I am the Academic Program Officer for the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal and an assistant editor for VoegelinView, the online arts and humanities journal of the Eric Voegelin Society.
Before joining the Russell Kirk Center, I was an administrator and teacher for newly formed classical schools. In particular, I worked as a Dean of Academics and Dean of Students, supervising curriculum and school culture. I also taught several humanities courses using the great books, as well as a high school course based on Russell Kirk’s The Roots of American Order. I have received a Richard M. Weaver Fellowship from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
I am pursuing a PhD in the Humanities (history focus) from the Great Books program at Faulkner University. As of now, I am preparing to write my dissertation on Russell Kirk’s defense of the humanities and the significance of his educational writings. I received a BA in History with minors in political economy and religious studies from the College of Idaho, as well as an MA in Philosophy from Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary. My undergraduate thesis related to the postwar conservative intellectual movement in America, and my graduate thesis related to the philosophical poetry of Dante.
In my studies and work, I have developed an appreciation for the conservative intellectual and Christian humanist traditions. Overall, I am interested in Christianity and culture, education, cultural and humanistic renewal, Western civilization, and the thought of Russell Kirk. I have written on these topics in outlets like Pietas, The Imaginative Conservative, Dappled Things, Catholic World Report, The Homiletic and Pastoral Review, and VoegelinView.
This website was primarily made to store my published writing. As you read, I hope you will find something useful or thought-provoking. You can follow me on LinkedIn or Twitter @darrellfalconbu.
— Darrell Falconburg