Jos Gommans
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Jos Gommans is een historicus met expertise op het gebied van de vroegmoderne geschiedenis van Zuid-Azië, vaak in wisselwerking met de gebieden van Centraal Azië, Zuidoost-Azië en de Europese koloniale rijken.
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Jos Gommans is een historicus met expertise op het gebied van de vroegmoderne geschiedenis van Zuid-Azië, vaak in wisselwerking met de gebieden van Centraal Azië, Zuidoost-Azië en de Europese koloniale rijken.
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- Instituut voor Geschiedenis
- Gommans J.J.L. (2026), Sun, Emperor and Pope: Neoplatonic Solar Cults in Mughal India and Barberini Rome. New York: Routledge.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2025), Back to the water: Early Modern Malabar and the Dutch Colonial Archive, ISHORE: Working Papers 1(1): 1-40 (1).
- Gommans J.J.L. (2025), Reflections on a miniature painting with ‘Deccan Ruler’, The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 73(4): 338-349.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Huseini S.R. (2024), New dawn in Mughal India: longue durée Neoplatonism in the making of Akbar’s sun project, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 34(2): 455-476.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2024), De astrolabe: kennis is macht. In: Wijnia L. (red.), Schepping van de wetenschap. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. 26-28.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2024), Worshipping the sun at the end of time : neoplatonic solar cults in Mughal India and Barberini Rome, Global Intellectual History : 1-44.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2023), Space and time in the making of Monsoon Asia. In: Henley D. & Wikramasinghe N. (red.), Monsoon Asia: a reader on South and Southeast Asia. Leiden: Leiden University Press. 97-117.
- Gommans (2023), The Dutch colonial archive in the making of global and local histories: an experiment to remedy inequalities in global history [Les archives coloniales néerlandaises dans l’établissement d’histoires globales et locales] (vertaling Gommans J.J.L.), Itinerario : 10-12.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2022), Les archives coloniales néerlandaises dans l’établissement d’histoires globales et locales, Revue Monde 21(2022): 10-12.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Huseini S.R. (2022), Neoplatonic kingship in the Islamic world: Akbar’s millennial history. In: Afzar Moin A. & Strathern A. (red.), Sacred kingship in world history: between immanence and transcendence. New York: Columbia University Press. 192-222.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Huseini S.R. (2022), Neoplatonism and the Pax Mongolica in the making of sulḥ-i kull: a view from Akbar’s millennial history, Modern Asian Studies 56(3): 870-901.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2022), The Neoplatonic Renaissance from the Thames to the Ganges. In: Bose N. (red.), India after world history: literature, comparison, and approaches to globalization. Leiden: Leiden University Press. 169-201.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2022), Een korte wereldgeschiedenis van de Gouden Eeuw. In: Huisman T., Maas A. & Schollaardt C. (red.), Denkers, Doeners, Durfals: Vijf eeuwen onderzoek en innovatie in Nederland. Zwolle: WBOOKS. 47-50.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Hond J. de (2021), The unseen world of Willem Schellinks: local milieu and global circulation in the visualization of Mughal India. In: Singh J.G. (red.), A Companion to the Global Renaissance: Literature and Culture in the Era of Expansion, 1500-1700. Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. 231-248.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2020), Bespreking van: Koch E. & Anooshahr A. (2019), The Mughal Empire from Jahangir to Shah Jahan: Art, Architecture, Politics, Law and Literature.. Mumbai: Marg Publishers. Journal of Early Modern History 24(1): 103-109.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2020), Cosmopolitanism and imagination in Nayaka South India: decoding the Brooklyn kalamkari, Archives of Asian Art 70(1): 1-21.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Lopez A. (red.) (2020), Philippine Confluence: Iberian, Chinese and Islamic Currents, c. 1500-1800 . Leiden: Leiden University Press.
- Gommans J.J.L., Lopez A. & Donoso I. (2020), Introduction. In: Gommans J.J.L. & Lopez A. (red.), Philippine Confluence: Iberian, Chinese and Islamic Currents, c. 1500-1800. Leiden: Leiden University Press. 9-23.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Emmer P.C. (2020), The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600-1800 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2019), Bespreking van: Onnekink David & Rommelse Gijs (2019), The Dutch in the Early Modern World: A History of Global Power. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Itinerario 43(3): 566-567.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2019), Rethinking the VOC: Two Cheers for Progress, BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review = Bijdragen en mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden 134(2): 142-152.
