Upcoming Events
"Shakespeare's Plutarch" Seminar
March 25 – 28
Hillsdale Collegiate Scholars
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI
“Liberty and Liberal Education” Seminar
April 22 – 24
Intercollegiate Studies Institute & Liberty Fund graduate students’ seminar
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI
“Pillars of American Order" Conference
July 19 – 22
A conference for high school teachers based on Kirk’s book The Roots of American Order
Haworth Inn, Holland, MI
contact info@kirkcenter.org
Past Events
A Conversation with David Pietrusza about "Too Long Ago: A Childhood Memory. A Vanished World."
March 25, 7:30 p.m. EST
David Pietrusza will discuss his latest book, “Too Long Ago: A Childhood Memory. A Vanished World,” a dramatic tale of growing up in the 1950s and 60s in a hardworking mill town. His previous books include an award-winning series on twentieth-century presidential elections (1920, 1948, and 1960).
The video is available here.
A Conversation with Grace Olmstead about her book "Uprooted"
February 25, 7:30 p.m. EST
Grace Olmstead will discuss her forthcoming book, Uprooted: Recovering the Legacy of the Places We’ve Left Behind (Sentinel). A journalist who focuses on farming, localism, and family, Grace’s writing has been published in The American Conservative, The Week, The New York Times, Washington Post, The University Bookman, and National Review. She is a native of rural Idaho who now lives outside of Washington, D.C. with her husband and three children.
C-SPAN2 Book TV will re-air the recording.
A Conversation with Ambassador Eduard Habsburg
January 30, 2 p.m. EST
Gerald Russello will host a conversation with Ambassador Habsburg about his popular Bookman essay on the walls of Rome, as well as about his lovely new children’s book, Dubbie: The Double-Headed Eagle.
The recording of the event can be viewed here.
A Conversation with Stephen Schmalhofer
December 9, 8:00 – 9:00 p.m.
A conversation with Stephen Schmalhofer about his new collection of essays, Delightful People.
All invited; register here.
Online via Zoom.
Renewing Culture through Coffeehouses and Clubs Webinar: Leo Damrosch’s The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
November 10, 17, 24, Tuesdays from 7:30 – 8:45 p.m.
Webinar discussion with Drs. Wesley Reynolds, Bruce Frohnen, and Matthew Davis on the themes in
Leo Damrosch’s The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age.
All invited; register here.
Online via Zoom.
25th Anniversary Virtual Gala
October 21, 7 – 8 p.m.
Live-stream event celebrating the Russell Kirk Center’s 25th anniversary featuring:
a walking tour of Dr. Kirk’s library, a talk by historian George Nash, and a toast of Kirk’s creation called “Mecosta Fruit Punch.”
From the Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI
ISI Student Seminar
October 17, 9:30 – 3:30
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI
"Russell Kirk on Nation, Empire, and Local Places"
July 21
Michigan public policy interns’ seminar
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI
"Conservatism at the Crossroads"
June 20, 12 – 5:00 p.m. – POSTPONED
Dr. George Nash to speak
Open to the public; registration required.
A registration link will be available on this page once a new date for this seminar has been confirmed.
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI
Online Reading Group of Kirk's Concise Guide to Conservatism
April 20, 8 – 9 p.m., recurring on Mondays through June 8
Dr. Jason Jewell to introduce and lead the discussion
Registration via email
"Should Hamilton Get a Bad Rap? Republic, Empire, and the Constitution"
February 22
Northwood University student seminar
The Kirk Center, Mecosta, MI