Lecture: Dr Mari Takayanagi

Dr Mari Takayanagi explores secret histories in the archives.

The lecture is part of the ‘Secret Histories’ Roundtable Workshop taking place on the same day in the University of Leeds School of History, sponsored by WRoCAH. For more information about the Workshop, see the webpage.

The lecture is also part of the 2024-2025 programme of the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums research group in the School of History at the University of Leeds

About the lecture

This lecture will explore the theme of ‘secret’ histories (histories of the clandestine, taboo or underground), with a particular focus on archives. What challenges do we face when we try to access secretive aspects of the past, and how might we think outside the box to resolve these? Mari Takayanagi will draw on her experience as the Senior Archivist at the Parliamentary Archives in London to explore these questions.

About the speaker

Dr Mari Takayanagi is the Senior Archivist at the Parliamentary Archives in London. Dr Takayanagi is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society whose work focuses primarily on the history of parliament and women from the mid-19th to mid 20th century. In 2018 she was the co-curator of ‘Voice and Vote: Women’s Place in Parliament’, a public exhibit in Westminster Hall that saw over 100,000 visitors. In 2023, alongside Dr Elizabeth Hallam Smith, she published a book: Necessary Women: The Untold Story of Parliament's Working Women.

Registration

Please register here. Registration closes at midday on 20^th September.

Delegates who have already registered for the ‘Secret Histories’ Workshop do not need to re-register for the keynote.

If you wish to attend the ‘Secret Histories’ Workshop. please register on the workshop webpage.

Image credit

Photo by C M on Unsplash.