- Gommans J.J.L. (12 augustus 2019), Kasjmir: Het Sudetenland van de Hindoe Nationalisten?. Trouw, Opinie.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2019), Rijksmuseum Guest Curator “India and the Netherlands in the Age of Rembrandt” at Chhatrapati Shivaji Mararaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Mumbai, 17 October – 16 December 2019; incl. introductory speech and guided tour for King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima during state visit to India.Interviews with Dutch media: Radio 1, Blauw Bloed (EO); with Indian media: The Hindu (17-10),), Hindustan Times (17-10), Mid-day (18-10), Architectural Digest (27-10), First Post (4-11) (Chhatrapati Shivaji Mararaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Mumbai,). [overig].
- Gommans J.J.L. (2019), The Frontier in the Making of Immanent Kingship, 1200-1700. Sacred Kingship in World History: Between Immanence and Transcendence 25 mei 2019 - 26 mei 2019. Oxford UK: Brasenose College, Oxford University.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Douma M.J. (red.) (2019), The Colonization of Freed African Americans in Suriname: Archival Sources relating to the U.S.-Dutch Negotiations, 1860-1866 nr. 3. Leiden: Leiden University Press.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Lally J. (2019), The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire c. 1710-1780 - 3rd ed. Delhi: Manohar Publishers.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2018), Decoding the Brooklyn Kalamkari. Cosmopolitan Kalamkaris: Crafting Connections through Seventeenth-century Figural Fabrics 30 oktober 2018 - 31 oktober 2018. National Museum, Delhi, India: Cosmopolitan Kalamkaris: Crafting Connections through Seventeenth-century Figural Fabrics.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2018), The Indian Frontier: Horse and Warband in the Making of Empires. Delhi: Manohar Publishers.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2018), The Warband in the Making of Eurasian Empires. In: Berkel Maaike van & Duindam Jeroen (red.), Prince, Pen and Sword: Eurasian Perspectives nr. 15. Leiden and Boston: Brill. 297-384.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2018), The Unseen World: India and the Netherlands from 1550 nr. 7. Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum and VanTilt.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2018), De Verborgen Wereld: Nederland en India vanaf 1550 nr. 7. Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum en VanTilt.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2018), "Indo-Dutch Entanglements in the Age of Rembrandt", presented at Conference on "Drawing from Mughal India in the Age of Rembrandt", The J. Paul Getty Museum, 8 April 2018. Different versions presented at a talk at the University of Texas at Austin, South Asia Institute, 5 April 2018 and at the India Day at the Rijksmuseum organised by the Vereniging Vrienden Aziatische Kunst, 3 June 2018. .
- Gommans J.J.L. (2018), Java's Mongol Demon. Inscribing the Horse Archer into the Epic History of Majapahit. In: Klöber Rafael & Ludwig Manju (red.), HerStory. Historical Scholarship between South Asia and Europe: Festschrift in Honour of Gita Dharampal-Frick. Heidelberg: CrossAsia E Publishing. 249-259.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2017) Laten we Global History overbodig maken: Recensie van Sebastian Conrad, What is Global History?. Bespreking van: Sebastian Conrad (2017), What is Global History?. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press 113(1): 105-106.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2017), Bespreking van: Truschke Audrey (2016), Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court. New York: Columbia University Press 122(5): 1584-1585.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Loots I. (2017), Reconnecting Asia: The World Systems of Georgius Hornius (1620-1660). In: Reeuwijk A. van (red.), Voyage of Discovery: Exploring the Collections of the Asian Library at Leiden University. Leiden: Leiden University Press. 56-66.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2017), "The Euro-Islamic Continuum at 1600: Religious and Philosophical Revivalism and the Production of Courtly Knowledge" presented at the Itinerario/Leverhulme Conference on Global Nodes, Networks, Orders: Three Global History Workshops on Transformative Connectivity, Leiden, 20 April 2017. .
