Highlights & News
Eugene Volokh Awarded 2026 Richard D. McLellan Prize for Advancing Free Speech and Expression
Our 2026 McLellan Prizes grand prize recipient is Eugene Volokh, influential legal scholar and fellow at the Hoover Institution.
2026 Public Conference “Reclaiming Authentic Conservatism: Russell Kirk and the Roots of American Order”
Can American constitutionalism be reinvigorated? Can a renewal of moral imagination and historical consciousness recover the roots of order—within the soul and within the Republic?
Public Seminar: Knights, Heroes, and Patriots—Howard Pyle and the Shaping of the American Moral Imagination
What vision of life did Pyle offer—and what in that vision might still guide the formation of moral imagination today?
New Russell Kirk Book On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776
In On America, Kirk argues that the United States is not merely an “experiment,” but a distinctive expression of the Western tradition.
Hon. John Engler Now Serves as the Kirk Center’s Chairman of the Board
In January of 2026 the Russell Kirk Center board approved the Hon. John Engler to serve as the Center’s Chairman of the Board.
Celebrating the 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prizes
Step inside the second McLellan Prizes Award Gala honoring grand prize recipient, Kristen Waggoner, and four new Free Speech Fellows with full video and photos.
2025 Mickey Shapiro Free Speech Fellows Announced
Our McLellan Prizes Award Gala on 11.19.25 will honor grand prize recipient, Kristen Waggoner, and the 2025 Dick & Ethie Haworth Free Speech Fellows, Peter Bonilla and Thomas Matthew Vozar.
Celebrating William F. Buckley’s 100th
On October 23, we gathered in Grand Rapids with partners organizations to remember the life and legacy of William F. Buckley Jr. Two panels—The Role of Education in a Free Society and Fusionisms, Old and New—brought together scholars, writers, and teachers to examine...
Legislators and Policymakers Have Intellectual Retreat
Our Politics of Prudence Seminars bring together state legislators and policymakers who want to deepen their understanding of the conservative intellectual tradition and apply conservative principles to contemporary challenges. On October 24 - 25, we welcomed fifteen...
The Russell Kirk Center Welcomes TFAS Public Policy Fellows
From October 16–18, the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal welcomed twenty Public Policy Fellows from The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) for a weekend seminar on “The Roots of American Order as the Foundation for a New Fusionism.” Gathering in the historic...