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While there are many bright spots on America\u2019s educational landscape, there is no center dedicated to the academic study of conservative thought. To reclaim the American conservative mind and constitutional soul, we have an opportunity to launch a focused educational program of studies that explores the fullness of conservative thought with students, researchers, journalists, and teachers at every level. This is the Russell Kirk Center\u2019s new School of Conservative Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n Learn more about our School of Conservative Studies.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”McLellan Prizes” title=”McLellan Prizes” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ text_orientation=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1400ms” header_font_size=”50px” custom_padding=”||25px|” background_pattern_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.2)” background_mask_color=”#ffffff” image_icon_width_tablet=”101px” border_width_all_image_tablet=”25″ box_shadow_horizontal_image_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_vertical_image_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_blur_image_tablet=”40px” box_shadow_spread_image_tablet=”0px” text_shadow_horizontal_length=”text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” text_shadow_vertical_length=”text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” text_shadow_blur_strength=”text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” body_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”body_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” body_text_shadow_vertical_length=”body_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” body_text_shadow_blur_strength=”body_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” body_link_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”body_link_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_link_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” body_link_text_shadow_vertical_length=”body_link_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_link_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” body_link_text_shadow_blur_strength=”body_link_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_link_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” body_ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”body_ul_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” body_ul_text_shadow_vertical_length=”body_ul_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_ul_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” body_ul_text_shadow_blur_strength=”body_ul_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_ul_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” body_ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”body_ol_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” body_ol_text_shadow_vertical_length=”body_ol_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_ol_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” body_ol_text_shadow_blur_strength=”body_ol_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_ol_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” body_quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”body_quote_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” body_quote_text_shadow_vertical_length=”body_quote_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_quote_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” body_quote_text_shadow_blur_strength=”body_quote_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ body_quote_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_vertical_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_blur_tablet=”40px” box_shadow_spread_tablet=”0px” vertical_offset_tablet=”0″ horizontal_offset_tablet=”0″ z_index_tablet=”0″]<\/p>\n The Richard D. McLellan Prizes<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is a unique educational program administered by the Russell Kirk Center.\u00a0<\/b>Its\u00a0aim is to help reshape the national conversation on issues surrounding the durability and prospects for the American tradition of free speech and expression as guaranteed in the U. S. Constitution\u2019s First Amendment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The McLellan Prizes draw attention to the central importance of the free speech tradition, particularly recognizing those doing the most important and exciting work in that area. These Prizes seek to support talented thinkers, creators, and communicators capable of rearticulating the perennial importance of the First Amendment, and transmitting a better understanding of the freedoms it secures for all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Learn more about the McLellan Prizes.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Piety Hill Seminars” title=”Piety Hill Seminars” _builder_version=”3.19.15″ text_orientation=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1400ms” header_font_size=”50px” custom_padding=”||25px|”]<\/p>\n For more than forty years, students and distinguished lecturers have participated in seminars at Piety Hill, the ancestral home of Russell Kirk. These gatherings have addressed a wide variety of topics, including: \u201cCan Virtue be Taught?,\u201d \u201cThe Founders and the Constitution,\u201d and \u201cA Humane Economy.\u201d<\/p>\n Learn more about Piety Hill Seminars.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Wilbur Fellows Program” title=”Wilbur Fellows Program” _builder_version=”3.19.15″ text_orientation=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” header_font_size=”50px” custom_padding=”25px||25px||true”]<\/p>\n The Center\u2019s unique residential research and study fellowship is its flagship program. Undergraduate, graduate students, and professors from across the country and around the world are awarded Wilbur Fellowships to live, research, and write at Piety Hill, the Kirk family\u2019s ancestral homestead and a lively literary community.<\/p>\n Learn more about Fellowships at the Center.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Society for Law and Culture” title=”Society for Law and Culture” _builder_version=”3.19.15″ text_orientation=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” header_font_size=”45px” custom_padding=”50px||50px||true”]<\/p>\n The Society for Law and Culture is an organization for lawyers, judges, professionals, and academics whose goal is to strengthen the ties between law and culture and promote a renewed sense of the law as a vocation and humane profession.<\/p>\n