Historical development after World War II set the momentum for the introduction of teaching and research programs focusing on the Southeast Asia region in American higher education. Funded by the Ford Foundation, the Southeast Asian studies program was established in 1954 at the University of California, Berkeley to meet a national need and comprehensive interest in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian studies have been essential to the teaching, research and service missions of the Berkeley campus for over four decades. Berkeley offers both undergraduate and graduate courses with a Southeast Asian specialization in Group in Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, anthropology, geography, history, English, linguistics, music, political science, women's studies, environ- mental science policy and management, business, city and regional planning, economics, law, etc. Established in 1972, the Department of South and Southeast Asian studies offers a variety of courses in civilizations, languages, literature and religious studies. The Department confers the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in South and Southeast Asian studies and as are the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy with a Southeast Asian specialization in various schools and departments. In view of the significant research and study in the field of Southeast Asian studies, the Southeast Asia Curatorial Assistant, Rebecca Darby-Williams, compiled the bibliography of Theses and Dissertations on Southeast Asia at the University of California, Berkeley, (1906-2009) under the editorship of the Southeast Asia Librarian, Virginia Jing-yi Shih. The bibliography consists of well over 660 masters' theses, doctoral dissertations and selected senior honor theses. The bulk of the bibliography is based on its predecessor South and Southeast Asia: Doctoral Dissertations and Masters' Theses Completed at the University of California at Berkeley 1906-1973 by Richard Kozicki and Peter Ananda in 1974. Through the archival holdings showcased in this bibliography, it pays tribute to the scholars and professors who continue to nurture and enrich the Southeast Asian Studies program at Berkeley; unfolds the wisdom and creativity of the number of significant scholars which Berkeley has produced in the past few dec- ades in the field of social sciences and humanities; and provides inspiration and encouragement to the present and future young scholars for their intellec- tual contributions to the field. Robert R. Reed, Chair Center for Southeast Asia Studies Berkeley, California November 1998
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