Beyoncé fans will love the new course at Yale that celebrates the superstar
Since Beyoncé has achieved a plethora of amazing things throughout her career, it makes sense that there is a whole course dedicated to her impact on the world.
Thanks to Yale, fans have chosen the "Halo" singer for a course titled "Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics Through Music". You can apply to study."
African American Studies Professor Daphne Brooks, who previously taught at Princeton, will lead the new course.
In an email to Nbc News, Brooks said of the course:"We look forward to exploring her work and considering courses such as historical memory, black feminist politics, black liberation politics and philosophy throughout the last 10 years of her performance repertoire.We are also looking at how her unprecedented experimentation with the album format itself provided her with a platform to mobilize these themes.
Ale's new course comes at a perfect moment in Beyonce's career. In May. On May 8, the singer of "Texas Hold'em" was nominated for her first Grammy in the country category for the work of Cowboy Carter.
To date, Beyonce has been nominated 99 times at the Grammy Awards, the most of any artist. She also remains the most decorated Grammy winner, with 32 trophies under her belt.
Yale's new Beyonce course is part of a growing trend where students explore the impact their favorite singers have had on society. Last year, Harvard University announced "Taylor Swift and Her World" and the University of Florida is offering "music storytelling with Taylor Swift and other iconic female artists.""
Brooks, a professor of African-American studies and music at Yale University, told Yale News that while studying "black women in popular music culture," a previous student told Beyoncé's Co
"These classes were always over-enrolled." "And there was so much energy around the focus on Beyoncé, even though it was a class that started in the late 19th century and goes to the present day. I always thought I should go back to focusing on her and focusing her work educationally at some point."
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