For the purpose of this bibliography, the term, "dissertation" will apply to both masters and doctoral degrees. Selected honors theses found in GLADIS/Pathfinder, were also added, as it was felt these were very worthwhile contributions to the academic community.  

A broad brush stroke relating to the topic of Southeast Asia has been applied while culling these titles. Dissertations on the arts, humanities, social sciences and also physical sciences have been included if a substantial portion of the dissertation was devoted to the area. Titles relating to Southeast Asia diaspora, and also Southeast Asian Americans have also been included as the topic continues to grow in popularity.

Format of the Entries  
The information furnished for each dissertation appears in the following sequence:  

1. Author  
2. Title 
3. Degree and date awarded 
4. Department  
5. Name of the country which the dissertation's subject pertains to. 
6. Subject heading 
7. Call number  

Method of Compiling the Entries 
The entries appearing in Theses and Dissertations on Southeast Asia at the University of California, Berkeley, (1906 - present) have been compiled using many different methods. This bibliography builds on its predecessor, South and Southeast Asia : Doctoral Dissertations and Masters' Theses Completed at the University of California at Berkeley 1906-1973, (revised edition) / edited by Richard J. Kozicki and Peter Ananda. 

The obvious place to start searching for additional dissertations related to Southeast Asia would be to search GLADIS/Pathfinder under the subject heading "Dissertations Academic UCB South and Southeast Asian Studies" or "Dissertations Academic UCB Asian Studies". Many of the titles brought up on either of these searches are related to Southeast Asia. However, many departments on campus, other than the two stated above, have submitted dissertations on Southeast Asia as it relates to the specific academic discipline. The Department of Anthropology, History of Art and Botany, to name a few, have submitted dissertations related to the countries in Southeast Asia. Please refer to the "Browse by Department" section for a complete listing of departments.  

For a more comprehensive listing of dissertations done from 1974 - present a GLADIS search under the subject heading "Dissertations Academic UCB" was done searching through all entries, for titles related to Southeast Asia. 

For those not readily apparent by country/region name, or by names of prominant national figures appearing in the title; an additional search on UC Berkeley Pathfinder, was done inputting "Dissertations Academic UCB" as "subject keywords" coupled with "title keywords" related to Southeast Asia. These title keywords were gathered from historical dictionaries and encyclopedias relating to Southeast Asia to broaden the search results.  

Additionally, Dissertations Abstracts Ondisc was searched using the same keyword method, searching for dissertations completed at UC Berkeley. This brought up many items not found earlier, as this database has the capability of searching keywords in the title and also embedded in the abstract of the dissertation, thus, turning up new titles. These new dissertations had topics relating to Southeast Asia; however, did not have the name of a Southeast Asian country or city or other obvious Southeast Asia term within the title. Dissertations Abstracts Ondisc is available on UC Berkeley's networked pc's available at most libraries on campus.