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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
The Unfashionable Statesmanship of John Courtney Murray
Hunter Baker joins the Bookman symposium, “Murray’s We Hold These Truths: 1960 and Today”
Latest Pieces
A Reminder of Reality in an Ideological Age
Bruce P. Frohnen joins the Bookman symposium, “Murray’s We Hold These Truths: 1960 and Today”
This Nation Under God
Richard M. Reinsch II joins the Bookman symposium, “Murray’s We Hold These Truths: 1960 and Today”
Murray, Sixty Years On
William Gould joins the Bookman symposium, “Murray’s We Hold These Truths: 1960 and Today”
Murray and 21st-Century Challenges
Mary C. Segers joins the Bookman symposium, “Murray’s We Hold These Truths: 1960 and Today”
Maoism Exported
Thomas Albert Howard Reviews Julia Lovell’s Maoism: A Global History
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 & News
Classic Kirk featured essay: “The Constitution and the Antagonist World”
Events
July 21: “Russell Kirk on Nation, Empire, and Local Places” seminar for Michigan interns
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.