Celebrating the 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prizes

Celebrating the 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prizes

Celebrating the 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prizes On November 19, 2025, the Russell Kirk Center gathered at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. with a full crowd for the second  annual Richard D. McLellan Prizes awards gala with prize winners Kristen Waggoner,...
Celebrating the 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prizes

2025 Mickey Shapiro Free Speech Fellows Announced

2025 Mickey Shapiro Free Speech Fellows Announced The Kirk Center is pleased to introduce our other McLellan Prizes fellowships cohort, including the Mickey Shapiro Free Speech Fellows. Each Shapiro Fellow will receive a $12,500 fellowship to pursue writing, research,...
Celebrating the 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prizes

Celebrating William F. Buckley’s 100th

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...
Celebrating the 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prizes

Legislators and Policymakers Have Intellectual Retreat

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...
Celebrating the 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prizes

The Russell Kirk Center Welcomes TFAS Public Policy Fellows

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...