TFAS Fellows Seek Sources of Conservative Renewal On October 20-23, the Russell Kirk Center welcomed participants from The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) to its first program held at the Kirk Center in Mecosta. An impressive class of their Public Policy Fellows,...
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) Participant Writes Article on Visiting the Kirk Center for National Review We hope you enjoy this essay from recent seminar participant, Bobby Miller: Kirk’s life was consumed with the recuperation and preservation of what he...
Interns from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy gathered at the Kirk Center Interns from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy gathered at the Kirk Center on July 8, 2022, for a day-long seminar on “Dimensions of Contemporary Conservatism.” Faculty speakers...
Dr. Luke C. Sheahan appointed the fifth editor of The University Bookman On November 7, 2021, the Russell Kirk Center’s flagship publication, The University Bookman, lost its longtime editor, Gerald J. Russello, to cancer. Gerald was just 50 yet had been a fixture in...
What Do Students Say about the Center? April was a busy month of programming at the Kirk Center. Of the four educational programs we held, two were four-day seminars for graduate and undergraduate students, while the other two were shorter programs for students from...
Kirk Center’s Founding Chairman, State Senator Joanne Emmons, Passes Away. She Led the Center for 27 Years. On March 31, 2022, The Russell Kirk Center lost its founding chairman, Joanne Emmons. Joanne died peacefully at age 88 in her hometown of Big Rapids,...
Hope College Students Consider “The Human Condition” The Tocqueville Forum of Hope College enjoyed a wonderful seminar at the Kirk Center from October 24 to 26 considering “The Human Condition.” Seminar speakers included Kirk Center Senior Fellows Gleaves...
Interns Engage with Conservative Principles Each summer, the Kirk Center welcomes a group of interns from the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty to an intellectual retreat to focus on first principles. This July, Acton interns gathered in the Kirk...
Graduate Students Discuss “Liberty and Liberal Education” On April 22 – 25, graduate students invited by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute met at the Kirk Center for a conference on “Liberty and Liberal Education,” co-sponsored by Liberty Fund,...
Where Next? Western Civilization at the Crossroads Edited by Roger Kimball. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 232 pages, $27.99. Reviewed by Mark G. Brennan. The smart money would bet that many of The University Bookman’s omnilegent devotees have already read The New...
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