Beatrice Schumacher

Beatrice Schumacher (* 1963 ) is a Swiss historian .

Beatrice Schumacher studied history, art history and German linguistics at the University of Basel from 1983 to 1990 . From 1994 she completed her doctoral studies in Basel as well as at the HU Berlin and the Technical University of Berlin, which she successfully completed in 2000. Her doctoral thesis is entitled “Holidays. Interpretations and popularization of a need, Switzerland 1890–1950 ”(published 2002). Since her doctorate, she has been working as a freelance historian, author and lecturer. From 2012–2015 she was the managing director of the Basel History Association.

Publications (selection)

• Associations in Switzerland - Switzerland and its associations. A historical overview. Edited by Cornelia Hürzeler on behalf of Migros Culture Percentage. Vitamin B department, Zurich 2017.
• A brief history of the city of Lucerne . here + now, Baden 2015.
• Committed on the way. 100 years of Friends of Nature Switzerland . 1905-2005. here + now, Baden 2005.
• Moving. History of the municipality of Emmen . Volume 2: 19th and 20th centuries. The region, Emmenbrücke 2004.
• "Vacation". Interpretations and popularization of a need. Switzerland 1890–1950. Böhlau, Vienna 2002 (= also Diss. Univ. Basel 2000)
• «Built on air». The history of the climatic health resort Langenbruck 1830–1914. Verlag des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, Liestal 1992, ISBN 978-3-85673-229-5 . (= Sources and research and regional studies of the Canton of Baselland, Bd. 42.) (= Licentiate thesis Univ. Basel)

Web links

• Literature by and about Beatrice Schumacher in the catalog of the German National Library
• Beatrice Schumacher's website with CV and list of publications