He is a history professor and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College, the author of five books and the co-founder of The Imaginative Conservative.
It examines Tolkien's views on myth and subcreation, the theological cosmology of Middle-earth, and his approaches to heroism, the nature of evil, and modernity.
[2] His second book looked at Saint Augustine's influence on the British 20th century Catholic historian Christopher Dawson.
[4] His two other books were about the Canadian musician Neil Peart and the American political theorist and literary critic Russell Kirk.
In doing so, Birzer makes a remarkable contribution to the Jackson historiography that effectively tackles Old Hickory’s political disposition in a concise single volume.