Lady Gaga is the latest quirky dissertation topic at Cambridge University after a student was given the go-ahead to write about her place in pop art history.
Third-year undergraduate Amrou Al-Kadhi, who studies history of art at Corpus Christi college, has just had his project proposal on Lady Gaga accepted by the university authorities.
The 21-year-old has been a fan of Lady Gaga since she shot to fame in 2008 with her Grammy-winning dance-pop album The Fame, and saw her in concert at the O2 two years ago.
Gaga - whose real name is Stefani Germanotta - has since become the world's leading recording artist with 65 million records sold to date.
He decided to do the project after bringing up the artist's videos in classes for his Modernism, Postmodernism and After course and receiving good feedback.
However when he submitted his dissertation proposal last year it took aspiring actor Mr Al-Kadhi a few meetings to win permission from the department.
Mr Al-Kadhi praised the history of art department for defying Cambridge's old-fashioned reputation.
He said: "It's a credit to them that they have accepted this."
A Cambridge spokesman said: "The department does not discourage students from writing on living artists, providing their approach is both critical and historical."
The dissertation, which has to be handed in in April, will make up almost a third of his final year mark.
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