英国颁发全球首个披头士乐队硕士学位

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2011年01月28日  环球时报

　　Liverpool Hope University's Beatles master's program finally made a graduate on Wednesday. Former Miss Canada finalist Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy has become the first graduate of the groundbreaking degree program in the world。
　　Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy joined the program when it started in 2009. She is one of 12 full-time students of the program. She said the course provided insight into the wide-ranging influence of the Beatles。
　　"The Beatles, Popular Music and Society," she said. The course not only analyzes the Beatles' music and their impact on Western culture, but also deals with how the port city of Liverpool helped shape the group's identity。
　　Liverpool Hope University officials believe the master's program offers the first advanced degree based on the life and times of the Fab Four。
　　据外国媒体26日报道，本周三，英国利物浦霍普大学的“披头士”学研究项目总算有了一个硕士毕业生。前加拿大小姐种子选手肯尼迪日前成为全球第一位如此具有开创性的研究项目的毕业生。
　　该项目于2009年成立，第一届招收了包括肯尼迪在内的12名全日制学生。她称该项目课程得以让自己深入了解“披头士”的广泛影响。
　　“‘披头士’、流行音乐还有社会学，”她说道。他们不仅要分析“披头士”的音乐以及他们对西方文化的影响，还要研究利物浦这一港市在该乐队成名过程中所扮演的推手角色。
　　而利物浦霍普大学校方人员认为，该研究生项目设立研究“披头士”生活及所处时代的高等学位，尚属世界首例。