.J: Ancel S., Aziz A.A.A., Fantini E., Ferras P., Mwakimako H., Nallet C., Ylönen A. & Záhořík J. (red.) (2022), Routledge handbook of the Horn of Africa. London, New York: Routledge.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), The looming spectre: a history of the ‘state of emergency’ in Ethiopia, 1970s–2021. In: Bach J.-N., Abbink G.J: Ancel S., Aziz A.A.A., Fantini E., Ferras P., Mwakimako H., Nallet C., Ylönen A. & Záhořík J. (red.) Routledge handbook of the Horn of Africa. London, New York: Routledge. 302-316.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Introduction: authoritarianism, innovative regimes, and forms of resistance. In: Bach J.-N., Abbink G.J: Ancel S., Aziz A.A.A., Fantini E., Ferras P., Mwakimako H., Nallet C., Ylönen A. & Záhořík J. (red.), Routledge handbook of the Horn of Africa. London, New York: Routledge. 251-254.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Ethiopian-Eritrean studies: a bibliography on society and history, 2016-2022. ASCL occasional publications nr. 44. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL).
- Gebeyehu A.K. & Abbink G.J. (2022), Land, sugar and pastoralism in Ethiopia: comparing the impact of the Omo-Kuraz sugar projects on local livelihoods and food (in) security in the lower Omo Valley, Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 12(32): 32.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), History education in Ethiopia post-1991: rethinking the nation’s history in the context of “decolonization” debates, Cahiers d'études Africaines (247): 487-514.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Ethiopia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B. & Mehler A. Sebudubudu D. (red.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2021. Africa Yearbook nr. 18. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 323-337.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Somalia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B. & Mehler A. Sebudubudu D. (red.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2021. Africa Yearbook nr. 18. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 367-376.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Has religion been fueling the politics of conflict in Ethiopia?: A cautionary tale (Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University). [overig].
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Remembering Kassahun Berhanu Alemu (1955-2022): the man and his work, Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities 18(1): 157-163.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), Congress risks prolonging the Ethiopian civil war , The American Conservative : .
- Abbink G.J. (2022), In memoriam Professor Kassahun Berhanu (1955-2022) (Website). Addis Abbaba, (Ethiopian Academy of Sciences). [overig].
- Abbink G.J. (23 maart 2022), Why the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and Putin’s Russia are strikingly similar. Business Day.
- Abbink G.J. (2022), ኤች አር 6600 በኢትዮጵያ የሚደረገውን የሰላም ጥረት የሚያደናቅፍ ነው, Ghion Magazine 4(176): 2.
- Abbink G.J. (5 mei 2022), The Economist magazine and reporting on Ethiopia: a comment on the Gardner case. Medium (Medium.com). [blog].
- Abbink G.J. & LaTosky S. (red.) (2021), Rhetoric and social relations : dialectics of bonding and contestation. Berghahn Books: Oxford , New York.
- Abbink G.J. & LaTosky S. (2021), Introduction: Rhetoric and social relations. In: Abbink G.J. & LaTosky S. (red.), Rhetoric and social relations : dialectics of bonding and contestation. Oxford, New York: Berghahn Books. 3-29.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Power relations in Suri: rhetoric in public speech and Action 283 . In: Abbink G.J. & LaTosky S. (red.), Rhetoric and social relations. Oxford, New York: Berghahn Books. 283-309.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), The Atlantic Community mistake on Ethiopia: counter-productive statements and data-poor policy of the EU and the USA on the Tigray conflict. ASC Working Paper Series nr. 150. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [working paper].
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Law and politics in the Ethiopian-Eritrean border dispute, 2002–2019. In: Guttry A. de, Post H.H.G. & Venturini G. (red.), The 1998–2000 Eritrea-Ethiopia war and its aftermath in international legal perspective: from the 2000 Algiers agreements to the 2018 peace agreement. Cham: Springer - T.M.C. Asser Press . 171-194, 742.
- Gebeyehu A.K., Snelder D., Sonneveld B. & Abbink G.J. (2021), How do agro-pastoralists cope with climate change? : The case of the Nyangatom in the Lower Omo Valley of Ethiopia, Journal of Arid Environments 189: 104485.
- Abbink G.J. (8 september 2021), Getting things right on the Ethiopia conflict. Blog EthioReference. [blog].
- Abbink G.J. (2021), The politics of conflict in Northern Ethiopia, 2020-2021: a study of war-making, media bias and policy struggle. ASC Working Paper Series nr. 152. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden . [working paper].
- Abbink G.J. (2021), The Ethiopia conflict in international relations and global media discourse, E-International Relations (5): 6.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Ethiopia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B., Meher A. & Sebudubudu D. (red.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara in 2020. Africa Yearbook nr. 17. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 328-341.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Somalia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B., Mehler A. & Sebudubudu D. (red.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society south of the Sahara in 2020. Africa Yearbook nr. 17. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 373-382.
