Anna-Magdalena Heide

Anna-Magdalena Heide is a Research Fellow at the German Mining Museum Bochum (Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum) since 2016. She works in the Bergbau-Archiv Bochum (Mining Archive Bochum) and focuses on archival research, museum studies, and cultural heritage related to mining history. Her current work involves building a central research infrastructure for preserving Germany's coal mining legacy through the montan.dok project.

Her academic background includes studies in European Ethnology/Cultural Studies, Scandinavian Studies, Sociology, and Educational Sciences at universities in Jena, Berlin, Vienna, and Marburg. Her career spans roles as a research associate, volunteer, and exhibition contributor.

Heide's research explores intersections of memory culture, narrative frameworks, media studies, and stereotypes within mining history. Her publications analyze archival potentials for object research, digitization initiatives, and cultural diversity programs in mining heritage contexts. She has contributed to thematic exhibitions and collection documentation efforts.

Notable achievements include the Heinrich Winkelmann Fellowship and participation in collaborative research projects like Montan.dok 21. She has worked with interdisciplinary teams in archaeometallurgy, mining history, and computational archaeology.