The Old North Church in Boston — originally the Church of England’s Christ Church (1723) — has recently taken up American Nations for their book club reading title. I’ll be… Read more »
Articles Tagged: American Nations
Speaking on American Nations, Chicago, Illinois, April 29 (Private)
I will be a keynote speaker at the Financial Planning Association’s 2025 FPA Retreat outside Chicago, Illinois on April 29, speaking about American Nations and the effects it has on… Read more »
Speaking on the crisis of U.S. democracy, Camden Conference, Camden, Maine, Feb. 23
I’ll be a closing keynote at the 38th annual Camden Conference, which has the theme “Democracy Under Threat: A Global Perspective,” on February 23. My talk is entitled “The Enduring… Read more »
Contributing to The American Question, the newly released feature documentary
The American Question, a feature documentary film from James Kicklighter released at the end of last month, explores the historical and contemporary factors that have eroded Americans’ trust in neighbors,… Read more »
Discussing the election results with CBC Nova Scotia
The day after former President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviewed Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard about the results, an analysis via the American Nations… Read more »
American Nations featured by BBC Mundo
Before this week’s history-defining election, the BBC’s correspondent in Miami interviewed Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard about the American Nations regional model and its implications for U.S. politics and society…. Read more »
Speaking with the New York Times about regional terminology
The New York Times recently interviewed Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard about the origins and meaning of various geographical terms in popular culture, from the Sun Belt and Rust Belt… Read more »
Speaking with the Minnesota Star-Tribune about American Nations, the election, and the U.S. democratic crisis
Eleven years ago, Minnesota Star-Tribune editorial writer Jill Burcum interviewed me about my then-pretty-new book, American Nations, which shows that there’s never been one America, but several, and wrote an… Read more »
Speaking with Montreal’s La Presse about the American Nations and U.S. politics
The Washington correspondent of Montreal’s La Presse, the traditional newspaper of record in Quebec, recently came to Maine and reached out to me about American Nations, his book about U.S…. Read more »
Speaking on American Nations in Provo, Utah, Oct. 3
I’ll be speaking about American Nations, the eleven rival regional cultures of North America, in Provo, Utah this coming Thursday, October 3rd, at Brigham Young University. The talk, which kicks… 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.