News
Eliot Conference
The Kirk Center is co-sponsoring a conference on T. S. Eliot on August 14–16, 2008 in conjunction with the new edition of Dr. Kirk’s book, Eliot and His Age. See the conference page for details.
Healy Interview
The Bookman has just posted an interview with Gene Healy, author of the new book, The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power.
New Bookman
The new Spring issue of the University Bookman is out and the full contents are posted on our site. The issue is devoted to the art of biography with reviews of new books on Ralph Adams Cram (by Dan McCarthy), Orestes Brownson, conservative luminary Gerhart Niemeyer, and others. Subscribe here.
Kirk Audio: Two Revolutions
We have posted a 50-minute audio lecture from 1990 with Dr. Kirk speaking on Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France and related themes.
Open Court Backlist Find
Open Court Publishing has found a stock of three Kirk-related books that had been thought out of print. You can order books directly from them by calling 800-815-2280 (or +1-603-924-7209); they do not appear on their website. The books available are Kirk’s essay collections Enemies of the Permanent Things and Beyond the Dreams of Avarice and the essay collection in his honor, The Unbought Grace of Life, edited by James E. Person, Jr.
Kirk and Buckley on Video
The Kirk Center is pleased to announce that will periodically be posting video clips from our archive on the web site. The first two videos are now available—a 1993 interview with Russell Kirk on the fortieth anniversary of The Conservative Mind, and a 1996 interview with the late William F. Buckley, Jr. on his relationship with Dr. Kirk. Watch for further updates!
William F. Buckley, RIP
Gerald Russello expresses our condolences on the death of William F. Buckley.
Lectures by Kirk; Lectures about Kirk
The Olin Online Lecture Library at ISI features several audio lectures by Russell Kirk, as well as several new video and audio lectures about Kirk and his legacy by such scholars as W. Wesley McDonald, Ted McAlister, Michael P. Federici, George H. Nash, Gleaves Whitney, and Allan C. Carlson.
Stanlis on Burke and Frost
The Bookman is pleased to publish an interview with Peter J. Stanlis, Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, at Rockford College and one of the foremost scholars of Edmund Burke and Robert Frost. Stanlis’s groundbreaking work, Edmund Burke and the Natural Law (1958), forever changed the way scholars view Burke’s work. Stanlis placed Burke firmly in the tradition of Western natural law reasoning. Stanlis has also published a number of essays and articles on Frost, including Robert Frost: The Poet as Philosopher (2007).
Bookman RSS
Since the Bookman is now offering web-only articles, we now offer, in addition to the RSS feed for Kirk Center news items, a syndication feed for all Bookman articles. We hope you find it useful.
Bookman in Colombia
On December 15, El Heraldo, one of Colombia’s largest newspapers, published a Spanish version of Michael J. Ard’s review, ”Latin America’s Five Deadly Sins,” which appeared in our Spring 2007 issue. Here is the link.
Bookman Web Exclusives
We are pleased to announce web-only reviews as a new feature of the University Bookman. This new content will enable us to reach our readers more regularly with reviews of notable books, interviews, and other features. Our first online feature—ironically—is a review of Wendell Berry’s novel, Andy Catlett. Check back often for new exclusive content!
New Bookman and Barzun
The new issue of the University Bookman is on its way. Featuring a special section on the humane economy, the issue includes reviews of books on agrarianism, Wendell Berry, Tocqueville, the commercial society, and other subjects. As a preview, here is Tracy Lee Simmons’s essay honoring the critic and essayist Jacques Barzun, who turns 100 this November 30. We encourage you to subscribe here, because you won’t want to miss this issue!
Berkowitz on the Essential Russell Kirk
“Conserving Russell Kirk” in Policy Review. This article elegantly addresses some recent public controversies and is worth your attention.
Russello Interview
Gerald Russello has done an interview with John J. Miller at National Review Online discussing his new book on Kirk’s thought.
Nash Heritage Lecture
Senior Fellow George H. Nash spoke at the Heritage Foundation on June 22, 2007 to give the Russell Kirk Lecture on Kirk’s life and legacy and to celebrate the release of The Essential Russell Kirk: Selected Essays. You can view the lecture or listen to the MP3 audio here. The transcript (plus pdf) is available here.
Two Essays on the Imagination
We have added to the web site two pieces by Russell Kirk that touch on the moral imagination. First, “The Moral Imagination,” a 1981 essay that describes the concept. Second is “Is Life Worth Living?” the epilogue of Kirk’s autobiography, The Sword of Imagination. Both are posted under the Kirk’s Thought section.
Wall Street Journal
We were pleased to see the aptly titled op-ed “The Conservative Mind” by Peter Berkowitz in The Wall Street Journal on May 29, 2007. Very clearly written and helpful.
C-SPAN Radio Broadcast
C-SPAN Radio’s American Political Archive program will be broadcasting for the first time ever a conversation between Russell Kirk and the late liberal social critic Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., recorded in the late 1970s. It will broadcast live on Saturday, March 31 at 10:00AM EST on XM Satellite channel 132 as well as in the DC listening area on WCSP 90.1 FM. They should have archives available after the broadcast.
Nash Interview
Senior Fellow George H. Nash has participated in a two-part interview for the weblog Right Reason on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary edition of his Conservative Intellectual Movement in America. Part I can be found here, and Part II here.