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 »
Articles Tagged: American Nations
Speaking on Nations Apart and the crisis in U.S. democracy, Newport, Rhode Island, Mar. 4
I’ll be delivering a guest lecture on Nations Apart and the deepening crisis in U.S. democracy at the Newport Historical Society in Newport, Rhode Island the evening of March 4…. Read more »
Speaking on Nations Apart and the crisis in U.S. democracy, Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 16
I’ll be presenting Nations Apart, the work of Nationhood Lab, and the ongoing crisis in the United States at the University of Warsaw’s American Studies Center the afternoon of Jan…. Read more »
Sharing Nationhood Lab’s work in the “American Fridays” lecture series, Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 16 (invited)
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has invited me to speak to scholars and think tankers at their “American Fridays” lecture series in Warsaw the morning of January 16. It’s an… Read more »
Speaking on the crisis in U.S. democracy, Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 15 (invited)
I will be presenting Nations Apart and the work of Nationhood Lab at the OSW Center for Eastern Studies, the Warsaw-based public sector think tank focused on Central and Eastern… Read more »
Speaking on Nations Apart and American Nations, Exeter, New Hampshire, May 7
In Exeter, New Hampshire, the American Indepence Center, Water Street Bookstore, the Exeter Library, and the town’s 250 Commission are sponsor a town-wide read of both American Nations and Nations… Read more »
A conversation about Nations Apart on KERA’s Think
Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard was a recent guest on Think, the long-format interview show produced at Dallas NPR affiliate KERA and broadcast by public radio stations in 29 states,… Read more »
Discussing Nationhood Lab and Nations Apart with the Boston Globe
The Boston Globe‘s Kate Tuttle interviewed Nationhood Lab project director Colin Woodard for a dedicated feature on the project’s work on regional divides, threats to democracy, and the shared American… Read more »
Discussing Nations Apart with Maine Public and Utah Public Radio
Nationhood Lab project director Colin Woodard discussed his new book, Nations Apart, and the project’s work it showcases on the flagship public affairs programs of two statewide public radio networks…. Read more »
Lessons from the pandemic: the regional geography of distancing, vaccinations, and death
With federal vaccine and immunization policy in turmoil, Nationhood Lab took a deep dive into the United States’ experience in the Covid-19 pandemic, revealing stark and consistent regional differences in… 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.