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Furthering the “Permanent Things”
Celebrating the Centennial Anniversary of Russell Kirk’s birth across Campuses
On October 19, 2018, we'll mark the centennial birthday of Dr. Russell Kirk, and in celebration of this milestone, a number of events are being held on campuses and by student groups across the nation. They'll be considering Russell Kirk's contribution to the meaning...
What is it like to intern at the Kirk Center? Michaela Frohnen explains
What is it like to intern at the Russell Kirk Center? The Kirk Center is a place of wonders. There are always new and interesting people with whom to converse and to connect. I spent the summer at the Center this year, and I can say without a doubt that it was one of...
Enemies of the Permanent Things: Russell Kirk and enduring realities in imaginative fiction
This year, Simon & Schuster published a new edition of Ray Bradbury’s literary masterpiece, Something Wicked This Way Comes, which includes both essays on its development by the author and important critical essays and reviews. The lead essay is taken from Russell...
unexpected lessons from Kirk on Campus event: magnanimity, courtesy, and nobility
During his life, Dr. Russell Kirk championed a set of principles that he labeled the “permanent things”, which included such high ideals as magnanimity, courtesy, and nobility. This past November, the Russell Kirk Center’s inaugural Kirk on Campus event exhibited...
Watch: Ross Douthat discusses Trump and the Future of American Democracy with Mark Bauerlein and Sam Tanenhaus
Ross Douthat and Kirk on Campus Discuss the Trump Era at Hope College Kirk on Campus recently hosted a conversation about Trump and the Future of American Democracy at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, featuring Ross Douthat, Mark Bauerlein, and Sam Tanenhaus....
University Bookman Editor, Gerald Russello, and Mark Bauerlein Discuss Intellectuals in the Age of Trump with The King’s College in Manhattan
On December 6, at the Ritz-Carlton, Battery Park in lower Manhattan, The King's College hosted a roundtable discussion featuring The University Bookman editor Gerald Russello and First Things' senior editor Mark Bauerlein on the theme: Intellectuals in the Age of...
Dr. J. Budziszewski Explains: Law Necessarily Founded on Morality
The Society for Law and Culture sponsored a lecture by Dr. J. Budziszewski on Thursday, November 2, 2017, titled, “Natural Law: Why and So What?” Budziszewski spoke to an attentive audience of lawyers, students, professors, clergy, and others gathered at WMU-Cooley...
Natural Law: Why and So What? – 11/2/17 Cooley Law
J. Budziszewski will deliver a lecture titled, “Natural Law: Why and So What?,” on November 2, 2017, at the Cooley Law School campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Trump and the Future of American Democracy – 11/16/17 Hope College
November 16, 2017 Hope College, 7 PM Jack H. Miller Center for the Musical Arts Holland, Michigan Donald Trump's election changed the American political landscape...hugely. Join Kirk on Campus for a spirited conversation about how the American conservative and...
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