Publications
2025
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. (2025). Utrecht University and Colonial Knowledge: Exploration, Exploitation and the Civilising Mission since 1636. Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789048567973
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/259138599/9789048567980.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/259138599/9789048567980.pdf
Botha, J., Vale, P., & van Rinsum, H. (2025). Utrecht University; exploration, colonial knowledge: A ‘Civilizing Mission’. Interview with Henk van Rinsum. South African Journal of Science, 121(3/4). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2025/20797
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/259138663/SAJS_20797.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/259138663/SAJS_20797.pdf
2024
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. (2024). Rector magnificus: ‘Village Headman’ en ‘Great Man’ in het academisch reservaat. In L. Dorsman, A. Flipse, & P. Slaman (Eds.), De rector magnificus: Academicus in bestuur, bestuurder in de academie (1 ed., pp. 69-83). Uitgeverij Verloren.
2023
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. (2023). Universiteit Utrecht en koloniale kennis: Bestuderen, bemeten en beleren sinds 1636. Walburg Pers. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76879).
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436144/Universiteit_Utrecht_en_Koloniale_Kennis_-_download.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436144/Universiteit_Utrecht_en_Koloniale_Kennis_-_download.pdf?sequence=1
2022
Scholarly publications
Pytlowany, A., & van Rinsum, H. (2022). Adriaan Reland, De Religione Mohammedica (The Mohammedan Religion). Bloomsbury.
2021
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. (2021). Adriaan Reland (1676-1718) and His Formative Years: A Prelude to De Religione Mohammedica. In The Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Early Modern Humanist, Philologist and Scholar of Religion (Vol. 10, pp. 17-43). (The History of Oriental Studies; Vol. 10). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004462175_003
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414960/_9789004462168_The_Orient_in_Utrecht_Adriaan_Reland_1676_1718_Arabist_Cartographer_Antiquarian_and_Scholar_of_Comparative_Religion_Chapter_1_Adriaan_Reland_1676_1718_and.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414960/_9789004462168_The_Orient_in_Utrecht_Adriaan_Reland_1676_1718_Arabist_Cartographer_Antiquarian_and_Scholar_of_Comparative_Religion_Chapter_1_Adriaan_Reland_1676_1718_and.pdf?sequence=1
Jaski, B., Lange, C., Pytlowany, A., & van Rinsum, H. (Eds.) (2021). The Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion. (The History of Oriental Studies; Vol. 10). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004462175
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415432/_9789004462168_The_Orient_in_Utrecht_Adriaan_Reland_1676_1718_Arabist_Cartographer_Antiquarian_and_Scholar_of_Comparative_Religion_The_Orient_in_Utrecht_Adriaan_Reland_1676.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/415432/_9789004462168_The_Orient_in_Utrecht_Adriaan_Reland_1676_1718_Arabist_Cartographer_Antiquarian_and_Scholar_of_Comparative_Religion_The_Orient_in_Utrecht_Adriaan_Reland_1676.pdf?sequence=1
Lange, C., Jaski, B., van Rinsum, H., & Pytlowany, A. (2021). Introduction Adriaan Reland (1676–1718): Early Modern Humanist, Philologist and Scholar of Comparative Religion. In B. Jaski, C. Lange, A. Pytlowany, & H. J. V. Rinsum (Eds.), The Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion (pp. 1-13). (The History of Oriental Studies; Vol. 10). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004462175_002
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414953/_9789004462168_The_Orient_in_Utrecht_Adriaan_Reland_1676_1718_Arabist_Cartographer_Antiquarian_and_Scholar_of_Comparative_Religion_Introduction_Adriaan_Reland_1676_1718_E.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414953/_9789004462168_The_Orient_in_Utrecht_Adriaan_Reland_1676_1718_Arabist_Cartographer_Antiquarian_and_Scholar_of_Comparative_Religion_Introduction_Adriaan_Reland_1676_1718_E.pdf?sequence=1
Popularising publications
van Rinsum, H. (2021). De 'Oliefaculteit' aan de Utrechtse universiteit. Oud Utrecht, April 2021, 15-19.
2018
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. J. (2018). 1705 Een nieuwe visie op de Islam. In L. Heerma van Voss, M. 't Hart, K. Fatah-Black, L. Lucassen, J. Touwen, & K. Davids (Eds.), Wereldgeschiedenis van Nederland (pp. 299-304). Ambo.
van Rinsum, H. J. (2018). Adrianus Relandus and the science of religion; biographical turn. Paper presented at Colloquium Adrian Relandus, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2017
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. J. (2017). Zonen der Hervorming: De Utrechtse universiteit 1853-1936 – een politiek-intellectuele collectieve identiteit in een zich ontwikkelend universitaire bestel? In L. J. Dorsman, & P. J. Knegtmans (Eds.), Universiteit en Identiteit: Over samenwerking, concurrentie en taakverdeling tussen de Nederlandse universiteiten (pp. 25-46). (Universiteit & Samenleving; Vol. 14). Uitgeverij Verloren.
