i'm ann thornton vice provost and university librarian at columbia. the john jay papers

i'm ann thornton vice provost and university librarian at columbia. the john jay papers project will soon culminate in publication of a seven volume scholarly edition of the voluminous papers of founding father john jay. this series involved decades of work by our dedicated experts and will introduce generations of students and researchers to this founding father's pivotal role in shaping american democracy. the libraries at columbia are grateful to be able to partner on this keynote presentation with the forum. a program of the office of the university president we are also excited to collaborate with c-span 3. which will air this program in the coming weeks? i am delighted to introduce our keynote speaker followed by our moderator who will join for a discussion after the address. our keynote speaker professor joanne freeman is the class of 1954 professor of history and american studies at yale university. professor freeman's work specializes in an early politics and political culture her interest and political violence and polarization dirty nasty p