- Gommans J.J.L. (2017), 'From Courts to Ports, from Area to Era" presented at Posthumus Conference, Nijmegen, 2 June 2017. .
- Gommans J.J.L. (2017), "Regime Change and the Seventeenth-century Demise of the Euro-Islamic Continuum" presented at Fifth European Congress on World and Global History: Ruptures, Empires and Revolutions, Budapest, 1 September 2017. .
- Gommans J.J.L. (2017), "Rethinking the VOC", introductory lecture at Symposium Rethinking the VOC: New Trends in the Study of Old Archives, The Hague, 23 November 2017. .
- Gommans J.J.L. (2017), Conference Convenor (with Catia Antunes and Carolien Stolte): "Global Nodes, Networks, Orders: Three Global History Workshops on Transformative Connectivity" as part of the Leverhulme International Network Global Nodes, Global Orders, in collaboration with Itinerario, Leiden, 20-22 April 2017. [overig].
- Gommans J.J.L. (2017), Symposium Convenor "Rethinking the VOC: New Trends in the Study of Old Archives", The Hague 23-24 November in collaboration with the National Archives at The Hague. [overig].
- Gommans J.J.L. (2017), Workshop Convenor "The Persian Gulf as Global Commercial Sphere, 1500-1800", Leiden 28 November 2017. [overig].
- Gommans J.J.L. (red.) (2017), Dutch Sources on South Asia. Delhi: Manohar Publishers.
- Duindam J.F.J. & Gommans J.J.L. (red.) (2017), Rulers and Elites.
- Gommans J.J.L. (red.) (2017), Colonial and Global History through Dutch Sources. Leiden: Leiden University Press.
- Gommans J.J.L. (red.) (2017), Rijksmuseum Bulletin.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2017), External Advisor Global History Centre Warwick University. [overig].
- Gommans J.J.L. (2016), De Mooiste Dag uit de Nederlandse Geschiedenis: Charter van Kortenberg, 27 september 1312, Quest : .
- Gommans J.J.L. (2015), Cosmopolitisme sud-asiatique et microcosme néerlandais à Cochin au xviie siècle. In: Lefèvre C., Županov I.G. & Flores J. (red.), Cosmopolitismes en Asie du Sud: Sources, itinéraires, langues (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle). Paris: Éditions de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales. 97-119.
- Antunes C.A.P. & Gommans J.L.L. (2015), Exploring the Dutch Empire. Agents, Networks and Institutions, 1600-2000. London: Bloomsbury.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2015), Merchants among kings: Dutch diplomatic encounters in Asia. In: Corrigan K.H., Campen J. van & Diercks F. (red.), Asia in Amsterdam. The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 32-40.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Loots I. (2015), Johannes Hoornbeecks etnohistorische methode en de Nieuwe Wereld. In: Dissel A. van, Ebben M. & Fatah-Black K. (red.), Reizen door het maritieme verleden van Nederland: Maritiem-historische opstellen aangeboden aan Henk J. den Heijer. Zutphen: Walburg Pers. 189-205.
- Gommans J.J.L. & De Hond Jan (2015), Willem Schellinks en India: Tussen werkelijkheid en illusie. In: Bange P. & Geurts J. (red.), Onbegrend Perspectief: Cultuurhistorische Verkenningen. Amersfoort: Bekking & Blitz.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2015), Continuity and change in the Indian Ocean basin. In: Bentley J.H., Subrahmanyam S. & Wiesner-Hanks M.E. (red.), The Cambridge World History: Volume VI: The Construction of a Global World, 1400-1800 CE, Part 1: Foundations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 182-210.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Antunes C.A.P. (red.) (2015), Exploring the Dutch Empire: Agents, Networks and Institutions 1600-2000. London New Delhi New York Sydney: Bloomsbury.
