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John,
We have a lot of interesting news to share with you in this newsletter. Below you will find some updates on a social media book discussion group, a translation of a Kirk book, a new essay on a past English prime minister, and, especially noteworthy for the Kirk Center, a new member for our team.

But first, I hope you will take time to visit our highlights page ([link removed]) to take a brief look back at the Center’s accomplishments in 2024. We did not want any more time to elapse as 2024 was a banner year in terms of the Kirk Center's impact. We are grateful for your goodwill and support last year, and hope you will continue to assist us in our cultural work this year.
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Welcoming Ashley Jordan, our first Donor Relations Officer

The Russell Kirk Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Ashley Jordan as our first Donor Relations Officer.

Ashley brings an academic, corporate, and creative background and deep passion for historic preservation to her new position with the Kirk Center. She has a Masters of History and Bachelors of Social Sciences from Liberty University, where she enjoyed learning under the direction of a Kirk Center friend Dr. Carey Roberts. Ashley also has expertise in sales and marketing, client and community engagement, and cultural resources–all of which will help the Kirk Center moving forward.

Ashley’s experience in business development, editing, the arts, and corporate communications complements her professional and volunteer work, having participated with organizations including a Fortune 500 engineering firm, Patrick Henry’s Red Hill National Memorial Foundation, the National Archives and Records Administration, Library of Congress, and Revere Publishing. Her Master’s thesis focused on the Anti-Federalist and Jeffersonian tradition, highlighting the influence of Burkean conservatism. She also found helpful and inspiring Dr. Kirk's writing on John Randolph of Roanoke. Randolph has since become a focal point of Ashley’s own archival project and growing collection.

As the Kirk Center’s Donor Relations Officer, Ashley is excited to apply her skills to enhance the growth trajectory, development capabilities, and donor experience of those supporting the Center. She hopes to cultivate in students of all ages a deeper appreciation and understanding of the American conservative intellectual movement and Western heritage.

Join us in welcoming Ashley as she takes on this new role, and feel free to reach out to her with any questions or ideas for helping the Kirk Center advance its work and foster closer donor relations: [email protected].
The Roots of American Order
& the Cultural Debris Reading Group

Wilbur Fellow alumnus and longtime friend of the Kirk Center Alan Cornett ([link removed]) is currently reading through The Roots of American Order and hosting regular discussions of the chapters with notable Kirk commentators on X Spaces.

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Week one of the book discussion covered chapters I and II and included a conversation with our own Cecilia Kirk Nelson. You can listen in to that conversation here ([link removed]) . Week two featured Kirk biographer Bradley Birzer ([link removed]) discussing chapters III and IV. Be sure to follow along with Alan Cornett on X if you'd like to listen to or participate in future chapter discussions.

Kirk's Rights and Duties in Italian

The Kirk Center is very pleased to announce that Russell Kirk’s book Rights and Duties has been translated into Italian by the distinguished legal scholar Agostino Carrino ([link removed]) , professor of Public Law at the University of Naples and author of several books on constitutional law ([link removed]) in Europe.

Dr. Carrino was a visiting Fellow at the Kirk Center last year and wrote an introduction to the Italian edition, titled Diritti e Doveri ([link removed]) and published by Editoriale Scientifica di Napoli. Annette Kirk and the Kirk Center staff are very grateful to Dr. Carrino for his dedication in helping to bring more of Kirk’s writings to the Italian people.

Dr. George Nash on Winston Churchill's
Relationship with the U.S.
I’d like to close by bringing to your attention a new article by Kirk Center Senior Fellow and noted historian Dr. George Nash. The article is an edited version of a lecture delivered at a Winston Churchill Sesquicentennial conference organized by the Otto von Habsburg Foundation and held in Budapest, Hungary: Winston Churchill’s Reception and Influence in the United States ([link removed]) .
Of the tributes to him that poured in from every direction [following Churchill's death], one may be of special interest to readers of this essay. It came from Russell Kirk, the distinguished American conservative scholar and native of Michigan. Kirk extolled Churchill as an “aristocrat of genius” who for “sound sense as a statesman…had no equal in our time.” Few of Kirk’s fellow Americans would have disagreed.
- Dr. George Nash
Thank you for your continued support and prayers. We look forward to sharing several exciting program updates in the weeks ahead.

Yours in ordered liberty,

Jeffrey O. Nelson, Ph.D.
Executive Director & CEO
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