Other output
van Rinsum, H. J. (2017). From Voetius to Relandus: Professors in the early history of the university of Utrecht on religion: paradigm shift from theology to science of religion?. Paper presented at Scientiae2017.
2016
Scholarly publications
Pansters, W. G., & van Rinsum, H. J. (2016). Enacting Identity and Transition: Public Events and Rituals in the University (Mexico and South Africa). Minerva, 54(1), 21-43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-015-9287-0
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/367836/pansters.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/367836/pansters.pdf?sequence=1
2015
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H., & Koops, W. (2015). University of Utrecht 1636–1676: res ecclesia, res publica and … res pecunia. History of Education, 45(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2015.1066881
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/317630/2015.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/317630/2015.pdf?sequence=1
Other output
van Rinsum, H. J. (2015). Zonen der Hervorming; Universiteit Utrecht 1853-1936; een collectieve biografie.
van Rinsum, H. J. (2015). De-colonizing Universities in Africa (and the Rest of the World). Paper presented at ISAPS Conference , Washington, United States.
2014
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. (2014). Secretaris van de restauratie in het interbellum: Horace Hugo Alexander van Gybland Oosterhoff (1887-1937). Tijdschrift voor Biografie, 58-68.
van Rinsum, H. (2014). Critical hope: Deconstructing of the politics of HOPE at a South African university. In V. Bozalek, B. Leibowitz, R. Carolissen, & M. Boler (Eds.), Discerning Critical Hope in Educational Practices (pp. 82). Routledge.
Professional publications
van Rinsum, H. (2014). Verantwoord en Verantwoordelijk; Sectorplan Sociale wetenschappen. Commissie Sectorplan Sociale Wetenschappen.
Other output
van Rinsum, H. (2014). Okot p'Bitek (1931-1982) revisited: the Quest for African authenticity. Paper presented at African Thoughts on (Neo-) Colonial Worlds: Steps towards an Intellectual History of Africa, Vienna, Austria.
2013
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H., & de Ruijter, A. (2013). Academia: habitat of contesting values? In Managing Social Issues; A Public Values Perspective (pp. 55-71). Edward Elgar Publishing.
van Rinsum, H. J., & Boessenkool, J. H. (2013). Decolonising African Management: Okot p'Bitek and the Paradoxes of African Management. Philosophy of Management, 12(2), 41-55.
2012
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H., Shefer, T., & Smolders, T. (2012). 'That's what friends are for': The CSI project's 'critical friends'. In B. Leibowitz, L. Swartz, V. Bozalek, R. Carolissen, L. Nicolls, & P. Rohleder (Eds.), Community, Self and Identity: Educating South African University Students for citizenship (pp. 151-164). HSRC Press.
Professional publications
Wubbels, T., Abma, R., Bos, J., Levering, B., van Rinsum, H. J., Selten, P. J. H., & de Winter, M. (2012). Du choc des opinions jaillit la lumière. Liber Amicorum Willem Koops. SWP.
2011
Popularising publications
van Rinsum, H. J. (2011). De magistraten en de universiteit: van ‘Velthuisen tot Veldhuis’. Digitaal Universiteitsblad (DUB).
Other output
van Rinsum, H. J. (2011). Town and Gown in Utrecht 1636-1676: an uneasy relationship. Paper. Paper presented at History of European Universities. Challenges and transformations, Lisbon, Portugal.
van Rinsum, H. J. (2011). Magistrates and the early history of Utrecht University 1636-1676: Res publica, Res ecclesia, and …. Res pecunia. Paper. Paper presented at Annual Conference NIG, Rotterdam.
van Rinsum, H. J. (2011). Magistrates, Professors and Church leaders in the early history of Utrecht University 1636-1676: contesting values. Paper. Paper presented at ICHU-Conference "Rethinking modern university history", University of Oslo, Oslo.
2010
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. J. (2010). Beets te laten vertrekken is schier ondenkbaar: Nicolaas Beets en de teologiese kweekschool. Dutch Reformed Theological Journal / Nederlands Gereformeerd Teologiese Tydskrif, 223-238.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/204085/_supp1_a18.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/204085/_supp1_a18.pdf?sequence=1
van Rinsum, H. J., & de Ruijter, A. (2010). Van Primus inter pares in de Universitas tot chief executive officer in the McUniversity: de decaan als hybride functionaris. In L. J. Dorsman, & P. J. Knegtmans (Eds.), Het universitaire bedrijf in Nederland, over professionalisering van onderzoek, onderwijs, bestuur en beheer (pp. 37-53). Uitgeverij Verloren.
2009
Scholarly publications
Abma, R., Bos, J., Koops, W., & van Rinsum, H. J. (2009). De Utrechtse School: ontmoeting over de grenzen. In L. J. Dorsman, & P. J. Knegtmans (Eds.), Over de grens : internationale contacten aan Nederlandse universiteiten sedert 1876 (pp. 141-166). (Universiteit & samenleving; No. 5). Uitgeverij Verloren.
Popularising publications
van Rinsum, H. J., & de Ruijter, A. (2009). Wat wil de decaan? U blad : Utrechts universiteitsblad.