- Antunes C.A.P. & Gommans J.L.L. (2015), Preface. In: Antunes C.A.P. & Gommans J.L.L. (red.), Exploring the Dutch Empire. Agents, Networks and Institutions, 1600-2000. London: Bloomsbury. XI-XII.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2015), South Asian Cosmopolitanism and the Dutch Microcosmos in Seventeenth-Century Cochin (Kerala). In: Antunes C. & Gommans J.J.L. (red.), Exploring the Dutch Empire: Agents, Networks and Institutions, 1600-1800. London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney: Bloomsbury. 3-27.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2015), Conclusion: Globalizing Empire: The Dutch Case. In: Antunes C. & Gommans J.J.L. (red.), Exploring the Dutch Empire: Agents, Networks and Institutions, 1600-1800. London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney: Bloomsbury. 267-78.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2015), For the Home and the Body: Dutch and Indian Ways of Early Modern Consumption. In: Berg M. (red.), Trading Eurasia 1600-1800. London: Palgrave. 331-349.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2015), Farrukhabad 97-100.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Loots I. (2015), Arguing with the Heathens: The Further Reformation and the Historical Ethnography of Johannes Hoornbeeck (1617-1666), Itinerario 39(1): 1-23.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2014), Bespreking van: Amrith S. (2013), Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Journal of Global History 9(3): 497-499.
- Gommans J.J.L. (red.) (2013), . Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2013), Bespreking van: Akhter M., Writing the Mughal State as a Political Process. Economic and Political Weekly .
- Gommans J.J.L. & Emmer P.C. (2012), Rijk aan de rand van de wereld: De geschiedenis van Nederland overzee 1600-1800. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2011), Nederlandse schilders in de Oost: Een hypothese. In: Lindblad Th. & Schrikker A. (red.), The verre gezicht: Politieke en relaties tussen Nederland en Azië, Afrika en Amerika: Opstellen aangeboden aan prof.dr. Leonard Blussé. Franeker: Van Wijnen. 66-88.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2011), The Silent Frontier of South Asia c. 1100-1800 CE. In: Rangarajan M. & Sivaramakrishnan K. (red.), India's Environmental History: From Ancient Times to the Colonial Period. Delhi: Permanent Black. 217-245.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2011) Review. Bespreking van: Lieberman V. (2009), Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c. 800-1830, Vol. 2: Mainland Mirrors: Europe, Japan, China, South Asia and the Islands nr. 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT 54: 87-91.
- Weber A., Gommans J.J.L. & Osterhammel Juergen (2011), "You turn a page and then there is suddenly something on a turtle" An Interview with Jurgen Osterhammel, Itinerario 35(3): 7-16.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Diessen R. van (2010), Grote atlas van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie / Comprehensive Atlas of the Dutch United East India Company, Deel VII: Oost Azië, Birma tot Japan / Part VII: East Asia, Burma to Japan (Voorburg: Asia Maior/Atlas Maior Publishers, 2010). Voorburg: Atlas Maior.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2010), “Limits of Empire”. In: Bhargava Meena (red.), Exploring Medieval India, Vol. 2. Delhi: Orient Blackswan. 509-546.
- Gommans J.J.L. (red.) (2010), Empires and Emporia: The Orient in World Historical Space and Time. JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT nr. 53,1. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers.
- Gommans J.J.L., Bos J. & Kruijtzer G. (2010), Grote atlas van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie / Comprehensive Atlas of the Dutch United East India Company, Deel VI: Voor-Indië, Perzië en het Arabisch Schiereiland / Part VI: India, Persia and the Arabian Peninsula (Voorburg: Asia Maior / Atlas Maior Publishers, 2010). Voorburg: Atlas Maior.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2010) Botsende beschavingen in premodern India. Bespreking van: (2009), F.B. Flood, Objects of Translation: Material culture and medieval Hindu-Muslim encounter nr. 3. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press. TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GESCHIEDENIS 123: 453-455.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2010), Empires and Emporia: The Orient in World Historical Space and Time: Introduction, JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT 53(1): 3-19.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2009) Weer een nieuwe stap in de ontsluiting van het VOC-archief. Bespreking van: , The Dutch Factories in India: A Collection of Dutch East India Company Documents pertaining to India, Vol. II: 1624-1627. nr. 3. Delhi: Manohar. TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GESCHIEDENIS 122: 414-415.
- Zurndorfer H.T. & Gommans J.J.L. (2008), Connecting the Giants through a Global Perspective. Zurndorfer H.T. & Gommans J.J.L. (red.), Roots and Routes of Development in China and India. JESHO's Fiftieth Anniversary. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. ix-xxxix.
