Introducing New Member: Noah Littel

Hi, my name is Noah Littel (they/them), and I am a PhD candidate at Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. My PhD research project focuses on the history of LGBT+ archives in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and West-Germany, from the 1970s onwards. 

Based on archival research and oral history interviews, I study the pre-history and emergence of these archives, and follow their development throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In addition, I analyze processes of inclusion and exclusion in the archival practices of these archives. This PhD-project is part of the broader project ‘The Critical Visitor: The Heritage Sector at a Crossroads: The way of intersectionality’, led by Eliza Steinbock.