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 »
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.
Presenting at Cornell IOP’s State of Democracy summit in NYC, May 24,
Cornell Club of New York City New York, NY, United StatesI'll be presenting on the work we'll be doing at Nationhood Lab, the project I'm founding at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, at a "State of Democracy" summit being held I'm New York City May 24 by the Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs. Headliners include Reps. Adam Schiff... Read more »
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 »
Discussing the U.S. midterm results at EEAS, Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 16 (private)
While in Brussels next week, I'll be discussing the political and diplomatic implications of the U.S midterm elections at the European External Action Service, the diplomatic and security arm of the European Union. It's a closed event.
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 »
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.