Models of Dissertation Defense: From Post-Reform University to Soviet Era (Case of Saint Petersburg University)
This study explores the issue of obtaining academic degrees in prerevolutionary Russia, a process that was an integral part of scientific initiation, allowing individuals to enter the ranks of the country’s intellectual elite. The aim of this paper is to determine the interplay between socio-politic...
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2023-12-01
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| author | E. A. Rostovtsev I. V. Sidorchuk |
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| description | This study explores the issue of obtaining academic degrees in prerevolutionary Russia, a process that was an integral part of scientific initiation, allowing individuals to enter the ranks of the country’s intellectual elite. The aim of this paper is to determine the interplay between socio-political, corporate, and scientific elements in shaping the discourse of academic disputation. The analysis presented herein draws upon data primarily concerning Saint Petersburg University, which was a leading center for Russian scholarly activity. Specifically, this research utilizes unpublished materials from the minutes of the University Council meetings, journals of public assemblies of various faculties, and archives managed by the Saint Petersburg educational district, containing information on planned disputes. The authors conclude that there were eight formal obstacles a candidate had to overcome in the pursuit of a degree. The key hurdle was access to the public defense, which was a closed affair, being an internal corporate matter that excluded not only the degree candidate but also external authorities and society at large. The public defense of a thesis served more as a socially significant rite of corporate initiation, demonstrating the public importance of the corporation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-403344911fc247f185ef5394590158392024-03-25T14:31:12ZrusTsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektovНаучный диалог2225-756X2227-12952023-12-01121045247210.24224/2227-1295-2023-12-10-452-4722643Models of Dissertation Defense: From Post-Reform University to Soviet Era (Case of Saint Petersburg University)E. A. Rostovtsev0I. V. Sidorchuk1Tomsk State University; St. Petersburg State UniversityTomsk State University; St. Petersburg State UniversityThis study explores the issue of obtaining academic degrees in prerevolutionary Russia, a process that was an integral part of scientific initiation, allowing individuals to enter the ranks of the country’s intellectual elite. The aim of this paper is to determine the interplay between socio-political, corporate, and scientific elements in shaping the discourse of academic disputation. The analysis presented herein draws upon data primarily concerning Saint Petersburg University, which was a leading center for Russian scholarly activity. Specifically, this research utilizes unpublished materials from the minutes of the University Council meetings, journals of public assemblies of various faculties, and archives managed by the Saint Petersburg educational district, containing information on planned disputes. The authors conclude that there were eight formal obstacles a candidate had to overcome in the pursuit of a degree. The key hurdle was access to the public defense, which was a closed affair, being an internal corporate matter that excluded not only the degree candidate but also external authorities and society at large. The public defense of a thesis served more as a socially significant rite of corporate initiation, demonstrating the public importance of the corporation.https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/5015history of higher educationsaint petersburg universitydissertation defenseuniversity culturehistory of scienceanthropology of science |
| spellingShingle | E. A. Rostovtsev I. V. Sidorchuk Models of Dissertation Defense: From Post-Reform University to Soviet Era (Case of Saint Petersburg University) Научный диалог history of higher education saint petersburg university dissertation defense university culture history of science anthropology of science |
| title | Models of Dissertation Defense: From Post-Reform University to Soviet Era (Case of Saint Petersburg University) |
| title_full | Models of Dissertation Defense: From Post-Reform University to Soviet Era (Case of Saint Petersburg University) |
| title_fullStr | Models of Dissertation Defense: From Post-Reform University to Soviet Era (Case of Saint Petersburg University) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Models of Dissertation Defense: From Post-Reform University to Soviet Era (Case of Saint Petersburg University) |
| title_short | Models of Dissertation Defense: From Post-Reform University to Soviet Era (Case of Saint Petersburg University) |
| title_sort | models of dissertation defense from post reform university to soviet era case of saint petersburg university |
| topic | history of higher education saint petersburg university dissertation defense university culture history of science anthropology of science |
| url | https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/5015 |
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