Hanna Schreiber

Hanna Schreiber (Ph.D., hab.) is Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Public and Global Governance and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw. She holds three MA degrees: in law, political science and art history. She researches the role of culture and cultural heritage in international law and international relations. She is passionate about people with passion:).

Co-author of expertise on the implementation of the 2003 UNESCO Convention in Poland for the National Heritage Institute and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2011, 2012); member and vice-chair of the National Council for Intangible Cultural Heritage, as well as chair of the Working Group on Legal Affairs and Safeguarding Strategies of this Council (2013-2018).

Co-author and main coordinator of works on the nomination of the Nativity scene (szopka) tradition in Kraków to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2018). Member of the Scientific Council and representative of the Association of Folk Artists, an NGO accredited to UNESCO. Member of the Global Network of UNESCO Facilitators for the 2003 Convention. Chairperson of the Warsaw Intangible Cultural Heritage Team appointed by the President of the City of Warsaw (from 2020). Member of the Krakow Intangible Cultural Heritage Team appointed by the President of Krakow (from 2023).