- Abbink G.J. (12 november 2021), Tendency to demonise Ethiopia and give free pass to TPLF is false narrative. Business Day.
- Abbink G.J. (18 november 2021), Cyberkrieg um Tigray. Jungle World, 46: 14.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Refocusing the Ethiopia conflict: grave doubts about the narratives of ‘humanitarian blockade’ and ‘Tigray genocide’. . [overig].
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Aïcha Haddad's work of dreams and memories. In: Sanz N., Levis C. & Beaumont A. (red.), Africa in the UNESCO art collection. Paris: UNESCO. 108-111.
- Abbink G.J. (25 januari 2021), The Tigray conflict in Ethiopia: post-war ramifications and international response. The Global Observatory - Institute of Peace (USA) blog. New York: The Global Observatory - Institute of Peace. [blog].
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Ethiopia's elections are needed: but they face credibility challenges (The Conversation). [overig].
- Abbink G.J. (24 juni 2021), Kijk eens naar Ethiopië zonder neokoloniale bril. Algemeen Dagblad: 23.
- Abbink G.J. (20 augustus 2021), The Ethiopian June 2021 elections: a step to political normality?. ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog].
- Abbink G.J. & Haverdijk H. (interviewer) (2021), Oorlog in Tigray - interview met J. Abbink, Historisch Nieuwsblad (9): 10-11.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Flashback — conflict in Tigray: reflections on cause and effects (Medium). [overig].
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Research in 2020. In: Jongenelen R.G.L. & Veldkamp F. Yeadell-Moore A. (red.), Annual report African Studies Centre Leiden 2020. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 9-28.
- Abbink G.J. (2021), Bespreking van: Girke F. (2018), The wheel of autonomy: rhetoric and ethnicity in the Omo Valley. New York/Oxford: Berghahn books. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 27(2): 440-441.
- Abbink G.J. (2020), On “good governance”: towards reconciling state and vernacular views in Southwest Ethiopia, Africa: revista semestrale di studi e ricerche 2(1): 97-115.
- Abbink G.J. (2020) Review of: Kings of disaster: dualism, centralism and the scapegoat king in Southeastern Sudan (2nd ed., Kampala: Fountain Publishers - East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2017). Bespreking van: Simonse S. (2017), Kings of disaster: dualism, centralism and the scapegoat king in Southeastern Sudan. Kampala ; East Lansing: Fountain Publishers ; Michigan State University Press. Cahiers d'Études Africaines LX(1)(237): 211-213.
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Religion and violence in the Horn of Africa: trajectories of mimetic rivalry and escalation between ‘political Islam’ and the state, Politics, Religion and Ideology 21(2): .
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Zeven factoren bepalen de politieke vooruitzichten in Afrika, Clingendael Spectator : .
- Meckelburg A, & Abbink G.J. (2020), Subjects of history: administrative categories, ethnic labels, and the limits of cultural citizenship in Ethiopia, Northeast African Studies 20(1-2): 137-158.
- Abbink G.J. (2020), leader to watch 2021: Abiy Ahmed . In: , Il Mondo Che Verrà 2021 . Milan: Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). 55-58.
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Leader to watch 2021: Abiy Ahmed. In: , The World in 2021. Milan: Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). 53-56.
- Abbink G.J. (2020) Kings of disaster: dualism, centralism and the Scapegoat King in Southeastern Sudan (2nd ed.), Foreword by Mark Anspach. (Kampala: Fountain Publishers - East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2017). In: Cahiers d’Études Africaines LX(1), 237 (2020), pp. 211-213. . Bespreking van: Simonse S. (2017), Kings of disaster: dualism, centralism and the scapegoat king in Southeastern Sudan . Kampala ; East Lansing: Fountain publishers; Michigan State University Press. Cahiers d'Études africaines LX (1)(237): 211-213.
- Abbink G.J. (2020) The state of status groups in Ethiopia: minorities between marginalization and integration. Bespreking van: Epple S. (2018), The state of status groups in Ethiopia: minorities between marginalization and integration. Dietrich Reimer Verlag: Berlin. Rassegna di studi etiopici 3 (N.S.): 227-231.
- Abbink G.J. (2020) Under construction: technologies of development in Ethiopia. Bespreking van: Mains D. (2020), Under construction: technologies of development in Ethiopia. Durham: Duke University Press. Anthropological quarterly 93(3): 261-266.
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Ethiopia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B., Meher A. & Sewudubudu D. (red.), Africa yearbook 2019 : politics, economics and society South of the Sahara 2019. Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society south of the Sahara nr. 16. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 329-342.
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Somalia. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B., Meher A. & Sewudubudu D. (red.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2019. Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society south of the Sahara nr. 16. Brill: Leiden, Boston. 369-378.
- Abbink G.J., Hopes dashed: sabotage and mayhem in Ethiopia. ASCL Africanist blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog].
- Abbink G.J. (2020), Gefaehrliche Erbschaften : der Konflikt in Nordäthiopien vom November hat seine Ursprünge in einer Politik der Ethnisierung, Jungle World (51): 4-5.