- Zurndorfer H.T. & Gommans J.J.L. (red.) (2008), Roots and Routes of Development in China and India. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers.
- Gommans J.J.L. (red.) (2008), . JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2007), War-horse and Post-nomadic Empire in Asia, c. 1000-1800, Journal of Global History 2(1): 1-21.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Rietbergen P.G.A.N. (red.) (2007), . Geschiedenis Magazine.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2007), Mughal India and Central Asia in the Eighteenth Century: An Introduction to a Wider Perspective. Levi Scott C. (red.), India and Central Asia: Commerce and Culture, 1500-1800. Reprint for OUP series in Debates in Indian History and Society. Delhi: Oxford University Press. 39-64.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2007), Afghans in India. Nawas J. & et al. (red.), Encyclopaedia of Islam. . Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. 59-62.
- Gommans J.J.L. (red.) (2007), . JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2007), India: Een globale geschiedenis, Geschiedenis Magazine 42(2): 14-20.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2007) Boekbespreking. Bespreking van: Tanabe A., Siddiqui I.H. & Kimura M. (2005|2006), An Eighteenth Century History of North India: An Account of the Rise and Fall of the Rohilla Chiefs in Janbhasha by Rustam Ali Bijnori|The State in India Past and Present nr. 4. Delhi|Delhi: Manohar|Oxford University Press. The Indian Economic and Social History Review 44: 537-540.
- Gommans J.J.L., Bhattacharya B. & Dharampal-Frick G. (2007), Spatial and Temporal Continuities of Merchant Networks in South Asia and the Indian Ocean: c. 1500-2000, JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT 50(2): 91-105.
- Gommans J.J.L. (red.) (2006), . JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2006), The Surat Castle Revolution: Myths of an Anglo-Bania Order and Dutch Neutrality, c.1740-1760, Journal of Early Modern History 10(4): 1-30.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2005) Warfare on quicksand. Bespreking van: Kaushik Roy (2004), From Hydaspes to Kargil: A History of Warfare in India from 326 BC to AD 1999 nr. 7. Delhi: Manohar. Economic and Political Weekly 40: 627-629.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2005) Boekbespreking. Bespreking van: Iqtidar Alam Khan (2004), Gunpowder and Firearms: Warfare in medieval India nr. 3. Delhi: Oxford University Press. The Indian Economic and Social History Review 42: 439-442.
- Gommans J.J.L. (red.) (2004), Social Dynamics in Mughal India. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2004), Ouwerling tussen goede oude tijd en moderniteit, Brabants Heem: Tijdschrift voor Archeologie, Geschiedenis en Volkskunde 1(56): 23-34.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2004), Between the Flux and Facts of Indian History: Introduction to a Tribute, JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT 47(3): 288-291.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Prakash O. (2003), Introduction. Gommans Jos & Prakash Om (red.), Circumambulations in South Asian History: Essays in Honour of Dirk H.A. Kolff. . Leiden: E.J. Brill. 1-28.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2003), Slavery and Naukari among the Bangash Nawabs of Farrukhabad. Gommans Jos & Prakash Om (red.), Circumambulations in South Asian History: Essays in Honour of Dirk H.A. Kolff. . Leiden: E.J. Brill. 179-216.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Prakash O. (red.) (2003), Circumambulations in South Asian History: Essays in Honour of Dirk H.A. Kolff. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Koolen P. (red.) (2003), Hendrik Ouwerling: De onvoltooide biografie door Jac Heeren. Deurne: Heemkundekring H.N. Ouwerling.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2002), Mughal Warfare: Frontiers and High Roads of Empire 1500-1700. London: Routledge.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2002), Burma at the Frontier of South, East and Southeast Asia: A Geographic Perspective. Gommans J.J.L. & Leider J. (red.), The Maritime Frontier of Burma: Exploring Political, Cultural and Commercial Interaction in the Indian Ocean World, 1200-1800. . Amsterdam/Leiden: KNAW/ KITLV Press. 1-8.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Leider J. (2002), Preface. Gommans J.J.L. & Leider J. (red.), The Maritime Frontier of Burma: Exploring Political, Cultural and Commercial Interaction in the Indian Ocean World, 1200-1800. . Amsterdam/Leiden: KNAW/ KITLV Press. vii-xii.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Leider J. (red.) (2002), The Maritime Frontier of Burma: Exploring Political, Cultural and Commercial Interaction in the Indian Ocean World, 1200-1800. Amsterdam/Leiden: KNAW/ KITLV Press.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2002), De Indiase stilte in het lawaai rondom het VOC-jubileum, India Nu 139(sept-okt): 7-11.
