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Michael Sugrue | |
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 Sugrue in 2019 | |
| Born | Michael Joseph Sugrue February 1, 1957[1] New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 16, 2024 Naples, Florida, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Complications from prostate cancer[1] |
| Children | Thalia, Pamela, Genevieve[1] |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (BA) Columbia University (MA, MPhil, PhD) |
| Thesis | South Carolina College: The Education of an Antebellum Elite (1992) |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | American history |
| Sub-discipline | Antebellum South |
| Institutions | Columbia University Johns Hopkins University Princeton University Ave Maria University |
| Main interests | Philosophy |
| Website | michaelsugrue |
Michael Joseph Sugrue was an American historian and former university professor. He spent his early career teaching at Columbia University and conducting research as a Mellon fellow at Johns Hopkins University prior to becoming a professor at Princeton University, where he was the Behrman Fellow at Princeton's Council on the Humanities.[2] After teaching at Princeton for a decade, Sugrue left his professorship to support the creation of Ave Maria University in 2004.[3]
In 2020, Sugrue began to acquire an audience when his daughter, Genevieve Sugrue, started publishing his 1992 lecture series Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition (taken while he was teaching at Princeton) on YouTube.
Early life and education[edit]
Sugrue was born in New York City in the 1950s, growing up in a predominantly Irish Catholic household and having been educated at a series of parochial schools.[4] He matriculated at the University of Chicago, where he had Allan Bloom and Joseph Cropsey as teachers, receiving his undergraduate degree in history in 1979.[4] While he was a student at the university, he placed first in a Phi Beta Kappa essay competition.[2] After graduating, Sugrue earned his master's degree (MA), master of philosophy (MPhil), and doctorate in history from Columbia University.[5] His dissertation, South Carolina College: The Education of an Antebellum Elite, was completed in 1992.[6]
Sugrue's early work as a scholar largely focused on examining South Carolina College and its former president, Thomas Cooper, in connection with slavery.[7] When he graduated, Sugrue was offered teaching positions at either Harvard University or Princeton University, choosing the latter as he would be able to teach the Great Books.[8]
Academic career[edit]
Sugrue taught at the City College of New York, Columbia University, Manhattan College, New York University, Hampton University, and Touro College, among others. From 1992 to 1994, he was a Mellon postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University.[2] In addition, he was the Behrman Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Council of Humanities of Princeton University, where he taught for a decade.[4] In 1992, Sugrue encountered Tom Rollins, the founder of The Great Courses, who was absent of an available professor to lecture on Machiavelli as part of a series on the history of Western philosophy.[9] After Sugrue volunteered to lecture, the series became a bestseller.[9] Later, as part of a Great Minds program with Darren Staloff (who was also a professor at Princeton), a number of Sugrue's lectures were video-taped and organized into categories including Great Minds of the Western Tradition, Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition, and The Bible in Western Culture.[10]
While he was a professor at Ave Maria University, Sugrue taught an online lecture series on The Great Courses titled "Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues".[5] He was a professor of history at the university, serving as the chairman of the university's Core Curriculum Committee.[3]
YouTube channel and podcast[edit]
| Michael Sugrue | |
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| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2020-2024 |
| Genre(s) | Philosophy and history lectures |
| Subscribers | 220,000[11] (June 6, 2024) |
| Total views | 14.9 million[11] (June 6, 2024) |
| Associated acts | Darren Staloff |
Beginning in 2020, Sugrue's daughter began uploading his video-taped lectures on YouTube where they garnered over 2.5 million views.[4] In 2021, Sugrue and Genevieve created the Idea Store podcast, primarily centered around discussions concerning a variety of topics in philosophy hosted by Sugrue.[12]
Personal life[edit]
Sugrue was a Catholic, saying "it is not clear to me that love is a lesser value than truth—I like them both".[13] He was diagnosed with metastatic cancer in 2011 and underwent chemotherapy until his death.[13] Sugrue died on January 16, 2024.[1]
Selected works[edit]
- Sugrue, Michael (1992). South Carolina College: The Education of an Antebellum Elite (Thesis). Columbia University.
- Sugrue, Michael (1994). "We Desired Our Future Rulers to be Educated Men: South Carolina College, the Defense of Slavery, and the Development of Secessionist Politics". Journal of Higher Education. 14.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Gabriel, Trip (25 May 2024). "Michael Sugrue, 66, Dies; His Talks on Philosophy Were a YouTube Hit". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c "Learning Courses", Internet Archive, retrieved 2022-09-05
- ^ a b "Dynamic Duos". Ave Maria University Magazine. No. Fall 2014. Ave Maria University. 2014. p. 13 – via Isuu.
- ^ a b c d Hirschauer, John (2022-03-05). "Michael Sugrue: An Intellectual Life". The American Conservative. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ a b "Professor Michael Sugrue, Ph.D." The Great Courses. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ Sugrue, Michael (1992). South Carolina College: the education of an antebellum elite (Thesis). WorldCat. OCLC 29780828. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ McKivigan & Snay 1998, p. 91–92.
- ^ "The Idea Store: Audience Q&A (Part 4) on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ a b MacDonald 2018, p. 168.
- ^ "Professor of Inspiration".
- ^ a b "About Michael Sugrue". YouTube.
- ^ "The Idea Store • A podcast on Anchor". Anchor. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ a b Michael Sugrue Q&A with RNCM Philosophy Society on YouTube
- ^ McKivigan & Snay 1998, p. 105.
Sources[edit]
- Beadle, Nancy; Cherry, Thomas Kevin B.; Geiger, Roger L.; Ringer, Fritz; Sugrue, Michael, eds. (1994). "History of Higher Education Annual". The Journal of Higher Education. 14. Pennsylvania State University.
- McKivigan, John R.; Snay, Mitchell, eds. (1998). Religion and the Antebellum Debate over Slavery. Athens; London: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0820320762.
- MacDonald, Heather (2018). The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781250200914.
External links[edit]
https://m.youtube.com/@dr.michaelsugrue
- 20th-century American historians
- 21st-century American historians
- University of Chicago alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- City College of New York faculty
- Columbia University faculty
- Manhattan College faculty
- New York University faculty
- Hampton University faculty
- Touro College faculty
- Princeton University faculty
- Ave Maria University faculty
- American YouTubers
- 1957 births
- 2024 deaths