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Blogs Cliopatria Robert Weible: Why Historians Must Begin to Engage the Public

Apr 22, 2006

Robert Weible: Why Historians Must Begin to Engage the Public

by Cliopatria

Mr. Weible, the outgoing president of the National Council on Public History (NCPH), is the director of Public History at the State Museum of Pennsylvania.

He was interviewed by HNN's Rick Shenkman at the annual meeting of the NCPH in Washington DC on April 21, 2006 shortly after delivering his final remarks as president of the organization.