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Strengthening America’s Tradition of Order, Justice & Freedom
The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal aims to recover, conserve, and enliven those enduring norms and principles that Russell Kirk (1918–1994) called the Permanent Things. Explore the Center’s programs, publications, and fellowships and join with us to continue Kirk’s work to renew our culture and redeem our time.
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From the University Bookman
These Roman Things
“As Jones struggled with his ‘technolatrous’ age, he took ancient Rome as a lodestar for navigating ‘this distressful epoch.'”
Latest Pieces
All That’s Left is This Foundation Stone
“…these poems provoke us to return and reclaim our prodigal inheritance.”
Where Conservatives Converse
“It has been nearly sixty years since the founding of the Philadelphia… and its growth and development over the years as an intellectual home for all conservatives who accepted the premise of ordered liberty, is a testimony to the founders and those who have long carried on the legacy of the Society and its principles.”
Whether the Heart Has Its Reasons of Which It Knows Nothing
Daniel James Sundahl reviews Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment
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On the Need for Property and Virtue
“The decentralized constitutional republic created in the late eighteenth century has evolved into a centralized oligarchy that is at a critical turning point.”
Talking Race: Community Over Conflict
All One in Christ surveys and compares Catholic Church documents with literature on Critical Race Theory (CRT) as they address racism.
About the Bookman
For six decades, the University Bookman, founded by Russell Kirk, has identified and discussed those books that diagnose the modern age and support the renewal of culture and the common good. Currently published online, the Bookman continues its mission of examining our times in light of the Permanent Things that make us human.
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At the Kirk Center
Highlights
Dr. Luke Sheahan named the fifth editor of The University Bookman
Student responses to Center programs
Classic Kirk featured essay: “The Canon of the Ghostly Tales”
Events
November 14, 6:00 p.m. EST: A Tribute to Gerald Russello on His First Anniversary. New York City. Register here.
October 20-23: The Fund for American Studies Public Policy Fellows explore the American political tradition at the Kirk Center.
On Campus
Explore Kirk On Campus
Russell Kirk understood his work was to convey to America’s rising generations an understanding of the process by which a healthy culture is transmitted from age to age.
We’re continuing this important work through Kirk on Campus as we host conversations about the permanent things on campuses across Michigan. We hope you’ll join us at an event, and help us prepare tomorrow’s leaders with an appreciation of the richness of the conservative intellectual tradition.