- Abbink G.J. (2019), Ethiopia. In: Adetula V., Kamski B., Mehler A. & Melber H. (red.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2018. Africa Yearbook nr. 15. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 317-329.
- Abbink G.J. (2019), Somalia. In: Adetula V., Kamski B., Mehler A. & Melber H. (red.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2018. Africa Yearbook nr. 15. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 359-368.
- Abbink G.J., An unknown chapter : Israel’s re-emerging relations with Africa. ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog].
- Abbink G.J. (2019), In memoriam Ulrich Braukämper, Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies 22: 246-252.
- Abbink G.J. (2019), Ethiopia’s successes under Abiy Ahmed constrained by ethnic divisions, Global observatory : .
- Nigatu Y. & Abbink G.J. (2019), Political breakthrough in Ethiopia? : prime minister Abiy Ahmed’s reformist agenda. In: Winden M.C.A. van & Yeadell-Moore A.L. (red.), Annual report 2018 African Studies Centre Leiden. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 10-11.
- Abbink G.J. (red.) (2018), The environmental crunch in Africa : growth narratives vs. local realities. New York ; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Losing the plot: environmental problems and livelihood strife in developing rural Ethiopia-Suri agropastoralism vs. state resource use. In: Abbink G.J. (red.), The environmental crunch in Africa : growth narratives vs. local realities. New York ; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 137-178.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Introduction: promise and peril in Africa-growth narratives vs. local environmental problems. In: Abbink G.J. (red.), The environmental crunch in Africa : growth narratives vs. local realities. New York ; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 1-28.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), The religious soundscape of Ethiopia: 'noise' production between sacred and secular spaces. In: Girke F., Thubauville S. & Smidt W.G.C. (red.), Anthropology as homage : Festschrift for Ivo Strecker. Cologne: R. Koeppe Verlag. 251-269.
- Abbink G.J. (2018) Review of James de Lorenzi, 'Guardians of the tradition: historians and historical writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea". Bespreking van: Lorenzi J. de (2015), Guardians of the tradition: historians and historical writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. History of Humanities 3(2): 453-456.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), The Suri. In: Clack T. & Brittain M. (red.), The river: peoples and histories of the Omo-Turkana area. Oxford: ArchaeoPress. 133-139.
- Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (red.) (2018), Africa Yearbook 2017 : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara. Africa Yearbook nr. 14. Leiden: Brill.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Eastern Africa. In: Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (red.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and Society South of the Sahara. Africa Yearbook. Brill: Leiden. 267-282.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Somalia. In: Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (red.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2017. Africa Yearbook nr. 14. Leiden: Brill. 359-368.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Ethiopia. In: Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (red.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2017. Africa Yearbook nr. 14. Leiden: Brill. 317-329.
- Nieuwkerk A. van & Abbink G.J. (2018), Seychelles. In: Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (red.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2017. Africa Yearbook nr. 14. Leiden: Brill. 353-358.
- Abbink G.J., Odetula V., Mehler A. & Melber H. (2018), Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (red.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2017. Africa Yearbook nr. 14. Leiden: Brill. 3-19.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Die Völker Äthiopiens - ein Überblick. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D.L., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (red.), Äthiopien: Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen. Harrassowitz Verlag: Wiesbaden. 41-44.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Die Walaytta. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D.L., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (red.), Äthiopien: Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 74-76.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Die Kafa. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D.L., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (red.), Äthiopien: Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 74-76.
- Gascon A. & Abbink G.J. (2018), Die Klima. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D.L., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (red.), Äthiopien: Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 19-22.
- Gascon A. & Abbink G.J. (2018), National parks. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D.L., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (red.), Äthiopien: Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 375-379.
- Abbink G.J., Governance in Africa: more than political and economic "management". ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog].
- Abbink G.J., Conferencing in Ethiopia: no politically correct bla-bla. ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog].
- Abbink G.J., Ethiopia plans for new prime minister, but crisis has deep challenges. Global Observatory-IPI blog. Austria: IPI Global Observatory. [blog].
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Development in rural Ethiopia. In: Winden M.C.A. van & Yeadell-Moore A.L. (red.), Annual report African Studies Centre Leiden. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 18-19.
- Abbink G.J. (2018) The Bashada of Southern Ethiopia. Bespreking van: Epple S. (2010), The Bashada of Southern Ethiopia. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag: Cologne : 196-198.
