Union talk – Scarborough, Maine
Scarborough Public Library 48 Gorham Road, Scarborough, ME, United StatesI’ll be speaking about my most recent book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, at the Scarborough Public Library. Books available for purchase and signing. Free and open to the public.
Union talk – Exeter, New Hampshire
Exeter Public Library 10 Front Street, Exeter, NH, United StatesI’ll be speaking about my most recent book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, at the Exeter Public Library in Exeter, New Hampshire. Books available for purchase and signing. Free and open to the public.
Speaking on the American Nations trilogy at Harvard’s Institute of Politics (private)
Harvard University Institute of Politics Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, United StatesI'll be speaking about the issues raised in American Nations, American Character, and Union to undergraduates at Harvard University's Institute of Politics. Invite only event.
Union talk – Newburyport, Massachusetts
Newburyport Public Library 94 State Street, Newburyport, MA, United States’ll be speaking about my most recent book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, at the Newburyport Public Library in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Books available for purchase and signing. Free and open to the public.
2021 Asahi World Forum – Tokyo, Japan
A virtual event this year, so participating from the United States about the state of United States politics. Requires conference fee and registration.
Republic of Pirates at 21st Century Club – Cleveland, Ohio (private)
21st Century Club Shaker Heights, Ohio, OhioSpeaking about Republic of Pirates in a private event convened by Cleveland's 21st Century Club.
Panel discussion: humanities and civic comms — Orono, Maine
St. John Auditorium (Room 165), Barrows Hall University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States"Speaking to Citizens, Connecting with Audiences" How might politicians, pundits, journalists, scholars, and other social and cultural leaders best connect with the audiences they need to address? As part of its 2021-2022 Annual Symposium, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center is pleased to sponsor a panel exploring this question and the issues it raises. Bringing together... Read more »
Speaking on American Nations trilogy – Washington, D.C. (private)
National Defense University Fort McNair, Washington, DC, United StatesSpeaking to the American Studies international fellows. Private event closed to public.
Speaking on American Nations at Ohio University
Ohio University Athens, OH, United StatesI'll be speaking on American Nations at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. The event is co-sponsored by Ohios Department of Geography and the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. It kicks off at 7pm at the Walter Hall Rotunda and is free and open to the public. Details here.
Panel on paths to careers in Journalism, Tufts University, Mar. 2 (private)
Tufts University Medford, MA, United StatesI'll be joining fellow alumni of the Tufts Daily for a webinar panel on paths to careers in journalism on Tuesday, March 2, at 7pm. It's open to members of the Tufts Daily alumni group. Looking forward to seeing some old faces, decades later, including Jonathan Larsen (Managing editor at The Young Turks) and producer Denise... Read more »
Discussing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (virtual), Mar. 8
Portland Press Herald (virtual) Portland, ME, United StatesI'll be leading a webinar discussion on Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine on March 8 at 7pm with two area experts: Laura Henry of Bowdoin College and Bates College's Jim Richter. It's part of the Portland Press Herald's Newsroom Live series, so it's free for the paper's subscribers. (And worth the price of subscription for... Read more »
Signing at Leopold’s Books Bar Caffe, Madison, Wisconsin, Mar. 15
Leopold's Book Bar Caffe 1301 Regent Street, Madison, WI, United StatesI'll be doing an informal Q&A and signing books at Madison, Wisconsin's very own Leopold Books Bar Caffe on March 15 from 6 to 7pm. Come by and chat about native son Frederick Jackson Turner's role in the struggle to create a national story for the fractured, fractious United States -- an epic undertaking brought... Read more »
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.