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The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal celebrates and defends the Permanent Things. Coming soon: America's School of Conservative Studies.
Mecosta, MI
Joined May 2011
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What is is like to visit the home of the traditional conservative movement in America?
@mich_enjoyer recently visited the Kirk Center in Mecosta and offers an immersive look at the grounds and ongoing programming of the @KirkCenter.
How should we think about the legacy of 1776? On a recent episode of Liberty + Leadership, @rogerrream sat down with Michael Lucchese, editor of “Russell Kirk on America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776.” You can listen in to their conversation here: buff.ly/D3ygwGu
A new independent publisher is stepping onto the scene with a major work of European history. Creed & Culture’s first year includes the publication of McDougall’s "The Mighty Continent," a sweeping history with both the achievements and failures of Western civilization in sight.
In his review of Hilaire Belloc’s “Charles II” and “James II,” Thomas Banks explores Charles II’s efforts to navigate religious divisions and James II’s failed attempt to secure greater rights for Catholics, which ultimately led to his overthrow.
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Like any great and influential writer, Russell Kirk has often suffered from being misread, even by those sympathetic to him—not to mention his being breezily dismissed or underestimated by those who are not sympathetic, and have never read him with care, or at all.
Among other common misconceptions, there is the tendency to typecast him as someone whose life and work are somehow worlds apart from the American intellectual and political tradition.
- Wilfred McClay on Russell Kirk
The McLellan Prizes Award Gala is coming up on November 19, 2026 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, and we're pleased to share new sponsorship opportunities for the event.
Tickets for the event are now available as well: buff.ly/1qcpiFG
"Unlike other historians, such as Gordon Wood or R.R. Palmer, who emphasized an expanding blaze of radicalism, the conservative writer argued that the birth of the American Republic was a 'revolution of memory,' a return to what he sometimes called the 'old moral order'..."
Who was Winston Churchill before he became one of the defining political figures of the twentieth century? In his review of the autobiography, "My Early Life: A Roving Commission," @frankvonhippel examines the formational years that shaped Churchill before his rise to leadership.
"Whether a new or veteran educator, in the world of Christian education we must ask how do we learn to think about teaching from our Christian faith? What does a faith-infused endeavor look like?"
Gil Barndollar examines the brutal realities of the war, from loyalist and patriot violence to the treatment of prisoners and civilians.
In a year marking America’s 250th anniversary, Barndollar finds the book a timely reminder of the human costs of revolution and civil war.
“Reformers often find themselves defeated not by external enemies but by the accumulated habits, incentives, and procedures of the organizations they serve.”
On 10.27 at 6pm—just in time for Halloween—you are invited to join @LSheahan, screenwriter Adam Simon and @newcriterion's editor @JamesPanero as they discuss Russell Kirk’s gothic novel Lord of the Hollow Dark and the Uncanny Setting of the Ghostly Tale buff.ly/JCYNUuS
With Kirk’s novel as an anchor, the discussion will range across a variety of contributions to gothic literature in light of the role of the isolated, the abandoned, the twilight, and the rural in setting the mood for the uncanny and the frightening: buff.ly/JCYNUuS
"Like any great and influential writer, Russell Kirk has often suffered from being misread, even by those sympathetic to him..."
“Chris Rufo’s introduction reminds readers about the purpose of the university and liberal education itself: ‘To liberate the mind from ignorance and passion and align it with truth.’”
“Yet not every dragon disappeared. A few remain on the façade to this day, quiet reminders that history is never erased as completely as its conquerors intended.” @adandreassi
Did the American Revolution usher in a new world or did it revive an old one? That's the question Michael Lucchese reflects on when thinking about Russell Kirk's legacy and perspective.
Christian educators are asked to think beyond simply covering material, assigning work, and giving grades. Christine Norvell explores Smith’s approach to bringing Christian faith and teaching together through intention, community, hospitality, reflection, and care.
Kirktober is here! Each year @Ubookman publishes nearly 150 book reviews and essays, reaching 90,000 readers around the globe. We do this free of charge and without distracting advertisements: buff.ly/Loysxkv
If you're a regular reader of @UBookman or have found our reviews and essays to be an encouragement, please show your support this month by giving and sharing the campaign: buff.ly/Loysxkv
As a special thank you, all @UBookman supporters this month will receive an audio recording of Ex Tenebris, one of Kirk's best ghostly short stories. We think you're going to enjoy it: buff.ly/Loysxkv
