Award-Winning Historian, Genealogist & Broadcaster
Michala Hulme, PhD. MPhil. FHEADr Michala Hulme FHEA is an award-winning historian and professional genealogist specialising in 19th-century social history and urban death practices. She has been an academic for the past decade, working most recently at the University of Birmingham and is an honorary Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Michala is one of the most well-known genealogists in the UK. She is a familiar face and voice in the media, with numerous appearances on primetime British TV shows, such as WDYTYA (BBC) and DNA Journey (ITV). She is the host of the hit podcast "Unearth the Past" and co-host of Ancestry’s "Behind the Headlines of History" podcast. Passionate about making history accessible, she regularly speaks at conferences and delivers workshops on genealogy, working-class history, and urban death