washington university co-chair of the washington history seminar my co-chair and colleague christian austerman at the wilson center is not with us this afternoon, but i am delighted to report that today s session is co-sponsored of the omahundra institute and with us this afternoon to introduce our speaker is the institute s interim executive director catherine kelly about whom i will say more in a moment. the washington history seminar is a collaborative venture of the woodrow wilson center s history and public policy program and the american historical associations national history center. and for over the past decade. the seminar has been meeting weekly and pre-covid times in person at the wilson center and since the pandemic here in the virtual realm this is the final seminar of the season, but we will return on january 23rd with a full lineup that will take us to the end of may. our announcement of the spring winter schedule will be available early in the new year behind
affairs this afternoon. we ll be focusing on a recent book by robert parkinson of binghamton university entitled 13 clocks. how race united the colonies and made the declaration of independence? published earlier this year by the hondro institute of early american history and culture and the university of north carolina press joining us this afternoon as discussions our derek spiers of cornell university and rosemary zagari of george mason university. i m eric arneson from the george washington university co-chair of the washington history seminar my co-chair and colleague christian austerman at the wilson center is not with us this afternoon, but i am delighted to report that today s session is co-sponsored of the omahundra institute and with us this afternoon to introduce our speaker is the institute s interim executive director catherine kelly about whom i will say more in a moment. the washington history seminar is a collaborative venture of the woodrow wilson center s hi