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,...
Seminar Explores Shakespeare’s Plutarch On March 25 – 27, Hillsdale College students gathered for a seminar at the Kirk Center on the topic: “If You Have Writ Your Annals True: Plutarchan Lives and Shakespearian Tragedies.” Students read aloud selections...
Book Launch of The Conservative Mind in Brazil We’re pleased to announce that The Conservative Mind, translated into Portuguese for the first time, has recently been published in Brazil. On January 12th, Alex Catharino, the writer of the introduction, conducted...
Geopolitics and the Making of the Modern World
John P. Rossi on "The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars and the Making of the Modern World" by Hal Brands. @wwnorton
The Context for Human Dignity
Rev. Joseph Scolaro reviews "On the Dignity of Society: Catholic Social Teaching and Natural Law" by F. Russell Hittinger. @CUAPress
