Benjamin Disraeli and the Conservative Tradition
Benjamin Disraeli and the Conservative Tradition Dr. Daniel PittHonorary Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham X Date: August 28, 2026Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm ETFaculty: Dr. Daniel PittLocation: Russell Kirk Center Library Description: Russell Kirk regarded...
An Evening with Christopher Dawson: Introducing a Historian of Culture
An Evening with Christopher Dawson: Introducing a Historian of Culture Dr. Joseph Stuart, Ph.D.Director of History & Fellow in Catholic Studies at the University of Mary Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM ETDate: September 2, 2025Faculty: Dr. Joseph Stuart...
Transmitting Western Civilization Through Education
On Being Civilized: A Few Lines Amid the Breakage By Tracy Lee Simmons. Memoria College Press, 2023. Paperback, 281 pages, $15.45. Reviewed by Darrell Falconburg. “What is civilization?” When confronted with what appears to be civilizational disintegration, many...
Irving Babbitt’s Defense of the Humanities
Democracy and Leadership By Irving Babbitt. Liberty Fund, 1979 (1924). Paperback, 392 pages, $14.50. Reviewed by Darrell Falconburg. Irving Babbitt’s Democracy and Leadership celebrated its centenary in 2024. We asked several Babbitt scholars to reflect upon its...
Kirk saw poetry, fiction, tradition, and restraint as essential to understanding America and preserving its character. In his review of "On America," @cjscalia explores Kirk’s vision of the founding, statesmanship, literature, and the enduring ideas that have shaped the republic.