Jack Hofman
Profile
Studied Social and Economic History at the University of Groningen. Finished the "Hogere Archiefschool" in 1989.
He started working at the Archives Department of the IISH in 1982, head of this department from 1993 to 2010.
From 2010 to 2017 he was head of the department for Public Services and Collection Preservation.
Since 2017 working at the department for Collection Development, mainly responsible for acquisition of large archives of organizations in the Netherlands and from international organizations. Responsible as project manager for the acquisition and processing of the archives of the FNV and its processors.
Also project manager of Metamorfoze-projects, such as the conservation and digitization of the archives of the ANDB and the CNT/FAI.
Selected publications
- Ontwapenend. Geschiedenis van 25 jaar PSP (Amsterdam, 1982).
- 'Kerk en Vrede na 1945'. In: Jaarboek Vrede en Veiligheid 1985/86, pp. 241-251.
- 'Werkloosheid en Werkverschaffing'. In: Piet Hoekman (e.a), Een Eeuw Socialisme en Arbeidersbeweging in Groningen. 1885-1985. (Groningen, 1985), pp. 184-197.
- Onstuimig maar geduldig: interviews en biografische schetsen uit de geschiedenis van de PSP (Amsterdam 1987).
- Inventaris van het archief van de Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij (PSP) (1955-) 1957-1981. IISG-werkuitgaven no. 10 (Amsterdam 1990).
- 'Encoded Archival Description (EAD) in de praktijk'. In: Archiefbeheer, augustus 2002, pp. 6581/1-15.