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: US History
OpEd: Trump’s ethnonationalist 250th
Donald Trump and his allies are marking the 250th birthday of the Declaration of Independence by attacking what it stands for, Nationhood Lab Director Colin Woodard wrote in an opinion… Read more »
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 »
For TPM: the America250 commission’s deeply flawed Christian Nationalist comic book history series
In Talking Points Memo, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard discusses the disturbing contents of the official, Congressionally-created America250 commission’s core historical product: a sixteen-volume comic book series produced under license to a Christian comic… Read more »
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.
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.
Speaking to the BBC and Politico about the meaning of 250 years of U.S. history
For the nation’s 250th birthday, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard spoke with the BBC and Politico about the meaning of the U.S. history, how the country expanded, and the still… 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 »
Presenting at the WBUR Festival, Boston, Massachusetts, May 29
I’ll be joining a panel on the polarization of America and how it happened at the WBUR Festival, May 29 in Boston. More details to follow, but this link leads… 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.