{"id":96060,"date":"2023-11-28T09:24:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T17:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=96060"},"modified":"2023-11-28T09:24:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T17:24:12","slug":"harvard-university-to-offer-a-taylor-swift-course-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/harvard-university-to-offer-a-taylor-swift-course-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard University to offer a Taylor Swift course in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, <strong>Swifties<\/strong>, get ready because <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong> has officially made a major move in academia! So what&#8217;s all the buzz about? In 2024 the prestigious <strong>Harvard University<\/strong> will be rolling out a course that deep dives into the world of this beloved pop queen. That&#8217;s how you go from pop charts to University halls!<\/p>\n<p>Now, these are the facts: Harvard will be doing the &#8220;<em><strong>Taylor Swift and Her World<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; course. In this class, English department instructor Stephanie Burt will be taking students through a journey of the &#8220;Shake It Off&#8221; songwriter. The course&#8217;s description says it will mix fan culture and celebrity vibes, and it&#8217;s also going to have a splash of queer subtexts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Taylor-Swift-Harvard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Taylor-Swift-Harvard.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Taylor-Swift-Harvard-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Taylor-Swift-Harvard-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Taylor-Swift-Harvard-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But wait, Harvard will not be doing this alone, oh no! <strong>The University of Florida<\/strong> is also jumping into that Taylor Swift academic vibe, making the United States the perfect place to get some of that Tay-Tay knowledge. In this case, Instructor Melina Jimenez is hosting &#8220;<em><strong>13 gorgeous weeks of discussing Taylor Swift\u2019s discography, with a focus on her evergreen songwriting<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221; What to expect? Themes like lost loves, aging, and unfair double standards in the music biz!<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this is the first time academia has gone crazy over T-Swift. Previously, <strong>NYU<\/strong> also had a Taylor Swift course, and it looks like that move started a whole trend across the United States. With this Harvard, the University of Florida, Stanford, and UC Berkeley are now full-time Swifties, bringing that Tay light into the world of knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Who knew pop music could be so scholarly?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xB-RZqcoIgo&amp;ab_channel=TaylorSwift\" title=\"Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (Live from Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour)\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xB-RZqcoIgo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, Swifties, get ready because Taylor Swift has officially made a major move in academia! So what&#8217;s all the buzz about? In 2024 the prestigious Harvard University will be rolling out a course that deep dives into the world of this beloved pop queen. That&#8217;s how you go from pop charts to University halls! 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