I’ll be presenting on Nations Apart and the work of Nationhood Lab at the MDI Biological Lab’s Maren Auditorium in Bar Harbor Sept. 17, as the Acadia Senior College’s annual… Read more »
Articles Tagged: US politics
Moderating a US Senate Democratic primary debate, Topsham, Maine, April 11
The US Senate race in Maine could determine which party controls the Senate for the next two years of Donald Trump’s presidency, with the rule of law at stake. Democratic… Read more »
Maine Sunday Telegram on Nations Apart: “Urgent and couldn’t be more timely”
The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram – the largest newspaper in my native state — is one of the few dailies that still has its own book reviews and book… Read more »
In Poland, Woodard shares Nationhood Lab’s work with scholars, students, officials and the media
January 20, 2025 WARSAW, POLAND – Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard spent last week in Poland, presenting the project’s work to students, scholars, diplomats and public officials and appearing on… Read more »
Speaking on the crisis in U.S. democracy and how we got here, Boston, Massachusetts, April 10 (invited)
I’ll be delivering Emmanuel College’s 2026 Catherine McLaughlin Hakim Lecture on their Boston campus at noon on April 10th on the deep background as to how the U.S. republic fell… 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 »
For Politico: the historical roots of our (regional) immigration divide
For Politico, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard has written a magazine-length feature about the regional maldistribution of the “Great Wave” immigrants of 1880-1924 and how it’s shaped the world we live in today, including the… Read more »
Speaking on Nations Apart and the crisis in U.S. democracy, Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 16
I’ll be presenting Nations Apart, the work of Nationhood Lab, and the ongoing crisis in the United States at the University of Warsaw’s American Studies Center the afternoon of Jan…. Read more »
Sharing Nationhood Lab’s work in the “American Fridays” lecture series, Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 16 (invited)
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has invited me to speak to scholars and think tankers at their “American Fridays” lecture series in Warsaw the morning of January 16. It’s an… Read more »
Speaking on the crisis in U.S. democracy, Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 15 (invited)
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 »
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.