- Abbink G.J. (2018), Development in rural Ethiopia. In: Winden M.C.A. van & Yeadell-Moore A.L. (red.), Annual report African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) 2017. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 18-19.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Traditional Ethiopian legal culture : Amharic proverbs and maxims on law and justice. In: Carter McCollum A. (red.), Studies in Ethiopian languages, literature, and history: Festschrift for Getatchew Haile. Äthiopistische Forschungen nr. 83. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 3-20.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Paradoxes of electoral authoritarianism : the 2015 Ethiopian elections as hegemonic performance, Journal of Contemporary African Studies 35(3): 1-21.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), "Wie est eigentlich gewesen..." : Eike Haberland's Rankean approach to Southern Ethiopian cultures and iets legacy today. In: Dinslage S. & Thubauville S. (red.), Seeking out wise old men : six decades of Ethiopian studies at the Frobenius Institute revisited. Studien zur Kulturkunde nr. 131. Berlin: D. Reimer Verlag. 154-175.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), A decade of Ethiopia : politics, economy and society 2004-2016. Leiden: Brill.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Insecure food: diet, eating and identity among the Ethiopian Suri people in the developmental age, African Study Monographs 38(3): 119-145.
- Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (2017), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Eastern Africa. In: Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (red.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill. 261-276.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Somalia. In: Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (red.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill. 350-358.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Ethiopia. In: Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (red.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill. 310-322.
- Nieuwkerk A. van & Abbink G.J. (2017), Seychelles. In: Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (red.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill. 344-349.
- Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (2017), Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (red.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden: Brill. 3-20.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Stemming the tide? : the promise of environmental rehabilitation scenarios in Ethiopia. In: Beek W.E.A. van, Damen J.C.M. & Foeken D.W.J. (red.), The face of Africa : essays in honour of Ton Dietz. ASCL occasional publications nr. 26. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). 185-198.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Obituary: Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst (1927-2017). Rassegna di Studi Etiopici: 226-229.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Etiyopya’da İslam ve sosyokültürel çeşitlilik = Ethiopian Islam and socio-cultural diversity, Yeni Türkiye (97): 459-462.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Introduction : peoples in Ethiopia. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (red.), Ethiopia. history, cultures, and challenges. Münster: Lit Verlag. 39-41.
- Abbink G.J. (2017), Walaytta. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (red.), Ethiopia : history, cultures and challenges. Münster: Lit Verlag. 75-77.
- Gascon A. & Abbink G.J. (2017), Climate. In: Uhlig S., Appleyard D., Bausi A., Hahn W. & Kaplan S. (red.), Ethiopia : history, cultures and challenges. Münster: Lit Verlag. 16-20.
- Abbink G.J. (2017) Review of G. Prunier and E. Ficquet (eds.), 'Contemporary Ethiopia : monarchy, revolution and the legacy of Meles Zenawi" (London : C. Hurst, 2015). Bespreking van: Prunier G. & Ficquet E. (2015), Contemporary Ethiopia : monarchy, revolution and the legacy of Meles Zenawi. London: C. Hurst. Journal of Modern African Studies 55(1): 171-173.
- Abbink G.J. (2017) Review of Zeleke Eresso, 'Faith at the crossroads : religious syncretism and dispute settlement in Northern Ethiopia. A study of Sufe shrine in North Eastern Ethiopia" Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2015). Bespreking van: Eresso M.Z. (2015), Faith at the crossroads : religious syncretism and dispute settlement in Northern Ethiopia. A study of Sufe shrine in North Eastern Ethiopia. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Islamic Africa 8: 242-246.
- Abbink G.J. (2017) Review of Patrick Desplat and Terje Østebø, 'Muslim Ethiopia : the Christian legacy, identity politics and Islamic reformism" London : Palgrave-Macmillan, 2013). Bespreking van: Desplat P. & Østebø T. (2013), Muslim Ethiopia : the Christian legacy, identity politics and Islamic reformism. London: Palgrave-Macmillan. Islamic Africa 8: 242-246.
- Abbink G.J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (2016), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2015. Africa Yearbook nr. 16. Brill: Leiden.
- Abbink G.J. (2016) Review of The outcast majority: war, development and youth in Africa. Bespreking van: Sommers Marc (2015), The outcast majority: war, development, and youth in Africa .
- Abbink G.J. (2016), Rethinking the anthropology of Ethiopia through culture and ritual. In: Ficquet E., Hassen A. & Osmond Th. (red.), Movements in Ethiopia: Ethiopia in movement : proceedings of the 18th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. Los Angeles: Tsehai Publishers. 37 - 52 (vol. 1).
- Abbink J. (2016), The cross in Ethiopian Christianity: ecclesial symbolism and religious experience. In: Bongmba E.K. (red.), Routledge companion to Christianity in Africa. London: Routledge. 122-140.
- Abbink G.J. (2016), Ethiopian-Eritrean studies: a bibliography on society and history, 2010-2015. ASC occasional publication nr. 24. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL).
- Abbink G.J. (2014), Religion and politics in Africa : the future of "the secular", Africa Spectrum 49(3): 83-106.
- Abbink G.J. (2014), Religious freedom and the political order: the Ethiopian 'secular state' and the containment of Muslim identity politics, Journal of Eastern African Studies 8(3): 346-365.
- Abbink G.J., Askew K., Dori D.F., Fratkin E., Gabbert E.C., Galaty J., LaTosky S., Lydall J., Mahmoud H.A., Markakis J., Schlee G., Strecker I. & Turton D. (2014), Lands of the future: transforming pastoral lands and livelihoods in Eastern Africa. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology working papers nr. 154. Halle / Saale: Max Planck Institute. [working paper].
