This year's course has been in co-operation with Manchester Museum, and the theme was migration - a vital subject right now of course, and a particularly big theme in the city's history. So too with the MA students who have done the History and Film unit, with some really exciting results. For me, there is nothing like engaging with the sources, hearing the voices come alive. There are memorable moments from that time, like excursions to Chetham's Library with groups of first year students, gathering around the table where Marx and Engels sat, handling the books they used - the statistical surveys and documents that shaped the Communist Manifesto.
I became Professor of Public History in late 2013, just as I was starting a series of films for the BBC on The Story of China. He has also published a number of books about history.
Originally from Manchester, he is one of the country's best loved historians, presenting history documentaries on everything from China to Shakespeare over the last few decades. Michael was appointed Professor of Public History at The University of Manchester in 2013.
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