EPISODE · Feb 15, 2021 · 58 MIN
What is the role of a public historian?: A Conversation with Anthea Hartig
from The History-Politics Podcast: Putting the Past to Work · host UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy
In 2019, Anthea M. Hartig made headlines when she became the first woman director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. Since then, she has been a fierce advocate for public history in the nation’s capital. Join us for this President's Day episode as we learn about how Hartig, a UCLA alumna, fell in love with history, developed a rich and challenging approach to the past, and sees history as a key to navigating the present.
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