2026 Public Conference “Reclaiming Authentic Conservatism: Russell Kirk and the Roots of American Order” Across our public life, voices on both Left and Right regularly question whether the moral and social inheritance of America is worth conserving. Can a...
Public Seminar: Knights, Heroes, and Patriots—Howard Pyle and the Shaping of the American Moral Imagination On Saturday, June 20, the Russell Kirk Center will host a day-long public seminar: “Knights, Heroes, and Patriots—Howard Pyle and the Shaping of the American...
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,...
And I Will Go to the Altar of God
Jesse Russell reviews "On the Altar: A History of Sacrifice from the Sacred to the Secular" by Jonathan Sheehan. @PrincetonUPress
