2025 Dick & Ethie Haworth Free Speech Fellows Announced
On November 19, 2025, the Russell Kirk Center will host the Richard D. McLellan Prizes Award Gala in Washington, D.C. at the National Press Club. The event, hosted by a distinguished prizes Jury, will honor Kristen Waggoner, our grand prize winner and the 2025 Dick & Ethie Haworth Free Speech Fellows. Get tickets and sponsorship information here.
More From Our Highlights & News
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, Michigan. Since its inception in 1995, the Russell Kirk Center was blessed to have State Senator Joanne Emmons serving...
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 Whitney and Jeff Polet, Cara Rogers (Asst. Professor of History,...
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 library for a seminar titled "Politics,...
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, Inc. They examined the connection between liberty and liberal education, with...