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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
More Than Mildly Amusing
Elizabeth Bittner welcomes Mr. Mehan’s entertaining—and substantive—animal alphabet.
Recent Bookman Posts
What Makes the Midwest Midwestern?
Jonathan Kasparek reviews a new collection on the cultural history of the Midwest.
Fear Your Toaster
Michael J. Ard reviews a disturbing book on the vulnerabilities of our Internet-connected lives.
Ideology Unbounded in San Francisco
Matthew Stokes reviews Daniel J. Flynn’s revealing history of the ideological and other connections between Jim Jones and Harvey Milk.
The Rise of Black Intellectual History
Chidike Okeem reviews a collection on the black intellectual tradition.
Pondering the Defeatists
Richard Cocks reviews a new edition of Colin Wilson’s Age of Defeat and explores the ongoing production line of nihilistic fiction.
About the Bookman
For over five decades, the University Bookman, founded by Russell Kirk, has sought to redeem the time by identifying and discussing those books that diagnose the modern age and support the renewal of culture and the common good. Currently published only online, the Bookman continues its mission of examining our times through the prism of what Kirk called the Permanent Things.
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College students: register now for June conference on The Roots of American Order held in Montgomery, AL
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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.