Bruce P. Frohnen

Bruce P. Frohnen is a Senior Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal.

Bruce Frohnen

He is Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University College of Law and Editor of the Political Science Reviewer.

Dr. Frohnen holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law. A former Visiting Scholar with the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, he also served for more than five years as Legislative Aide and Speech Writer to United States Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI). He is the author of Virtue and the Promise of Conservatism: The Legacy of Burke and Tocqueville and The New Communitarians and the Crisis of Modern Liberalism. His volume, American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia (edited with Jeremy Beer and Jeffrey O. Nelson) was the subject of a front-page article in the New York Times. Among the other volumes he has edited or co-edited are The American Republic: Primary Sources, Rethinking Rights: Historical, Political, and Philosophical Perspectives (with Kenneth L. Grasso), and Community and Tradition: Conservative Perspectives on the American Experience (with George W. Carey).

Dr. Frohnen has published numerous articles and essays in journals including the George Washington Law Review, the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, the American Journal of Jurisprudence, and The Good Society. He serves as Associate Editor of Studies in Burke and His Time and on the editorial board of The University Bookman. He lives in Canton, Michigan, with his wife and two children.

Imagination it is that shapes society—moral imagination, or idyllic imagination, or diabolic imagination.

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Kirk in Traverse Magazine

John J. Miller has a lovely article about Dr. Kirk and his life and legacy in the January issue of Traverse Magazine, now released online. Take a look.

Aug 2010

Kirk in the 1950s

We have new posts of several articles of Russell Kirk in the online archive, including four from the 1950s. Kirk covers topics including tradition, revolution, the age of boredom (addressing themes that later became Eliot and His Age), and ”The Inhumane Businessman.” Do take some time and read them.

Aug 2010

The University Bookman

We have posted the latest number of the University Bookman, which is our penultimate print issue. The Bookman will be expanding our presence online after this point. This number features reviews on two very different historians—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Carlton Hayes—and continuing efforts to define the right. The full contents are available here.

Jun 2010

Spring Permanent Things

The Spring 2010 number of our Permanent Things newsletter is up featuring updates on past Wilbur Fellows and articles on other admirers of Russell Kirk. You can download a copy of the PDF from this link.

Jun 2010

Intercollegiate Review on Kirk

To commemorate the 16th anniversary of the death of Russell Kirk on April 29, we would like to highlight the new archives of the Intercollegiate Review, particularly the 1994 commemorative issue on Russell Kirk, featuring essays from several noted writers and friends of Dr. Kirk.

Apr 2010

Kirk Center in Italy

Senior Fellow Marco Respinti announces progress on the web site for the Centro Studi Russell Kirk based in Milan, Italy. It is still under development, but you can visit at www.russellkirk.eu. We have also recently posted an updated bio for Marco.

Feb 2010