- Archives Portal Europe
- Association pour l’autobiographie et le patrimoine autobiographique
- Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed (Digital Heritage Network)
- European Ego-Documents Archives and Collections Network
- European Oil & Gas Archives Network
- Families In Global Transition
- International Centre for Archival Research
- International Council on Archives
- Koninklijke Vereniging van Archivarissen in Nederland (Royal Association of Archivists in the Netherlands)
What We Do
The Expatriate Archive Centre's (EAC) mission is to collect and preserve the life stories of expatriates worldwide for future research.
To achieve this mission, the EAC is focused on the following objectives:
- To curate and preserve unique source material documenting the experiences of expatriates of all nationalities and backgrounds;
- To establish a centre of excellence for expatriation research;
- To give the life stories of expatriates their rightful place in global migration history.
The EAC exists to facilitate quality research that promotes and enhances a better understanding of expatriate life. We are located in The Netherlands but have a global outreach. We count more than 130 family archives from 14 nationalities in 120 countries in our holdings, and we hope to add many more in the coming years.
Research topics and conclusions are not opinions held by the EAC but are the sole ownership of the researcher.
We host Information Mornings twice a year, offering visitors the chance to learn more about our archive and what we do. Keep an eye on our News page for the upcoming date and registration details.
The EAC Newsletter is sent out twice a year and offers our subscribers an insight into our recent activities. If you wish to take a closer look at what we do, we encourage you to take a moment to browse the previous editions. Would you like to receive the next one? Sign-up for our semi-annual newsletter!
Who We Are
The EAC is run by an enthusiastic team of staff, volunteers and interns. Our staff:
Lale A.
Uribeechevarria
Uribeechevarria
Director
Mon-Thu
Mon-Thu
George Looms
Archivist
Mon-Thu
Mon-Thu
Charlotte
Paternoster-Howe
Paternoster-Howe
Assistant Archivist
Mon and Wed
Mon and Wed
Indrė Urbonaitė
PR Manager
Mon-Wed
Mon-Wed
Michelle Ernst
Office Manager
Mon-Wed
Mon-Wed
We like to be clear in our objectives, accomplishments, and responsibilities as a non-profit archive. All of our annual reports are online for anyone to review. They can be viewed on the EAC Annual Reports page. The EAC is a non-profit foundation and is governed by a board of trustees.
Board of Trustees:
- Han Kooij (Chair)
- Piet van Erk (Treasurer)
- Tasoula Georgiou Hadjitofi (Nominations Committee)
- Tom Moody-Stuart
- Deepak Raghunath
- Henk van Hout
The EAC is fortunate to be supported by a group of dedicated volunteers and interns of many different nationalities. Are you interested in joining our team? Find out more about how to apply.
Our Network
We are always interested in working with other organisations and companies. Learn more about the organisations we collaborate(d) with. If you have a project idea, please contact us.
The EAC is a proud member of the following organisations:
History
The idea for an archive dedicated to preserving the life stories of expatriates grew from two books published in the 1990s. A group of wives of employees of Royal Dutch Shell collected material for these two anthologies from Shell families all over the world. The original material was stored but not forgotten: in 2003 the Outpost Family Archive was opened in The Hague to continue the work that had been started by the “Shell Ladies Project.” The archive became independent from Shell in 2008 and renamed the Expatriate Archive Centre.
Today the archive continues with the mission to archive the life stories of expatriates and their families from all backgrounds and from anywhere in the world. Our current holdings contain more than 130 family archives, 14 different nationalities, and 18 languages from 120 countries. Learn more about our history.