I will be presenting Nations Apart and the work of Nationhood Lab at the OSW Center for Eastern Studies, the Warsaw-based public sector think tank focused on Central and Eastern… Read more »
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Discussing Nations Apart with Iowa Public Radio and Quad Cities NPR
Nationhood Lab‘s director, Colin Woodard, discussed his new book, Nations Apart, and the project’s work showcased therein on the flagship public affairs programs of Iowa Public Radio and WVIK, the Rock… Read more »
Speaking on Nations Apart and the Shared American Story, Brunswick, Maine, Feb. 26 (Invited)
The Pejepscot History Center in Brunswick, Maine has asked me to speak at their annual meeting and kick off for the 250th, which they’re commemorating with the theme of “Life… Read more »
Speaking on Nations Apart and American Nations, Exeter, New Hampshire, May 7
In Exeter, New Hampshire, the American Indepence Center, Water Street Bookstore, the Exeter Library, and the town’s 250 Commission are sponsor a town-wide read of both American Nations and Nations… Read more »
A conversation about Nations Apart on KERA’s Think
Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard was a recent guest on Think, the long-format interview show produced at Dallas NPR affiliate KERA and broadcast by public radio stations in 29 states,… Read more »
NY Times OpEd: America isn’t a blood-and-soil nation
In the New York Times opinion section, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard argued America has a widely shared national story, and it’s based on the ideals in the Declaration, not… Read more »
Presenting Nations Apart at the Word Literary Festival, Oct. 25
This Saturday, October 25, I’ll be delivering the keynote at the Word Literary Festival in Blue Hill, Maine on my forthcoming book, Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America…. Read more »
Speaking on Nations Apart, Skowhegan, Maine, Nov. 24
The Margaret Chase Smith Library, in the late U.S. senator’s hometown of Skowhegan, has invited me to deliver the annual Leeke-Shaw Lecture there the morning of November 24. Details here…. Read more »
Speaking on Nations Apart and the fight over the U.S. national narrative, Salem, Massachusetts., April 16
The Salem Athenaeum has invited me to speak on the fight over the American national story, George Bancroft’s role therein, and the implications for today on April 16 at 7pm…. Read more »
New Map: The American Nations regions across North America
Earlier this summer, over at Nationhood Lab, we extended our data models to enable researchers to apply the American Nations model in Canada, This also let us create, for the… 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.