Union talk – York, Maine
York Public Library 15 Long Sands Road, York, ME, United StatesI’ll be speaking about my most recent book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, at the York Public Library in York, Maine. Books available for purchase and signing. Free and open to the public.
Union talk – Kennebunk, Maine
Brick Store Museum 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, United StatesI’ll be speaking about my most recent book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, at the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, Maine. It's a public event, but they're asking for a donation of your choice to help support this and other worthy programs at the museum.Books will be available for... Read more »
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.
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.
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.
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 »
Speaking on Union, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mar. 16 (private)
College Endowment Association Milwaukee, WI, United StatesI'll be speaking on my most recent book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, and the battle between civic and ethno-nationalist visions of the country to the College Endowment Association in Milwaukee. It's a members-only event, but if you're in southern Wisconsin and wanted to connect, give me a shout.... Read more »
Speaking on the Caribbean Pirates (virtually), NYC, June 23
Queens Public Library Queens, NY, United StatesI'll be speaking about Blackbeard and the great Golden age pirate gang in a virtual presentation hosted by the Queens Public Library in New York's Cambria Heights neighborhood on June 23 at 4pm. The event is free and open to the public worldwide. Details here:
Speaking on American Nations, Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 25 (Private)
National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Illinois Chicago, IL, United StatesI'll be speaking about U.S. regionalism and American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures in North America at the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Illinois' annual meeting in Chicago on October 25. It's a members-only event, but if you're in Chicago and wanting to connect, give me a... Read more »
Filming segment on pirates: Los Angeles, California, Oct. 26 (private)
Another undisclosed location Los Angeles, CA, United StatesI’ll be in Los Angeles to record a television interview segment relating to a figure from the Golden Age of Piracy I researched for my history, The Republic of Pirates. This is not for the same show as the London shoot but is equally hush-hush for now. Details when it's ready to air and the authorities give... Read more »
Speaking on the American condition, past at present, at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C. (Private)
Embassy of the Republic of France to the United States Washington, DC, United StatesI'll be joining France's Ambassador to the U.S., Phillipe Etienne, to speak about the backstory to the present American condition and other relevant political and historical phenomena at the Embassy of France's annual meeting of Consul-Generals and Honorary Consuls January 13 in Washington, D.C. The presentation -- informed by my work at the Pell Center... Read more »
Speaking on Mending America – community and civil society, Washington, D.C.
American Enterprise Institute Washington, DC, United StatesI will be joining a panel on community and civil society's role in mending America at an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute's Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at 1pm May 4 in Washington, D.C. Fellow panelists include Yuval Levin and Ryan Streeter. For registration details visit here.
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.