- Abbink G.J. (2014), Stabiele instabiliteit: Somalië, Al Shabaab en de wijdere regio, Internationale Spectator 68(11): 4-8.
- Abbink G.J. (2012), Dam controversies: contested governance and developmental discourse on the Ethiopian Omo River dam, Social Anthropology 20(2): 125-144.
- Abbink G.J. (2012), De Hoorn van Afrika als regionale (on)veiligheidszone: conflicten en dilemma's, Internationale Spectator 66(5): 235-240.
- Abbink G.J. (2011), De politiek-maatschappelijke context van een terugkerend probleem, Geografie: vaktijdschrift voor geografen 20(9): 11-12.
- Abbink G.J. (2011), Democracy deferred: understanding elections and the role of donors in Ethiopia. In: Abbink G.J. & Bruijn M.E. de (red.), Land, law and politics in Africa: mediating conflict and reshaping the state. African dynamics nr. 10. Leiden: Brill. 213-239.
- Abbink G.J. (2011), Religion in public spaces: emerging Muslim-Christian polemics in Ethiopia, African Affairs 110(439): 253-274.
- Abbink G.J. & Bruijn M.E. de (2011), Land, law and politics in Africa: mediating conflict and reshaping the state. African dynamics nr. 10. Leiden: Brill.
- Abbink G.J. (2011), Ethnic-based federalism and ethnicity in Ethiopia: reassessing the experiment after 20 years, Journal of Eastern African Studies 5(4): 596-618.
- Abbink G.J. (2011), 'Land to the foreigners': economic, legal, and socio-cultural aspects of new land acquisition schemes in Ethiopia, Journal of Contemporary African Studies 29(4): 513-539.
- Abbink G.J. (2010), Political culture in Ethiopia: a balance sheet of post-1991 ethnically-based federalism. ASCL Infosheet nr. 8. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (2010), Elections in Africa, 1991-2009: Ways to democracy or breeding grounds for conflict?. ASCL Infosheet nr. 9. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (2009), The Islamic Courts Union: the ebb and flow of a Somali Islamist movement. In: Ellis S. & Kessel W.M.J. van (red.), Movers and shakers: social movements in Africa. African dynamics nr. 8. Leiden: Brill. 87-113.
- Abbink G.J. (2009), The Ethiopian second republic and the fragile 'social contract', Africa Spectrum 44(2): 3-28.
- Abbink G.J. (2009), Law against reality? Contextualizing the Ethiopian-Eritrean border problem. In: Grutty A. de, Post H. & Venturini G. (red.), The 1998-2000 war between Eritrea and Ethiopia: an international legal perspective. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press. 141-158.
- Abbink G.J. (2009), Ethiopia. In: Mehler A., Melber H. & Walraven K. van (red.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2008. Africa Yearbook. Leiden: Brill. 287-299.
- Abbink G.J. (2009), The Total Somali Clan Genealogy (second edition). ASC Working Paper Series nr. 84. Leiden: African Studies Centre. [working paper].
- Abbink J., Bruijn M.E. de & Walraven K. van (red.) (2008), A Propósito de Resistir: Repensar la Insurgencia en Africa. Barcelona: Oozebap.
- Abbink G.J. (2008), Muslim monasteries? Some aspects of religious culture in Northern Ethiopia, Aethiopica: international journal of Ethiopian studies 11: 117-133.
- Abbink G.J. (2008), Violence and survival in Ethiopia: a comparative anthropology of the Suri people. ASCL Infosheet nr. 4. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. & Dokkum A. van (2008), Dilemmas of development: conflicts of interest and their resolutions in modernizing Africa. African Studies Collection, ISSN 1876-018X ; 26 nr. 12. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (2007), Causes and trajectories of local conflict among pastoral peoples in Northeast Africa, Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities 5(1): 25-42.
- Abbink G.J. (2006), Discomfiture of democracy? The 2005 election crisis in Ethiopia and its aftermath, African Affairs 105(419): 173-199.
- Abbink G.J. (2006), Reconstructing Haberland reconstructing the Wolaitta: writing the history and society of a former Ethiopian Kingdom, History in Africa 33: 1-15.
- Abbink G.J. (2005), Being young in Africa: the politics of despair and renewal. In: , Vanguard or vandals: youth, politics and conflict in Africa. African dynamics nr. 4. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. 1-33.
- Abbink G.J. & Kessel W.M.J. van (2005), Vanguard or vandals: youth, politics and conflict in Africa. African dynamics nr. 4. Leiden: Brill.
- Abbink G.J. (2004), Violence and state (re)formation in the African context: global and local aspects of crisis and change. In: Westerfield R.E. (red.), Current Issues in Globalization. New York: Happauge. 137-149.
- Abbink G.J. (2004), Reconstructing Southern Sudan in the post-war era: challenges and prospects of 'Quick Impact Programmes'. ASC Working Paper Series nr. 55. Leiden [etc.]: African Studies Centre [etc.]. [working paper].