- Gommans J.J.L., Bes L. & Kruijtzer G. (2001), Dutch Sources on South Asia c. 1600-1825, Volume 1: Bibliography and Archival Guide to the National Archives. Delhi: Manohar Publishers.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Kolff D.H.A. (2001), Introduction. In: Gommans J.J.L. & Kolff D.H.A. (red.), Warfare and Weaponry in South Asia 1000-1800. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 1-42.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2001), Indian Warfare and Afghan Innovation during the Eighteenth Century. Gommans J.J.L. & Kolff D.H.A. (red.), Warfare and Wesponry in South Asia 1000-1800. . Delhi: Oxford University Press. 365-387.
- Gommans J.J.L. & Kolff D.H.A. (red.) (2001), Warfare and Weaponry in South Asia 1000-1800. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2001) Identiteitspolitiek in Centraal- en Zuid-Azië. Bespreking van: Schendel W. van (2001), Identity politics in Central Asia and the Muslim world: nationalism, ethnicity and labour in the 20th century nr. 10. London/New York: I.B. Tauris. Internationale Spectator 55: 521-522.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2000) recensie. Bespreking van: Ludden D. (2000), New Cambridge History of India IV,4: An Agrarian History of South Asia nr. 4. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Journal of the Economic and Social History Review 43: 582-586.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2000) recensie. Bespreking van: Jackson P. (2000), The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History nr. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The International History Review 22: 624-626.
- Gommans J.J.L. (2000) recensie. Bespreking van: Guha S. (2000), Environment and Ethnicity in India nr. 4. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT 43: 596-590.
- Gommans J.J.L. (1999), The Embarrassment of Political Violence in Europe and South Asia, c. 1000-1800. In: Houben J.E.M. & Kooij K.R. van (red.), Violence Denied. Non-violence and the rationalization of violence in South Asian Cultural History. Leiden: Brill. 287-315.
- Gommans J.J.L. (1999), Warhorse and gunpowder in India, c. 1000-1850. In: Black J. (red.), War in the Early Modern World. London: UCL Press London. 105-127.
- Gommans J.J.L. (1999) recensie. Bespreking van: Foltz R.C. (1999), Mughal India and Central Asia nr. 5/6. Karachi: Oxford University Press. Bibliotheca Orientalis 56: 817-820.
- Gommans J.J.L. (1999) recensie. Bespreking van: Gaastra F. (1999), On the Eighteenth Century as a Category of Asian History nr. 4. Aldershot: NN 58: 1150-1151.
- Gommans J.J.L. (1998) Recensie. Bespreking van: Moor J.A. de (1998), De werken van Jacob Haafner, deel 3 nr. 1. Zutphen: NN. Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis 17: 65-66.
- Gommans J.J.L. (1998) recensie. Bespreking van: Burton A. (1998), The Bukharans - Cahier d'Asie Centrale nr. 2. Richmond Surrey/Tashkent: NN. Iranian Studies 31: 272-274.
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- Gommans J.J.L. (1996) Boekbespreking. Bespreking van: McLachlan K. (1996), The Boundaries of Modern Iran. New York. The European Legacy .
- Gommans J.J.L. (1995), Trade and Civilization around the Bay of Bengal, Itinerario 19(3): 82-109.
- Gommans J.J.L. (1995), The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire (c.1710-1780). Leiden: E.J. Brill.
- Gommans J.J.L. (1995) Boekbespreking. Bespreking van: Ouwerkerk L. (1995), No Elephants for the Maharaja: Social and Political Change in Travancore 1921-1947 nr. 2. New Delhi. Itinerario 19: 174-175.
- Gommans J.J.L. (1995), Indian Warfare and Afghan Innovation during the Eighteenth Century, Studies in History 11(2): 261-281.
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