Upcoming Events

November 20 – 21
Michigan legislators
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

December 5, 6:00 p.m.
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of The Conservative Mind, the Kirk Center will hold a special evening event with a panel of rising conservative leaders who adapt the best of the conservative tradition to contemporary circumstances. In addition, the Kirk Center will announce the launch of two significant new programs.
The Mayflower Hotel’s Grand Ballroom, Washington, DC
Find out more and register here. 

November 15, 6:00 p.m.
The University Bookman and friends will hold a memorial lecture in honor of Gerald Russello, longtime editor of the University Bookman.  Dermot Quinn, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at Seton Hall University, will speak on “Gerald Russello and the Art of Memory.” Dr. Quinn and Gerald served together on the board of the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture, sharing a love of all things Chestertonian. A reception with drinks and hors d’oeuvers will follow. 
Fordham University’s Lincoln Campus, New York City
All are invited. Sign up here.

November 18
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

November 9 – 12
Hillsdale College students
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

November 14, 7 p.m. EST
Luke Sheahan is joined by Alexandra Hudson to discuss her new book The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves.
Register here for this webinar.

November 2 – 5
The Fund for American Studies Public Policy Fellows
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

October 25, 7:00 p.m. EST
Join James Panero, executive editor of The New Criterion, and Adam Simon, Hollywood screenwriter, for a conversation about Russell Kirk’s eerie novel Old House of Fear. Kirk was an award-winning writer of fiction and this gothic mystery set in 20th century Scotland outsold all his other books combined. Panero will explore Kirk’s literary influences, conservative sensibility, and other themes during this book-club style episode. Participants are encouraged to read the most recent edition (Criterion Books, 2019).
Register here for this webinar. 

September 19, 7 p.m. EDT
Join Luke Sheahan, editor of the University Bookman, for a discussion of The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics with the authors, Justin Dyer and Kody Cooper. 
Register at this link to join this live webinar. 

August 18 – 22, 2023
Students from the John Adams Society of Harvard University
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

August 9, 1:00 p.m. EDT
The editors of the University Bookman will be joined by Eduard Habsburg, Ambassador of Hungary to the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta, for a discussion of his new book The Habsburg Way. 
A video recording is available on the University Bookman homepage.

July 20 – 23, 2023
This new program brings together two themes central to the life and work of Russell Kirk: character and composition. Over the course of three days, participants will deepen their acquaintance with the chief habits of moral excellence, both the cardinal virtues and the theological virtues. They will explore these virtues in direct relation to American education and effective, ethical prose, guided by the Kirk Center’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow, David Hein.
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

July 18, 2023
Acton Institute Interns 
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

July 15, 2023
McConnell Center teachers
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

July 11, 2023
Mackinac Center Interns
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

June 15 – 18, 2023
Faulkner University Graduate Students
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

May 31, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, MI

May 10, 2023
Sacred Heart Academy Seniors
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

April 27 – 30, 2023
ISI Graduate Students
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

April 19, 2023
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

April 13 – 15, 2023
Hillsdale Collegiate Scholars
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

March 23 – 26, 2023
Michigan Legislators
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI

January 16, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. EST
Discussion and Q&A with John Wood Jr., national ambassador for Braver Angels.
This event is co-sponsored by the Acton Institute and will be held in the Mark Murray Auditorium of the Acton Institute, 98 Fulton Street East, Grand Rapids, MI. 
Watch the video here. 

January 10, 7:00 – 8:15 p.m. EST
The editors of the University Bookman will be joined by Joseph Stuart to discuss his new book, Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War (Catholic University of America Press, 2022). Dr. Stuart was a Wilbur Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center while writing his doctoral dissertation that later formed the basis for this book on the English historian Christopher Dawson, one of the foremost Catholic intellectuals of modern times.
The video recording can be viewed on this page. 

December 6, 7:00 – 8:15 p.m. EST
Luke Sheahan, editor of the University Bookman, will be joined by Samuel Gregg to discuss The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World (Encounter Books, 2022). 
Video recording available on this page. 

October 25, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. EST
Luke Sheahan, editor of the University Bookman, will be joined by executive editor of The New Criterion James Panero and Hollywood screenwriter Adam Simon to explore Russell Kirk’s ghostly fiction.
Video recording available on this page.