Upcoming Events
"Liberalism, Conservatism, & the American Founding": a symposium on Kirk's The Roots of American Order*
October 3, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC
Register to attend in person or watch the live video stream
Panelists: Ted McAllister, Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University; Samuel Gregg, Director of Research, Acton Institute; Daniel McCarthy, editor, Modern Age. Moderator: Ryan Streeter, Director of Policy Studies, AEI.
"Russell Kirk Day in the City of Plymouth” declared by Mayoral Proclamation*
October 19, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Plymouth, MI
“Russell Kirk: Son of Plymouth and Mecosta”
Lecture by James E. Person, Jr., editor of the recently published Imaginative Conservatism: The Letters of Russell Kirk
Reception with Mrs. Annette Kirk to follow
Plymouth District Library
Register via Plymouth Library website
Specifically a centennial event = *
Looking Ahead
Hope College Students Seminar
November 2-3
Kirk Center
Lecture by Patrick Deneen, author of Why Liberalism Failed, and response by Vincent Phillip Muñoz
November 6
New York Athletic Club, 5:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by The University Bookman, Portsmouth Abbey, and the Morningside Institute.
(NYAC dress code required.)
Hillsdale College Honors Students Fall Seminar
November 8 – 11
Kirk Center
National Review Institute Panel Discussion on “Kirk at 100” *
November 13
New York City
Panelists: John O’Sullivan, former editor of National Review, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Senior Fellow at National Review Institute, Gerald Russello, editor of The University Bookman, and Daniel McCarthy, editor of Modern Age.
Hope College Evening Conversation Roundtable *
November 15
Holland, MI
Speakers: John O’Sullivan, former editor of National Review, the Rev. Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute, and Dr. Jeff Polet, professor of political science at Hope College. Moderator: Kathryn Jean Lopez, Senior Fellow at National Review Institute.
Co-sponsored by Hope College Political Science Department, National Review Institute, and the Acton Institute.
College students and the public.
“Edmund Burke, Russell Kirk and Revolution in the Modern Mind” *
November 17
Belmont Abbey College, NC
Keynote speaker Wilfred McClay, Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma; open panel session on selected texts. Please see our Edmund Burke Society homepage for the full conference program and registration sign-up.
Specifically a centennial event = *