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National Narrative

Colin Woodard·
Updates
·September 18, 2024·5 min read

Americans overwhelmingly oppose election subversion, book bans, but split on partisan lines over voter suppression and presidents being above law

Nationwide polls from Salve Regina University’s Nationhood Lab “stress tested” Americans’ professed commitments to the values in the Declaration of Independence, revealing softer support within the American right
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·May 22, 2023·1 min read

AP: Nationhood Lab director discusses how U.S. national myths reinforce the loneliness epidemic

Colin Woodard spoke with the Associated Press's Global Director for New Storytelling, Ted Anthony, about the historical and national narrative influences behind the loneliness crisis recently identified by the U.S. Surgeon General
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·November 13, 2025·1 min read

Boston Globe interviews Woodard on Nationhood Lab and Nations Apart

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·January 3, 2025·2 min read

Die Welt interviews Woodard on 2024 election and the crisis for U.S. democracy

Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard talked at length with the U.S. correspondent of one of Germany's newspapers of record about the election results and the crisis Trumpism represents to American democracy
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·July 23, 2023·1 min read

Die Welt: Nationhood Lab director on the challenges to U.S. nationhood

The Pell Center's Colin Woodard talked at length with the German daily's U.S. correspondent about the implications of the U.S. having always been a Balkanized federation of rival regional cultures
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·January 30, 2023·1 min read

How America’s Frontier myth got its start and quickly lost the faith of its own author

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·April 18, 2024·2 min read

How best to understand America’s competing national myths?

In Washington Monthly, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard reviews a new book from an eminent scholar of the American mythos doesn’t quite hit the mark
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedUpdates
·April 26, 2024·3 min read

Most Americans Define the U.S. by adherence to ideals rather than heritage, ancestry, or traditions, a new Pell Center Nationhood Lab poll finds

The nationwide survey finds Americans prefer to define their country by its commitment to civic ideals rather than by shared ancestry, history, traditions or culture by wide margins
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·January 13, 2024·2 min read

Nationhood Lab director addresses Jan. 6 vigil in Newport

Colin Woodard·
Updates
·March 17, 2025·2 min read

Nationhood Lab director addresses the Camden Conference on vital need for a shared U.S. national story

March 17, 2025 CAMDEN, MAINE –  The director of Salve Regina University’s Nationhood Lab presented on the crisis facing American democracy...
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·September 9, 2024·2 min read

Nationhood Lab director discusses crisis in democracy, defends liberal arts, on UNE’s “Oh, the Humanities” podcast

Speaking in advance of a Sept. 23 lecture at the Maine university, Colin Woodard discussed Nationhood Lab's work, the value of the humanities, and the threats to U.S. democracy
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·July 31, 2023·1 min read

Nationhood Lab director discusses the authoritarian crisis and the problems of U.S. nationhood with Yascha Mounk on The Good Fight podcast

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    • An Authoritarian Threat
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    • Initiatives
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Nationhood Lab
  • THE CHALLENGE
    • An Authoritarian Threat
    • A Balkanized Federation
    • A Lost National Narrative
  • OUR WORK
    • Data Journalism
    • A New National Narrative
    • Research and Publications
    • Initiatives
  • NEWS AND UPDATES
    • In the News
    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
  • CONTACT
  • PELL CENTER
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