Announcing the Inaugural Richard D. McLellan Prizes Award Gala
On December 5, 2024, the Russell Kirk Center will host the inaugural Richard D. McLellan Prizes Award Gala in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the historic Amway Grand Hotel.
The event, hosted by a distinguished prizes Jury, will honor the grand prize recipient of the 2024 McLellan Prize as well as two academic award winners. A total of $75,000 in prizes will be awarded.
The Richard D. McLellan Prizes is a unique educational program administered by the Russell Kirk Center. Its aim is to help reshape the national conversation on issues surrounding the durability and prospects for the American tradition of free speech and expression as guaranteed in the U. S. Constitution’s First Amendment.
The McLellan Prizes draw attention to the central importance of the free speech tradition, particularly recognizing those doing the most important and exciting work in that area. These Prizes seek to support talented thinkers, creators, and communicators capable of rearticulating the perennial importance of the First Amendment, and transmitting a better understanding of the freedoms it secures for all.
Registration for the award gala is now open and tickets can be secured here.
For those wishing to attend the event and help underwrite its associated costs, we’re also offering a number of sponsorship opportunities. To discuss becoming an event sponsor, please contact Emily Corwin: ecorwin@kirkcenter.org.
More From Our Highlights & News
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 Fusionism.” This impressive group consisted of twenty young professionals who work as...
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 Our States, Michael Maibach, gave a broad historical, political, and...
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 and Aristotle to Burke, the Federalists, and Tocqueville, until his retirement...
New Edition of Kirk’s “The Politics of Prudence” Forthcoming
The Kirk Center is delighted to announce that a 30th Anniversary Edition of Russell Kirk’s popular book, The Politics of Prudence, is forthcoming from Regnery Publishing with a new introduction by Dr. Michael Federici. An understanding of the classical virtue of...