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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
Competition Is Beautiful
Ryan Shinkel reviews The Myth of Capitalism.
Latest Pieces
Toward a Renewal of Europe
Scott B. Nelson reviews Renovatio Europae: For a Hesperialist Renewal of Europe.
James Burnham and the Asia-Pacific: 1941–1978
Francis P. Sempa surveys the wisdom in the Asia-Pacific focused writings of James Burnham.
England’s Real-Time Wendell Berry
Robert Grano reviews At the Field’s Edge: Adrian Bell and the English Countryside.
For Faith, not Power
Fitzroy Morrissey reviews Gerges’s Making the Arab World.
Failures of Interpretation
Gregory Castle reviews Michael Fried’s What Was Literary Impressionism?
About the Bookman
For over five 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 & News
Classic Kirk featured essay: “What is all This?”
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.