Harry Neß

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Harry Neß (born July 1, 1947 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ) is a German professional pedagogue and print historian.

He works significantly in the successor to Claus W. Gerhardt on the constitution of the research subject of printing and media history, which integrates technical, social and economic history issues.

Education and profession

After an apprenticeship as a book printer (1966) and studying printing engineering at the Berlin University of Fine Arts (1969–1972), he completed his teaching degree at the Technical University of Darmstadt (THD) with Hans-Jochen Gamm and Gustav Grüner with the first state examination (1976) . After his second state examination (1977) at the Gutenberg School in Frankfurt am Main and the Magister Artium at the THD (1982), he received his doctorate in 1990. phil. with Walter Georg at the Fernuniversität Hagen with the dissertation topic The book printer - professional experience and professional training from Gutenberg to the Prussian industrial reform (1810) . From 1977 to 1997 he worked as a vocational school teacher and held various positions in teacher training, the school administration of the State of Hesse and the federal- state commission for educational planning and research funding (BLK). Until 2012 Neß was entrusted with the management of various research projects for the development of instruments for recording and recognizing informal and non-formal learning at the German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), to which he has been an associated scientist ever since.

Printing history

With his involvement in the Central Technical Committee of the Printing Industry (ZFA) (1979–1985) and his activities as a city councilor in Darmstadt (1985–2001), he was elected chairman of the International Working Group for Printing and Media History (IADM) in 2000. In this function, he works at the annual specialist conferences with Roger Münch ( German Newspaper Museum ) and, together with Silvia Werfel, publishes the Journal for Printing History , which appears in the specialist magazine Deutscher Drucker . Neß has been a board member of the International Senefelder Foundation (ISS) since 2016 .

Publications (selection)

  • Vocational school & educational leave. Making a student newspaper - an educational opportunity. Peter Eickmann, Dt. Jugendpresse, Junge Presse Hessen (ed.). Hans-Jürgen Zwingmann Verlag, Gelsenkirchen / Frankfurt am Main 1988.
  • The Leipzig Book Printer Regulations: An example of reflected professional experience . In: Contributions to the history of technology and technical education in polygraphy . Lectures and lecture summaries from the 1st Leupold Colloquium on December 7th and 8th, 1990, Technische Hochschule Leipzig, 1990, pp. 42–52.
  • The printer - citizen of the craft - professional experience and professional education. Young workers' initiative at the Werner von Siemens School, Wetzlar 1992 (dissertation 1989)
  • Gunther Bös, Harry Neß (ed.): German trainers in the center of dual training . In: Trainers in Europe - Problems and Perspectives . W. Bertelsmann Verlag, Bielefeld 2000, pp. 47-70.
  • Vocational Education - Profile and Perspectives . In: National Atlas Federal Republic of Germany Vol. 6 Education and Culture. Edited by Institute for Regional Geography, Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg / Berlin 2002 pp. 36–39.
  • Media history takes time. Development and maintenance of historically imparted action competence . In: Printing History 2.0 - Festschrift 25 Years of the International Working Group on Printing and Media History (Contributions to Printing History, Vol. 5). Edited by International Working Group on Printing and Media History Leipzig, German Newspaper Museum Wadgassen 2008, pp. 10–22.
  • Lithographers and lithographers in the historical process of their professionalization from apprentice to master teacher . In: History of Lithography and Stone Printing Technique 1971–2011. 40 years of the International Senefelder Foundation in Offenbach . International Senefelder Foundation and International Working Group for Printing and Media History 2011, pp. 111–131.
  • Inventory of documents and objects on Offenbach's printing and lithography history, text volume (48 pages) , annex volume (54 pages), publication of the manuscripts by the city of Offenbach am Main. Text volume (48 pages), archived in the Haus der Stadtgeschichte (Offenbach am Main). Offenbach 2015.
  • Procedures and instruments for recording informally acquired skills . In: Matthias Rohs (Ed.): Handbook of informal learning . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2016, pp. 609–633.
  • Brigitte Bosche, Katrin Hülsmann, Harry Neß, Sabine Seidel: ProfilPASS - determine and balance competencies . In: J. Erpenbeck, L. v. Rosenstiel, S. Grote, W. Sauer (Ed.): Handbook of competence measurement . Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag, Stuttgart 3rd, revised and expanded edition 2017, pp. 29–47.
  • Jakob Huber, Harry Neß, Claudia Seitz: KMU. Competence book (KMU.Kom) - support of competence management and personnel development in small and medium-sized companies. In: J. Erpenbeck, L. v. Rosenstiel, S. Grote, W. Sauer (Ed.): Handbook of competence measurement . Schäffer Poeschel, Stuttgart 3rd, revised and expanded edition 2017. pp. 300–317.
  • Constanze Lindemann, Harry Neß (ed.): From book printer to media technologist. Paths of the printing industry into the world of digitization. VSA: Verlag Hamburg 2018 ISBN 978-3-89965-824-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  • Dr. Harry Neß revisits Offenbach's history of printing and lithography. Published on July 7, 2014 by the city of Offenbach: [1]
  • Madeleine Reckmann: Charlie's Offenbach ancestors . In: Frankfurter Rundschau from January 20, 2015. Online: [2]
  • (es) Routes on the history of print and media. Eight museums from the Rhine-Main-Neckar area are combined in one leaflet . In: FAZ of March 4, 2016, p. 43
personal data
SURNAME No, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German professional pedagogue and print historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin -Charlottenburg