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 »
Articles Tagged: Union
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 »
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 »
Discussing America’s shared story, Washington, D.C., Oct. 29 (private)
I’ll be joining a panel to guide the discussion of the United States’ shared national story at New America in Washington, D.C. the morning of Oct. 29. To attend this… Read more »
Speaking on America’s shared story, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct. 16 (private)
The Carpenter’s Hall Company and the Philadelphia Visitor’s Bureau have invited me to speak on Nationhood Lab’s work on a rebooted civic national narrative for the United States at an… Read more »
Presenting a webinar on the U.S. national story, July 17 (virtual, private)
The American Association for State and Local History has invited me to deliver a webinar on the battle over the American national narrative — a story I told in Union… Read more »
Speaking on Union and the American national story, Chicago, Illinois, October 22 (Private)
I’m returning to Chicago to again address the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Illinois at their annual meeting on October 22. It’s a members-only event, but… Read more »
Launching Nationhood Lab’s rebooted U.S. national narrative, Washington, DC, Mar. 12
Nationhood Lab research finds most Americans share a common vision for the United States Widely accepted narrative is rooted in the civic ideals in the Declaration of Independence Washington, D.C. –… Read more »
Speaking on the Gettysburg Address and American Identity, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania., April 25 (private)
I’ll be speaking at the State Legislative Leaders Foundation‘s Spring Leadership Summit in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on April 25, giving a keynote entitled “The Gettysburg Address – Learning from the Past… Read more »
Speaking on the crisis in U.S. democracy and environmental issues, Orono, Maine, Sept. 26
I will be delivering the annual Libby Lecture on Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Maine’s flagship campus in Orono this coming Thursday, October. 26. The talk… 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.