ACADEMIC JOURNAL
|
ISSN 2542-1077 (Print) ISSN 1994-5973 (Online) |
Skvortsov, A. M. INTRODUCTIONS TO DISSERTATIONS ON ANTIQUITY IN THE 1940s AND SOVIET DISSERTATION CULTURE. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2025;47(2):104–111. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2025.1152
FROM THE HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM |
INTRODUCTIONS TO DISSERTATIONS ON ANTIQUITY IN THE 1940s AND SOVIET DISSERTATION CULTURE
| Skvortsov A. M. | Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chelyabinsk State University |
|
Keywords: Leningrad State University dissertation culture history of science antiquity studies Soviet science of antiquity |
Summary: The aim of this study is to identify the specific features of dissertation culture among antiquity scholars
in the 1940s, based on an analysis of the introductions to dissertations defended at Leningrad State University. The
novelty lies in analyzing these qualification papers aimed at receiving an academic degree as a distinct type of
historiographical source, based on the research objectives set by the candidates themselves. The relevance is underscored
by the growing number of studies on the history of dissertation culture over the past decade; however, historians have
yet to establish a satisfactory analytical framework for examining the dissertations themselves. The author finds that
initially there was a certain degree of flexibility both in the structure of dissertations and the layout of their introductory
sections. However, beginning in the late 1940s, alongside intensified ideological campaigns, the formal requirements
for scientific papers submitted for disputation became significantly more stringent. As a result, fractures began to
appear in the cohesive narrative structure of dissertations. The introduction became effectively separated from the main
body of the text due to the issues it addressed. The language itself became infused with hostile terminology toward
“bourgeois” science and incorporated quotations from Marxist literature. The articulation of the topic, the problem statement, and the historiographical review all took on an ideological dimension. These components also served as criteria for assessing the overall quality of the work produced. |
|
Displays: 108; |
The journal is on the list of peer-reviewed academic journals recommended for PhD and doctoral students (January 10, 2019).
Indexed in RSCI (Russian Science Citation Index) since 2008.
Registration Certificate PI No FS77-69487 was issued on April 25, 2017, by the Federal Service for Media Law and Cultural Heritage Protection Law Compliance.
© Petrozavodsk State University, 2010-2025
© Petrozavodsk State University Press