- Abbink G.J. (2004) Review of Freeman D.: 'Initiating change in Highland Ethiopia: causes and consequences of cultural transformation'. Bespreking van: Freeman D. (2002), Initiating change in Highland Ethiopia: causes and consequences of cultural transformation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Africa 74(4): 700-701.
- Abbink G.J. (2004), Remembering Londósa: mediator and counterpoint in a "violent" society. In: Böll V. (red.), Studia Aethiopica: in honour of Siegbert Uhlig on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 371-382.
- Abbink G.J. (2004), An obituary of Aberra Jembere 1928-2004, International Journal of Ethiopian Studies 7: 189-193.
- Walraven K. van & Abbink G.J. (2003), Rethinking resistance in African history: an introduction. In: Abbink G.J., Bruijn M.E. de & Walraven K. van (red.), Rethinking resistance: revolt and violence in African history. African dynamics nr. 2. Leiden: Brill. 1-40.
- Abbink G.J. (2003), Badme and the Ethio-Eritrean border: the challenge of demarcation in the post-war period, Africa 58(2): 219-231.
- Abbink G.J., Bruijn M.E. de & Walraven K. van (2003), Rethinking resistance: revolt and violence in African history. African dynamics nr. 2. Leiden: Brill.
- Abbink G.J. (2003), Ethiopia-Eritrea: proxy wars and prospects of peace in the Horn of Africa, Journal of Contemporary African Studies 21(3): 407-425.
- Abbink G.J. (2003), Love and death of cattle: the paradox in Suri attitudes toward livestock, Ethnos 68(3): 341-364.
- Abbink G.J. (2003), Dervishes, 'moryaan' and freedom fighters: cycles of rebellion and the fragmentation of Somali society, 1900-2000. In: Abbink G.J., Walraven K. van & Bruijn M.E. de (red.), Rethinking resistance: revolt and violence in African history. African dynamics nr. 2. Leiden: Brill. 328-365.
- Abbink G.J. (2003), A bibliography on Christianity in Ethiopia. ASC Working Paper Series nr. 52. Leiden: Afrika-Studiecentrum. [working paper].
- Abbink G.J. (2003), Local leadership and state governance in southern Ethiopia: from charisma to bureaucracy. In: Vaughan O. (red.), Indigenous political structures and governance in Africa. Ibadan: Sefer Books. 177-207.
- Abbink G.J. (2002), Drinking, prestige, and power: alcohol and cultural hegemony in Maji, southern Ethiopia. In: Bryceson D.F. (red.), Alcohol in Africa: mixing business, pleasure, and politics. Portsmouth: Heineman. 161-177.
- Abbink G.J. (2002), Paradoxes of power and culture in an old periphery: Surma, 1974-1998. In: Donham D. (red.), Remapping Ethiopia: socialism and after. Oxford: James Currey. 155-172.
- Abbink G.J. (2002), Ethnic trajectories in Israel: comparing the "Bené Israel" and "Beta Israel" communities, 1950-2000, Anthropos 97: 3-19.
- Abbink G.J. (2002), Plant use among the Suri people of southern Ethiopia: a system of knowledge in danger?, Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (70): 199-206.
- Abbink G.J. (2001), De Hoorn van Afrika: op weg naar vrede?, Internationale Spectator 55(4): 199-205.
- Abbink G.J. (2001), Creating borders: exploring the impact of the Ethio-Eritrean war on the local population, Africa 56(4): 447-458.
- Abbink G.J. (2001), African studies in the Netherlands: a brief survey, African Research & Documentation 2001(87): 3-10.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Preface: violation and violence as cultural phenomena. In: , Meanings of violence: a cross cultural perspective xi-xvii.
- Abbink G.J. (2000) Review of Kurimoto E., Simonse S. (eds.): 'Conflict Age and Power in North East Africa: Age Systems in Transition'. Bespreking van: Kurimoto E. & Simonse S. (1998), Conflict Age and Power in North East Africa: Age Systems in Transition. Oxford: James Currey. Africa 70(2): 322-325.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), De staat van Congo-Brazza, Facta 8(3): 4-7.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Violence and the crisis of conciliation: Suri, Dizi and the State in south-west Ethiopia, Africa 70(4): 527-550.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), 'Loof de Heer!' Jeugd en religie in Afrika. In: Borg H. ter & Kessel W.M.J. van (red.), Beelden van Afrika. Utrecht: Het Spectrum. 102-111.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), La violence, l'État et l'ethnicité dans la Corne de l'Afrique: au niveau local et mondial, Autrepart (15): 149-166.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Représentations de la culture matérielle des Me'en: forme et fonction des artefacts, Annales d'Éthiopie 16: 93-106.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), The organization of elections in federal Ethiopia: Retrospect and prospect. In: Abbink G.J. & Hesseling G.S.C.M. (red.), Election observation and democratization in Africa. Basingstoke: Macmillan. 150-179.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Restoring the balance: violence and culture among the Suri of Southern Ethiopia. In: Aijmer G. & Abbink G.J. (red.), Meanings of violence: a cross cultural perspective. Oxford: Berg. 77-100.
