Speaking on the American Nations and the geography of gun violence (virtual), July 11
I'll be speaking on the geography of U.S. gun violence, American Nations, and the work of Nationhood Lab at the Napa-based Saint Helena Virtual Forum, which records July 11th. I'll be interviewed by David Freed, author, screenwriter and Pulitzer prize winning Los Angeles Times journalist. Stay tuned for information on when the virtual lecture is... Read more »
Speaking on American Nations, Boothbay Harbor, Maine; Aug. 22 (Private)
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Boothbay Harbor, ME, United StatesOn August 22nd I’ll be giving a talk on North America regionalism and how it's shaped our past, present, and future -- this the topic of my book, American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America -- at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. It’s a member’s only event, so... Read more »
Speaking on the challenges of U.S. nationhood, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., Sept. 7 (private)
United States Capitol Washington, DC, United StatesOn the invitation of Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, I'll be speaking to the Democratic caucus of the U.S. Senate about the past and present challenges to holding the U.S. together, the topics of my books, American Nations and Union and the work of the... Read more »
Presenting on American Nations and health outcomes, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, Sept. 27
Keck Center of the National Academies 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC, United StatesI'll be presenting at the National Academy of Sciences Roundtable on Obesity Solutions meeting September 27 in Washington, DC. My role is to discuss the influence of regional cultures in the observed distribution of obesity and other health factors, which I and c-authors at the University of Illinois-Chicago and the University of Minnesota published on... Read more »
Presenting American Nations at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, Oct. 17
Kenyon College Gambier, OH, United StatesI'll be speaking about the rival regional cultures of North America described in American Nations -- and how we overcome the resulting problems for U.S. nationhood -- at Kenyon College's Center for the Study of American Democracy on October 17th. The event is free and kicks off at 7:30pm in Kenyon's Community Foundation Theater.
Speaking on Union and the fraught effort to create a U.S. national story; Columbia, S.C., Oct. 26
University of South Carolina Columbia, SC, United StatesI'll be speaking about Union and the fraught effort to create a U.S. national story -- from scratch -- starting in the 1830s at the University of South Carolina's Humanities Collaborative in Columbia, S.C. the evening of Oct. 26. The event, free and open to the public, will be held in the School of Law... Read more »
Speaking on the American Nations trilogy at National Defense University, Washington, DC, Dec. 6 (private)
National Defense University Fort McNair, Washington, DC, United StatesI will be making my annual speech to the American Studies international fellows at National Defense University in Washington, D.C.. for the fourth year running. This is a private event closed to public.
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He is the author of six 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 the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2016. He is a contributing editor at POLITICO and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.