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Williford</a></span> </div><time><span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2011-05-08T00:23:21+00:00" class="date-display-single">Sunday, May 8, 2011</span></time> </div></div> <div about="/alt-ac/pieces/vocation-public-history" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" class="ds-1col node node-spoke node-teaser view-mode-teaser is-available clearfix"> <div role="presentation" class="thumb"> <a tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" href = "/alt-ac/pieces/vocation-public-history"><img class="" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://mediacommons.org/alt-ac/sites/default/files/styles/manual_crop_thumbnail_120_by_80/public/screen_shot_2011-06-12_at_1.05.28_pm.png?itok=uGMtCgkE" /></a> </div> <div class="spoke-teaser-meta"><h2 class="spoke-title"><a href="/alt-ac/pieces/vocation-public-history">On the Vocation of Public History</a></h2><div class="peoplelist contributors">By <span class="h-card"><a href="http://mediacommons.org/user/1638">Suzanne Fischer</a></span> </div><time><span 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