New Russell Kirk Book On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776 A new collection of writings by Russell Kirk—on America’s constitutional tradition, the Declaration of Independence, and its literary inheritance—will be released on June 9, 2026. Edited by Michael...
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. John M. Engler is a nationally respected statesman, policy...
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 Free Speech Prizes gala honoring 2025 grand prize winner...
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 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...
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...
"The first question, and perhaps the most pressing one when reviewing a book by @McCormickProf, is this: Even in the comparatively small world of intellectual conservatism, is there anything George isn’t doing?" - R. McKay Stangler in @ubookman
"Nonetheless, admittedly indirect evidence has been put forth, evidence which at least suggests that Hoover might have been inadvertently onto something when he successfully proposed replacing the notion of a relatively quick “panic” with something more drawn out, maybe even