Yale have announced that students will be able to take up a course on Beyoncé at their university.
The course, Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music, will explore all things Beyoncé, from her self-titled album in 2013 to 2024’s Cowboy Carter.
It will look at it from the perspective of Black history, intellectual thought and performance..
Daphne Brooks is a professor of African American Studies and Music.
She said that the recent US Election is a key opportunity to study Beyoncé, and her contribution to American culture.
“The number of breakthroughs and innovations she’s executed and the way she’s interwoven history and politics and really granular engagements with Black cultural life into her performance aesthetics and her utilisation of her voice as a portal to think about history and politics — there’s just no one like her”, she said.
Beyoncé is the latest artist to have a university course launched in her honour. Arizona State University also launched a Psychology of Taylor Swift course.
This course will allow students to take part in screenings of Beyoncé’s visual albums, lively debates on her works about her from various scholars, as well as crafting playlists comparing her work to her musical predecessors and more.
Earlier this month, Beyoncé received nominations for as many as 11 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Best Country Album, Best Country Song for Texas Hold 'Em, as well as Best Country Duo/Group Performance for II Most Wanted, which featured Miley Cyrus.
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