It seems every now and then the public are shocked and surprised by academic courses on popular culture. Be it a Tupac class at Berkeley, a Harry Potter module at Durham, a “Kimposium” on Ms. Kardashian West, or a Beyoncé course at the University of Texas, the idea that mainstream culture might be worthy of academic analysis always seems newsworthy.
The latest is a The Simpsons course at Glasgow University: “D’oh! The Simpsons Introduce Philosophy”. Course tutor Dr John Donaldson writes that “The Simpsons is one of the modern world’s greatest cultural artefacts partly because it is so full of philosophy.”
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