Contents:

• List of university works
• Index of directors of theses (so far as known)
• Index of universities (arranged by places)
• Index of years of degree
• Index of subject categories
   

Introductory notes

In this section of TrotskyanaNet we present a repertory of more than 400 university works (i.e. dissertations, master theses and the like) on various topics related to Trotsky's life, work and thought, as well as to the Trotskyist movement(s). The list also includes some university works about a number of renowned figures of the Trotskyist movement. During the last 50 years, particularly since the 1970s, a considerable number of dissertations and theses of various levels have been submitted to universities in many countries all over the world, reflecting a certain relevance of Trotsky and Trotskyism and at the same time emphasizing the continuing academic interest in this field of research. Generally spoken, dissertations, theses and other university works are a vital fund of scholarship for any discipline. However, the scholarly quality and relevance of the listed works varies: some of them have correctly been considered as quite ephemeral or even as obscure, whereas others have been praised by the academic community and - so far as they have been published as trade editions (books) - by renowned reviewers. The bulk of the listed works, however, remained 'unpublished', forming part of the hardly-to-locate 'grey literature', partly not even deposited at other universities as the parent institution. Thus, as a rule, they have remained excluded from most library catalogues, bibliographies and similar research tools. So far as we know, many items have not even been cited in any of those 'hidden bibliographies' which usually appear as appendices in most scholarly books and academic works. As a matter of fact, in many cases dissertations and theses are excluded from interlibrary loan or are available only to members of a certain academic institution. Some of the listed works could only be traced (or, better: digged) more or less by chance or thanks to good relations to other Trotskyana collectors or to the authors. All this in mind, we would like to emphasize that the quality of our bibliographical descriptions necessarily varies, since not (yet) all of the listed works are in our possession or could be examined personally.

Most of the academic works listed here are from the U.S., France, Russia (or, former Soviet Union), Britain, Germany and Italy. Please note that our listing does not consider university works from China, Japan and from other parts of the world where usually non-European languages are spoken. Please note, too, that we do not list works in progress.
The arrangement of our bibliographical descriptions and their structure are self-explanatory; the main section (List of university works) is arranged alphabetically by authors' names.

For better understanding, we also provide a list of abbreviations used for types of university works.
For transliteration of names and titles in Cyrillic characters see the table of transliteration.
For occasionally used bibliographical abbreviations see the global list of abbreviations
 

W. Lubitz, Jan. 2008
 

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