Marcella van Schie studied History (BA) at VU University in Amsterdam. Whilst studying in York, UK, for a semester, she became interested in Public History. Public History is an area of study that is relatively new to the Netherlands. Its main focus is to present history to a wide audience in a fun and interesting, but responsible way. It aims to make historical research more accessible by 'translating' it to a product. This can be done in many forms, such as books (fiction and non-fiction), exhibitions and documentaries, but also websites, walking tours of a historic city and even games.
In 2008 she started her MA degree in Public History at the University of Amsterdam. In 2009 she studied Public History during a semester in North Carolina, US, at Appalachian State University. Currently, she is writing her thesis on the subject of Dutch colonial history in travel guides.
For the CIE, she is researching heritage tourism.
