The Friends of City Park — the public space in Charlestown, Massachusetts created when Boston’s Big Dig moved I-93 underground — have asked me to deliver the keynote at their… Read more »
Articles Tagged: American Nations
Speaking on the historical roots of Pennsylvania politics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct. 22
Philadelphia’s Carpenter’s Hall, where the First Continental Congress met in 1774, has invited me back to speak on the historical roots of Pennsylvania politics, the answers to which lie in… Read more »
Speaking on American Nations, Austin, Texas, October 2 (private)
I’ll be speaking to a corporate audience about how the American Nations regional cultures affect consumer behavior and preferences on October 2.
Presenting at the MinnPost Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 10
I’ll be presenting my work on the crisis in American democracy and what to do about it at the 2026 MinnPost Festival in Minneapolis, October 10. More details to follow.
Trump’s support is collapsing in every American Nations region
Over at Nationhood Lab, I recently posted a regional analysis of Trump’s approval ratings, based on G. Elliott Morris’s polls and local-level model. It presents a devastating picture for the… Read more »
Presenting on the regional geography of health and wellbeing in the U.S., Newport, Rhode Island, June 18
The health research collaborative I belong to is presenting our work at Nationhood Lab’s home institution, the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, at Salve Regina University in… Read more »
Speaking on the crisis in U.S. democracy and what to do about it at Emmanuel College, Salem Athenaeum
APRIL 19, 2026 BOSTON – Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard shared Nationhood Lab’s work on American divisions and the story that unites the U.S. to audiences at Emmanuel College Boston and… Read more »
For Smithsonian: when New York City tried to become its own country
Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard has a feature in the current print issue of Smithsonian Magazine on the time New York City tried to secede from the United States and… Read more »
In Poland, Woodard shares Nationhood Lab’s work with scholars, students, officials and the media
January 20, 2025 WARSAW, POLAND – Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard spent last week in Poland, presenting the project’s work to students, scholars, diplomats and public officials and appearing on… Read more »
Speaking on the crisis in U.S. democracy and how we got here, Boston, Massachusetts, April 10 (invited)
I’ll be delivering Emmanuel College’s 2026 Catherine McLaughlin Hakim Lecture on their Boston campus at noon on April 10th on the deep background as to how the U.S. republic fell… Read more »
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.