2008
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. J., & Platvoet, J. (2008). Is Africa incurably religious? III: A reply to a rethorical response. Exchange : journal of missiological and ecumenical research, 37, 156-173.
van Rinsum, H. J., & van Niekerk, A. (2008). Health, Culture, Knowledge and Society: In- and Exclusion. In H. Tempelman, & A. Vermeer (Eds.), Health care in rural South Africa; An innovative approach (pp. 515-524). Free University Press.
Other output
van Rinsum, H. J. (2008). Agency and Structure in Education: never the twain shall meet? Paper. Paper presented at SANPAD-project Community, Self and Identity; conferentie, University of Western Cape.
2007
Scholarly publications
Boessenkool, J. H., & van Rinsum, H. J. (2007). Eurocentric versus Afrocentric Approaches: Management Thinking Beyond Dichotomies? In H. van den Heuvel, M. Mangaliso, & L. van de Bunt (Eds.), Prophecies and Protests: Ubuntu in Glocal Management (pp. 183-198). Rozenberg-Unisa.
Other output
van Rinsum, H. J., & de Ruijter, A. (2007). Collaberative leadership within academia: the leadership of academic tribe versus the leadership of the control tribe: competition and co-operation in changing configurations.. Paper presented at Conference on Collaborative leadership, Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht.
2006
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. J. (2006). Sol Iustitiae en de Kaap: een geschiedenis van de banden van de Utrechtse universiteit met Zuid-Afrika. Uitgeverij Verloren.
van Rinsum, H. J. (2006). Health, Knowledge and Society: In- and Exclusion. In H. Tempelman, & A. Vermeer (Eds.), Health care in rural South Africa: An innovative approach (pp. 273-278). Free University Press.
2005
Scholarly publications
Koops, W., van Rinsum, H. J., & van Teunenbroek, J. (2005). De sociale wetenschappen in Utrecht: Een geschiedenis. Uitgeverij Verloren.
Koops, W., & van Rinsum, H. J. (2005). Een geschiedenis van de sociale wetenschappen in de Utrechtse Universiteit. In W. Koops, J. van Teunenbroek, & H. J. van Rinsum (Eds.), Geschiedenis van de Sociale Wetenschappen (pp. 9-21). Uitgeverij Verloren.
Koops, W., van Teunenbroek, J., & van Rinsum, H. J. (2005). Geschiedenis van de Sociale Wetenschappen. Uitgeverij Verloren.
2004
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. J., & Tangwa, G. (2004). Colony of Genes, Genes of the Colony: Diversity, Difference and Divide. Third World Quarterly, 26(4), 1031-1043.
van Rinsum, H. J. (2004). They became slaves of their definitions; Okot p'Bitek (1931-1982) and the European Traditions in the Study of African Religions. In F. Ludwig, & A. Adogame (Eds.), European Traditions of the Study of Religion in Africa (pp. 23-38). Harrassowitz Verlag.
van Rinsum, H. J. (2004). They became slaves of their definitions: Okot p'Bitek (1931-1982) and the European Traditions in the Study of African Religions. In F. Ludwig, & A. Adogame (Eds.), European Traditions of the Study of Religion in Africa (pp. 23-38). Harrassowitz Verlag.
2003
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. J. (2003). Co-ordination of Diversity, Politics of Accommodation in a New Guise? In Wil. G. Pansters e.o. (Ed.), Meeting Culture: Essays in honour of Arie de Ruijter (pp. 51-64). Shaker Publishing.
Platvoet, J., & van Rinsum, H. J. (2003). IsAfrica incurably religious? Confessing and Contesting an Invention. Exchange : journal of missiological and ecumenical research.
van Rinsum, H. J. (2003). Knowing the African: Edwin W. smith and the Invention of African Traditional Religion. In J. L. Cox, & G. Ter Haar (Eds.), Uniquely African? African Christian Identity from Cultural and Historical Perspectives Africa World Press.
2002
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. J. (2002). Wipe the Blackboard clean, Academisation and christianisation: Siblings in Africa? Institute of African Studies : Research Review, 45(2), 27-48.
van Rinsum, H. J., & de Ruijter, A. (2002). M(anagement) O(f) T(ransformation) Revisted: some reflections. In MORE on MOST: Proceedings of an Expert meeting (pp. 5-10). UNESCO Centre The Netherlands.
2001
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. J. (2001). Slave of definition. In quest of the unbeliever and the Ignoramus. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Shaker Publishing.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/302315/Slaves_of_Definition.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/302315/Slaves_of_Definition.pdf?sequence=1
1999
Scholarly publications
van Rinsum, H. J. (1999). Edwin W. Smith and his 'Raw Material'; Texts of a missionary and ethnographer in context. Anthropos, 94, 351-367.
Professional publications
de Ruijter, A., & van Rinsum, H. J. (1999). Academici en zendelingen; twee loten aan een stam? Een specifieke vorm van kennisverwerving is macht. Transfer, 6, 24-26.