I’ll be presenting on my new book, Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America at my hometown Freeport Community Library in Maine the afternoon of Dec. 13. This event… Read more »
Articles Tagged: US History
Delivering the Bancroft lecture, York, Maine, Sept. 20
The York Public Library has asked me to deliver their annual Dan Bancroft Memorial Lecture on Civic Leadership and Engagement on the evening of Sept. 20. Details to follow.
Previewing Nations Apart in Blue Hill, Maine, Oct. 25
I’ll be presenting at the 2025 Word Literary Arts Festival in Blue Hill, Maine on my forthcoming book, Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America on the evening of… Read more »
Presenting Nations Apart, Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 4
I’ll be speaking about my new book, Nations Apart, and the work of Nationhood Lab on the geography of health at the University of Illinois Chicago the morning of Dec. 4…. Read more »
Speaking about Nations Apart, Medford, Massachusetts, Dec. 2
I’ll be speaking about my new book, Nations Apart, and the work of Nationhood Lab at my alma mater, Tufts University, on the evening of Dec. 2. The event, hosted… Read more »
Presenting Nations Apart, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Nov. 18
I’ll be discussing and signing my new book, Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America, at Schuler Books in Ann Arbor, Michigan the evening of November 18. It’s free… Read more »
Presenting Nations Apart, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, Nov. 12
Four Seasons Books, a gem of a bookstore in Sheperdstown in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, is co-hosting an event for my new book, Nations Apart, at The Sanctuary in the… Read more »
Nations Apart Launch Party, Portland, Maine, Nov. 3
On the eve of the release of my new book, Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America, Longfellow Books will be hosting a launch event at Portland, Maine’s storied… Read more »
Sharing our rebooted national story — and why we need one — on PBS’s “Story in the Public Square”
On July 4, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard discussed the project’s groundbreaking work on a shared American story on “Story in the Public Square,” the award-winning public affairs television series broadcast… Read more »
Launching Nations Apart, Belmont, Massachusetts, Nov. 4
Belmont Books in Belmont, Massachusetts, just outside Boston, is hosting me for a book talk and signing about my new book, Nations Apart, on the day of its release. Free… 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.