The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
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Kirktober 2025: James Panero and Adam Simon on the Haunted House
October 28, 2025
On Tuesday, October 28, at 6:00 PM, you are invited to join University Bookman editor Luke Sheahan, Hollywood screenwriter Adam Simon, and New Criterion executive editor James Panero, as they explore the theme of the haunted house in gothic literature and its relationship to conservative thought and imagination.
Register for this free webinar here.
Two Leaders at War
Chuck Chalberg looks at Lincoln and Churchill: Statesmen at War by Lewis Lehrman.
The Tsarist Commander
James Baresel reviews a biography of Russian Commander Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich.
The New Storytelling, From Tocqueville to Fortnite
Titus Techera connects the rise of computer games with the restlessness of young men in our cultural crisis.
Prophets of Paradise?
Jacob Bruggeman discusses the techno-utopian dream in a review of Nicholas Carr’s Utopia Is Creepy.
Defending Against the Old Chaos
Francis P. Sempa reviews The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire by A. Wess Mitchell.
Not Enough Argument
Oliver Traldi reviews Samuel Moyn’s Not Enough.
Eleven New Ghostly Tales
Robert Grano reviews a collection of supernatural stories by Dale Nelson.
Sandel in China
Jason Morgan reviews Encountering China: Michael Sandel and Chinese Philosophy.
Making Silly People Uncomfortable
A conversation with the acclaimed philosopher John Gray about his most recent book and his thoughts on Christianity and the decline of liberalism.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
