Beata Piecha van Schagen
Dr. Beata Piecha-van Schagen is a historian and graduate of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Her scientific interests include the history of religious culture, working-class culture, intangible cultural heritage of (post)industrial communities, and "history from below." She has led and participated in numerous national and international research projects, such as "Mining Narratives from Zabrze" and "Call Me Steelworks!" Dr. Piecha-van Schagen has coordinated efforts to include coal miners' Barbórka and Steelworkers' Day on the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. She currently works at the Museum "Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park in Chorzów."
Session
Partner session: Ethnographic Museum / lecture