- Abbink G.J. (2000) Review of Doornbos M., Tesfai A. (eds): 'Post-conflict Eritrea: Prospects for Reconstruction and Development'. Bespreking van: Doornbos M. & Tesfai A. (1999), Post-conflict Eritrea: Prospects for Reconstruction and Development. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea Press. Journal of Modern African Studies 38(3): 524-526.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Introduction: Rethinking democratization and election observation. In: Abbink G.J. & Hesseling G.S.C.M. (red.), Election observation and democratization in Africa. Basingstoke: Macmillan. 1-17.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Comparing cultures in Southern Ethiopia: from ethnography to generative explanation, Northeast African Studies 7(3): 1-14.
- Meilink H.A., Bryceson D.F. & Abbink G.J. (2000), Can Africa claim the 21st century?' A World Bank publication, May 2000. Review and comments. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (2000), Tourism and its discontents: Suri-tourist encounters in southern Ethiopia, Social Anthropology 8(1): 1-17.
- Abbink G.J. (1999), The Elusive Chief: Authority and Leadership in Surma Society (Ethiopia). In: , African Chieftaincy in a New Socio-Political Landscape. Hamburg: Lit Verlag. 49-74.
- Abbink G.J. (1999), Review of "Ethiopia - The Heritage of an Empire". Notes on an Exhibition, Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies 2: 291-296.
- Abbink G.J. (1999), Doing justice to Clastres, Anthropology Today 15(4): 21-21.
- Abbink G.J. (1999), Artifacts as 'daily art' in Me'en culture: the life and work of Bogine Shala and Gelta Foroshowa. In: Silverman R.A. (red.), Ethiopia: Traditions of Creativity. East Lansing: Michigan State University Museum. 27-45.
- Abbink G.J. (1999), Violence, ritual, and reproduction: culture and context in Surma dueling, Ethnology 38(3): 227-242.
- Binsbergen W.M.J. van & Abbink G.J. (1999), International election observation: A discussion on policy and practice. In: Abbink G.J. & Hesseling G.S.C.M. (red.), Election observation and democratization in Africa. Basingstoke [etc.]: Macmillan. 257-276.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), Briefing: the Eritrean-Ethiopian border dispute, African Affairs 97(389): 551-565.
- Unseth P. & Abbink G.J. (1998), Cross-ethnic clan identities among Surmic groups and their neighbours: the case of the Mela. In: Dimmendaal G.J. & Last M. (red.), Surmic Languages and Cultures. Nilo-Saharan nr. 13. Cologne: Köppe. 103-112.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), Democratisering als schaduwtheater?: Afrikaanse experimenten, Facta 6(3): 14-18.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), Ritual and political forms of violent practice among the Suri of southern Ethiopia, Cahiers d'Études Africaines 38(150/152): 271-295.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), Violence and political discourse among the Chai Suri. In: Dimmendaal G.J. & Last M. (red.), Surmic languages and cultures. Cologne: Köppe. 321-344.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), New configurations of Ethiopian ethnicity: the challenge of the South, Northeast African Studies 5(1): 59-81.
- Abbink G.J. (1998), An historical-anthropological approach to Islam in Ethiopia: issues of identity and politics, Journal of African Cultural Studies 11(2): 109-124.
- Abbink G.J. (1998) Review of Adera, T. and Ahmed, A.J. (eds), 'Silence is not Golden. A Critical Anthology of Ethiopian Literature'. Bespreking van: Adera T. & Ahmed A.J. (1995), Silence is not Golden. A Critical Anthology of Ethiopian Literature. Lawrence ville, NJ: The Red Sea Press. International Journal of Ethiopian Studies 1: 240-243.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Authority and leadership in Surma society (Ethiopia), Africa 52(3): 317-342.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Ethnicity and constitutionalism in contemporary Ethiopia, Journal of African Law 41(2): 159-174.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Staatsomvorming in Afrika, Internationale Spectator 51(4): 204-208.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), The myth of Tishana "kingship": ideological reflections of socio-economic change, Anthropos 92(4/6): 551-556.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), The shrinking cultural and political space of East African pastoral societies, Nordic Journal of African Studies 6(1): 1-17.
- Nijland D. & Abbink G.J. (1997), Visuele etnografie - theorie, methoden en mogelijkheden, Facta 5(4): 16-19.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Het Surma stokduel: sport en ritueel geweld, De Baobab 12(3): 15-20.
