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Speaking on Nations Apart, Skowhegan, Maine, Nov. 24
The Margaret Chase Smith Library, in the late U.S. senator’s hometown of Skowhegan, has invited me to deliver the annual Leeke-Shaw Lecture there the morning of November 24. Details here.
The library is a congressional research library, archive and research center attached to Sen. Smith’s home, paralleling in some ways the Pell Center at Salve Regina University where my own project is based. Their description of the event is:
Join us as Colin Woodard, award-winning journalist and author, addresses a pressing concern: The United States is facing a period of significant political transformation that many view as a test of the nation’s democratic foundations. He reveals America’s structural and historical vulnerabilities that made this crisis possible, the role of regional cultures in enabling it, and how a shared national purpose can play a decisive role in turning the tide
For more than 20 years, the Margaret Chase Smith Library has hosted the Leeke-Shaw Lecture with scholars, politicians, and others speaking on domestic and international affairs. This year we invite attendees to bring a bagged lunch and join us in the discussion.
Woodard will also offer books for sale and signing following the presentation.
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This program is generously supported by contributions from Ada E. Leeke and Evelyn Shaw.
Agenda:
10:00-Coffee, Tea and Light Refreshments
10:30-12:00 Colin Woodard
12:00-Lunch/Book signing
1:00 Adjourn
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author, historian and award-winning journalist. He is the author of seven books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at Maine's Portland Press Herald, he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a 2016 Pulitzer Prize. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.