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: speaking
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.
Reflecting on America’s 250th, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sept. 22 (Private)
I’ll be presenting Nationhood Lab’s work at a special convening of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, “Reflecting on America’s 250th,” in Cambridge, Mass, September 22nd. Details to follow.
Speaking at the WBUR Festival, May 29, on causes and remedies for polarization in the U.S
Have you ever wishes you could hear Dr. Lilliana Mason, Dr. Joshua Greene and myself converse on the underlying causes of our tribe-like polarization and what can be done about… 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 Nations Apart, Gardiner, Maine, June 4
I’ll be presenting on Nations Apart and the work of Nationhood Lab at the historic Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner, Maine on the evening of June 4, hosted by… 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 »
Discussing the “Last Great Hope” of America at 250, Wells, Maine, July 14
For the 250th, I’ll be speaking around the country on the eternal struggle between proponents of the Declaration’s ideals and advocates of blood and soil ethnonationalism to define the United… Read more »
Presenting Nations Apart in Bar Harbor, Maine, Sept. 17
I’ll be presenting on Nations Apart and the work of Nationhood Lab at the MDI Biological Lab’s Maren Auditorium in Bar Harbor Sept. 17, as the Acadia Senior College’s annual… 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.