Professor Hiro Aida speaks on Russell Kirk and Japan in Tampa, Florida
Professor Hiro Aida speaks on Russell Kirk and Japan in Tampa, Florida On April 19 and 21, Professor Hiro Aida of Kansai University gave two lectures sponsored by the Russell Kirk Center and the Japanese Consulate-General in Miami. These lectures were designed to...
Celebrating the Conservative Mind at 70 in Washington, D.C.
Celebrating the Conservative Mind at 70 in Washington, D.C. On December 5, we celebrated the 70th anniversary of Russell Kirk’s landmark work, The Conservative Mind, a book that gave the conservative movement in America both a name and an awareness of our...
Public Policy Fellows of the Fund For American Studies visit the Kirk Center
Public Policy Fellows of the Fund For American Studies visit the Kirk Center On November 2 – 4, the Russell Kirk Center welcomed Public Policy Fellows of the Fund for American Studies (TFAS) to discuss “The Roots of American Order as the Foundation for a New...
Mackinac Center Interns Focus on “The Politics of Prudence”
Mackinac Center Interns Focus on “The Politics of Prudence” The Kirk Center welcomed interns from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy for a seminar on specific dimensions of “The Politics of Prudence” this summer. Kirk Center trustee and director of Save...
Harvard’s John Adams Society Holds Intellectual Retreat at Kirk Center
Harvard’s John Adams Society Holds Intellectual Retreat at Kirk Center For generations, Harvard’s conservatives were guided by the towering intellectual presence of Harvey C. Mansfield. Professor Mansfield taught the full range of political theory, from Plato...
There are metaphorical hills on which I would be willing to die. The Oxford comma is one of them.
So easy to forget that the best way to educate yourself is to read great works of literature and philosophy, then talk about them. Bring back the salon!