Manchester Historian – Page 163 – UoM History Department's Student Newspaper

Studying the relics of Pompeii has uncovered evidence providing not only a window into the past, but also a reflection of the present.

Dr. Max Jones is a senior lecturer in Modern History at the University of Manchester. His research and teaching focuses primarily on nineteenth- and twentieth-century British history, with particular interest, among others, in heroism, gender and masculinity; monarchy, empire and national identity; and exploration and technology. We interviewed Max to uncover what history means to him.

Emperor Nero is as infamous for his brutal measures and unstable mental health as his politics. But what about the man himself? The Manchester Historian sets out to uncover the man behind the madness.

We all remember the children’s books, but what will a history undergraduate make of the television series?

The Oscar winning picture that gives history a voice.