
Jeffrey O. Nelson
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Executive Director & CEO @KirkCenter Coming Soon: America's School of Conservative Studies
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Please consider reading my recent review for The University Bookman. "Now is the time for writers, teachers, and parents to learn from the wisdom of the past and to keep that wisdom alive for future generations." kirkcenter.org/reviews/transm…

This Thursday night, 2/27, 7pm, Tim Carney joins Luke C. Sheahan, PhD for a conversation about his latest book, "Family Unfriendly." Register to join us here: buff.ly/42VfRHl



Aquinas Matters----J. Camden Kidwell reviews "Why Aquinas Matters Now" by Oliver Keenan. Bloomsbury Continuum


Education in the Light of Glory---Jesse Hake reviews "Unless the Lord Builds the House: Shared Foundations for Christian Education" by Andrew Kern. CiRCE Institute


We're pleased to announce Mecosta House, a new publishing imprint from Russell Kirk Center. Mecosta House is dedicated to promulgating the legacy of Russell Kirk, and the tradition he articulated from his beloved Piety Hill in his ancestral village of Mecosta: buff.ly/UMXwHDq


Just an absolutely stunning novella from Aaron Gwyn. An outstanding review from @danielcowper at The University Bookman.

I have received this one today. Thanks to Bracy Bersnak for sending this to me. It is still an indispensable tool for making sense of the past of American intellectual Conservatism. See also a photo of Nash's visit to our university, Ludovika - University of Public Service in Budapest.


The first Mecosta House hardcover book is now available through the Russell Kirk Center website!


The Postmodern Poetry of J.R.R. Tolkien. Michael Lucchese on "The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien (Three-Volume Box Set). Edited by Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond. William Morrow




This conference on Kirk and Scruton is an academic conference, yet Jeffrey O. Nelson, Ferenc Hörcher and I have asked the speakers to make the talks accessible to the non-specialists too. Do share this conference with students as well as non-academics. It's free. zeffy.com/en-US/ticketin…

Reforming Education Begins (and ends) with the Virtues Thomas Griffin on Teaching the Virtues by David Hein. Mecosta House Press (Russell Kirk Center)


.David Hein's book, "Teaching the Virtues," is Mecosta House's first release. The book emphasizes the importance of fostering a particular kind of educational culture, and Hein offers a fresh look at ways to encourage virtue in the next generation: buff.ly/kphcogj



Alasdair Macintyre: Philosopher of the Ages Adam A.J. DeVille on "Edith Stein: A Philosophical Prologue, 1913-1922," "The Tasks of Philosophy: Selected Essays, Vol. 1," and "Ethics and Politics: Selected Essays, Vol. 2" Cambridge University Press Rowman & Littlefield


