November 2, 2023 NEWPORT, R.I — In a new essay published in the American Enterprise Institute’s The Social Breakdown series, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard argues that the United… Read more »
Articles Tagged: US History
Discussing America’s contested founding narrative with BYUradio’s Top of Mind
I recently joined BYUradio’s Top of Mind, the flagship current events show at Brigham Young University’s radio broadcast, SiriusXM and audio programming powerhouse, to discuss America’s contested founding narrative. Here’s… Read more »
Speaking on the struggle to create a story of U.S. nationhood, Columbia, SC, Oct. 26
I’ll be speaking on South Carolinian intellectuals and their role in the struggle to forge the story of United States nationhood, at, appropriately enough, the University of South Carolina, on… Read more »
Speaking on American Nations, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, Oct. 17
I’ll be speaking about the rival regional cultures of North America described in American Nations — and how we overcome the resulting problems for U.S. nationhood — at… Read more »
The early 20th century Appalachian migration to Great Lakes cities created big tensions, but did it help bring down the New Deal coalition?
Readers of American Nations know the U.S. is an awkward federation of regional cultures which don’t see eye to eye. So it’s not surprising that when a huge number of… Read more »
Addressing U.S. Senators on Challenges To U.S. Democracy And Nationhood
September 14, 2023 WASHINGTON – On the invitation of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan), the director of Salve Regina University’s Nationhood Lab addressed the weekly… Read more »
Speaking on the American Nations trilogy at National Defense University, Washington, DC, Dec. 6 (private)
I will be making my annual speech to the American Studies international fellows at National Defense University in Washington, D.C.. for the fourth year running. This is a private event… Read more »
Presenting American Nations at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, Oct. 17
I’ll be speaking about the rival regional cultures of North America described in American Nations — and how we overcome the resulting problems for U.S. nationhood — at Kenyon College’s… Read more »
How a “freedom-and-fairness” agenda can save the U.S. republic and federation
In the new print edition of Washington Monthly, Nationhood Lab Director Colin Woodard laid out how a “freedom-and-fairness” political agenda can steer the United States out of the dangerous, demagogue-infested… Read more »
Speaking on the American Nations and the geography of gun violence (virtual), July 11
I’ll be speaking on the geography of U.S. gun violence, American Nations, and the work of Nationhood Lab at the Napa-based Saint Helena Virtual Forum, which records July 11th. I’ll… Read more »