Please join us on January 22 for the Keynote address of the 2021 John Jay Papers Conference. The Keynote, entitled "Life in an Age of Conflicts and Extremes" will be given by Prof. Joanne Freeman.
Prof. Freeman, whose work illuminates the legacy of Congressional violence and polarizing partisan politics in the nation’s history, is the Class of 1954 Professor of American History and American Studies at Yale University. Her research focuses on the politics and culture of the revolutionary and early national periods, leading into the Civil War era and its aftermath. Her Keynote address will examine recent Congressional conflicts and violence through the lens of these powerful historical precedents. Following her address, Columbia History Department Prof. Stephanie McCurry, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History in Honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, will moderate a discussion, including questions from the audience.
Prof. Freeman’s Keynote address launches a virtual Conference on January 23 from 10:30 – 5:30 p.m. EST marking the completion of the extensive series of "The Selected Papers of John Jay", edited over decades by the Rare Book and Manuscript Library within Columbia Libraries.
The Keynote address is hosted jointly by Columbia Libraries and The Forum, a program of the Office of the President, Columbia University. The Conference is presented by The John Jay Papers Project, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia Libraries.
