Highlights & News
Hon. John Engler Now Serves as the Kirk Center’s Chairman of the Board
Step inside the second McLellan Prizes Award Gala honoring grand prize recipient, Kristen Waggoner, and four new Free Speech Fellows with full video and photos.
Celebrating the 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prizes
Step inside the second McLellan Prizes Award Gala honoring grand prize recipient, Kristen Waggoner, and four new Free Speech Fellows with full video and photos.
2025 Mickey Shapiro Free Speech Fellows Announced
Our McLellan Prizes Award Gala on 11.19.25 will honor grand prize recipient, Kristen Waggoner, and the 2025 Dick & Ethie Haworth Free Speech Fellows, Peter Bonilla and Thomas Matthew Vozar.
Celebrating William F. Buckley’s 100th
On October 23, we gathered in Grand Rapids with partners organizations to remember the life and legacy of William F. Buckley Jr. Two panels—The Role of Education in a Free Society and Fusionisms, Old and New—brought together scholars, writers, and teachers to examine...
Legislators and Policymakers Have Intellectual Retreat
Our Politics of Prudence Seminars bring together state legislators and policymakers who want to deepen their understanding of the conservative intellectual tradition and apply conservative principles to contemporary challenges. On October 24 - 25, we welcomed fifteen...
The Russell Kirk Center Welcomes TFAS Public Policy Fellows
From October 16–18, the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal welcomed twenty Public Policy Fellows from The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) for a weekend seminar on “The Roots of American Order as the Foundation for a New Fusionism.” Gathering in the historic...
2025 Dick & Ethie Haworth Free Speech Fellows Announced
Our McLellan Prizes Award Gala on 11.19.25 will honor grand prize recipient, Kristen Waggoner, and the 2025 Dick & Ethie Haworth Free Speech Fellows, Peter Bonilla and Thomas Matthew Vozar.
Kristen Waggoner Awarded 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prize for Advancing Free Speech and Expression
Our 2025 McLellan Prizes grand prize recipient is Kristen Waggoner, President and CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom.
Participants Explore The American Political Novel
This July, the Russell Kirk Center’s new School of Conservative Studies hosted its first in-person seminar, “The American Political Novel,” welcoming a select group of scholars and professionals to Mecosta. This program highlighted the intersection of politics,...
Mackinac Center Interns Explore the Conservative Disposition at the Russell Kirk Center
The Russell Kirk Center recently welcomed interns from the Mackinac Center for their annual intellectual retreat, this year centered on the theme “Russell Kirk and the Conservative Disposition.” Joining them were two distinguished scholars whose expertise bridged both...