- Abbink G.J. (1997) Review of Kaplan S., Parfitt T. and Trevisan Semi E. (eds.): 'Between Africa and Zion'. Bespreking van: Kaplan S., Parfitt T. & Trevisan Semi E. (1995), Between Africa and Zion. Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute. Journal of Religion in Africa 27(2): 217-218.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), De ingebeelde EU - vorm als inhoud van de Europese Unie, Facta 5(4): 11-13.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Afrika bezuiden de Sahara. In: Driessen H. (red.), In het huis van de islam: geografie, geschiedenis, geloofsleer, cultuur, economie, politiek. Nijmegen: SUN. 71-77.
- Abbink G.J. (1997), Competing practices of drinking and power: alcoholic 'hegemonism' in southern Ethiopia, Northeast African Studies 4(3): 7-22.
- Abbink G.J. (1996), De afstand tussen antropologie en toerisme, Facta 4(3): 8-9.
- Abbink G.J. (1996), The challenges of education in an Ethiopian agro-pastoral society: Surma childhood in crisis, Research papers on the situation of children and adolescents in Ethiopia : proceedings of the Conference on the situation of children and adolescents in Ethiopia, held in Addis Ababa, 9-10 August 1996. Conference on the Situatin of Children and Adolescents in Ethiopia 9 augustus 1996 - 10 augustus 1996. Addis Ababa: Psychology Department, Addis Ababa University. 115-135.
- Abbink G.J. (1996) Review of Branes V.L., Boddy J.: 'Aman, the story of a Somali girl'. Bespreking van: Branes V.L. & Boddy J. (1995), Aman, the story of a Somali girl. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. Northeast African Studies 3(2): 159-163.
- Abbink G.J. (1996), Eritreo-Ethiopian studies in society and history: 1960-1995 : a supplementary bibliography. ASC Research Report nr. 55. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (1996), Bomen en planten bij de Ethiopische Surma: ritueel en praktisch gebruik, De Baobab 12(1): 27-31.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Tussen cognitie en cultuur, Facta 3(7): 2-5.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Disaster, relief and political change in southern Ethiopia: developments from within Suri society. In: Sorenson J. (red.), Disaster and development in the Horn of Africa. International Political Economy Series. New York: Macmillan Press. 151-170.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Ethnicité et 'démocratisation': le dilemme éthiopien, Politique Africaine (57): 135-141.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Ritual and environment: the 'mósit' ceremony of the Ethiopian Me'en people, Journal of Religion in Africa 25(2): 163-190.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Antropologen zijn geen toeristen, Facta 3(4): 2-5.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), The impact of violence: the Ethiopian 'Red terror' as a social phenomenon. In: Bräunlein P.J. & Lauser A. (red.), Krieg und Frieden: ethnologische Perspektiven. Bremen: Kea-Edition. 129-145.
- Abbink G.J. (1995), Etniciteit en democratisering in Ethiopië, Internationale Spectator 49(11): 591-597.
- Abbink G.J. (1994), Refractions of revolution in Ethiopian "Surmic" societies: an analysis of cultural response. In: Marcus H.G. (red.), New Trends in Ethiopian Studies. Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press. 734-755.
- Abbink G.J. (1994), The irrevocable past: history and image of the Beta Esra'el, Cahiers d'Études Africaines 34(4): 693-700.
- Abbink G.J. (1993), Ethnic conflict in the 'tribal zone': the Dizi and Suri in southern Ethiopia, Journal of Modern African Studies 31(4): 675-682.
- Abbink G.J. (1993), Famine, gold and guns: the Suri of southwestern Ethiopia, 1985-91, Disasters 17(3): 218-225.
- Abbink G.J. (1993), Me'en ritual, medicinal and other plants: a contribution to South-West Ethiopian ethno-botany, Journal of Ethiopian Studies 26(2): 1-21.
- Abbink G.J. (1992), Funeral as ritual: an analysis of Me'en mortuary rites (southwest Ethiopia), Africa 47(2): 221-236.
- Abbink G.J. (1991), The deconstruction of 'tribe': ethnicity and politics in southwestern Ethiopia, Journal of Ethiopian Studies 24: 1-21.
- Abbink G.J. (1991), Islam en politiek in de Hoorn van Afrika. In: Sunier J.T. (red.), Macht, mobilisatie en moskee: de diversiteit van de islam. Baarn [etc.]: Ambo [etc.]. 55-59.
- Abbink G.J. (1990), Ethiopian society and history: a bibliography of Ethiopian studies 1957-1990. ASC Research Report nr. 1991/45. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
- Abbink G.J. (1990), The enigma of Beta Esra'el ethnogenesis: an anthro-historical study, Cahiers d'Études Africaines 30(120): 397-449.
- Abbink G.J. (1990), Anthropologists, missionaries and rationality. In: Bonsen R., Marks H. & Miedema J. (red.), The ambiguity of rapprochement : reflections of anthropologists on their controversial relationship with missionaries. Nijmegen: Focaal. 121-146.
- Abbink G.J. (1985), 'Militair socialisme': de politieke verhoudingen in Ethiopië, Internationale Spectator 39(2): 65-72.
- Abbink G.J. (1985), Anthropology and the missions: a critical epistemological perspective, Methodology and Science 18(4): 253-269.