Dr. Heng Sophady is a Cambodian archaeologist who has been involved in the excavations of prehistoric sites in the Memot region since 2007, and a Rector of the Royal University of Fine Arts (RUFA), Phnom Penh.Deputy director general for Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of… Read more

Vin Laychour វិន ឡៃជួ is an archaeologist member of the Faculty of Archaeology at the Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, specializing in prehistory and Vietnamese history. Read more

Specializing in early Metal Age in Southeast Asia and Traditional crafts and early agriculture, Dr. Andreas Reinecke studied Prehistory and Vietnamese language at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, and since 1993 heads the Division for Southeast Asian archaeology at the Commission for Archaeology… Read more

Lu Shiyong 陆诗咏 is an artist and researcher based in New York City, NY, USA.After studying graphic design in Shanghai, China, she graduated from Ohio State University, USA, in 2019. She is currently a PhD candidate in Art History. Read more

Tsuda Kojiro 津田浩二郎 is a researcher at the Department of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Waseda University, Japan, who worked on several archaelogical sites in Cambodia. Read more

Uchida Etsuo 内田 悦生 is a geologist and Professor at the College of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, who studies the geology and archaeology of Cambodia, South Korea and other parts of Asia.His latest publication is "Non-destructive in-situ classification of sandstones used… Read more

A graduate from the School of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, Japan, Sato Katsura 佐藤 桂 is a researcher in the fields of architectural history, history of Oriental architecture, historical archaeology and heritage conservation. She has often contributed to the Journal of Architecture… Read more

Dr. Shimoda Ichita 下田 一太 is an architectural historian who has been extensively working on Angkorean sites.With a Ph.D. in Architectural History of Southeast Asia at Waseda University, Tokyo, Dr. Shimoda is currently Associate Professor at the World Heritage Program in the University of Tsukuba,… Read more

Col. Jacob T. Child (19 Jan 1832, Philadelphia - 19 Oct 1905, Richmond, Missouri, USA) was an American diplomat and publicist.United States Minister Resident in Bangkok from 1884 to 1888, he later portrayed Siam and the Siamese court in his book The Pearl of Asia. He also served as US… Read more

Charles Meyer (12 March 1923-2004) was a French historian, Orientalist, teacher and unofficial diplomat who lived in Cambodia from 1957 to 1970 (out of "25 years in Indochina", according to his laconic autobiography), was at the time the PR adviser and close counselor to King (then Prince) Norodom… Read more

William Young Willetts (28 Nov. 1918, Purton Stoke, UK-30 Jan.1995, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) was a British researcher in the field of South-East Asian and Chinese art studies, who served as curator of the National University of Singapore art museum from 1963 to 1972. A specialist in ceramics, he… Read more

Herbert Warington Smyth, "Warington" (4 June 1867 – 19 Dec. 1943, Redruth, UK) was a British traveler, writer, naval officer and mining engineer who served the government of Siam in the 1890s and later held several posts in the Union of South Africa. Warington went to Siam in 1890 as an unpaid… Read more

Thun Theara ធុន ធារ៉ា (b. Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia) is a Cambodian historian researching the cultural and political history of mainland Southeast Asia.After graduating from the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) in 2008, he received a scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation to pursue… Read more

Dr. Arsenio Nicolas is a musicologist, philologist and historian of the performing arts from the Philippines, specialized in Southeast Asian musical forms and instruments. With a PhD. from Cornell University, USA, Dr. Arsenio Nicolas is a visiting professor at the College of Music at Mahasarakham… Read more

Derek Thiam Soon Heng (Singapore) is ]a professor of history at Northern Arizona University specializing in diplomatic and economic relations in the East Indian Ocean and South China Sea in the pre-modern era. Co-author of Singapore: A Seven-Hundred Year History, published by Singapore (Institute… Read more

Chhay Rachna is a Cambodian archaelogist, Head of Ceramic Study Office, International Center of Research and Documentation of Angkor, APSARA Authority, Siem Reap, since 2015. A specialist in Angkor Ceramics Arts, Chhay Rachna graduated from the Faculty of Archaeology, Royal University of Fine Arts,… Read more

Dr. Susan Verma Mishra is an Indian archaelogist and historian who published with Himanshi Prabha Ray The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces : The temple in western India, 2nd century BCE - 8th century CE (Taylor & Francis, London, 2016), focusing on the religious shrine in western India as an… Read more

Urmimala Sarkar Munsi is an Indian social anthropologist specialized in Dance Studies and Visual Anthropology. A professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, she is also a choreographer who trained at Uday… Read more

Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray (15 Aug. 1947) is an Indian Sanskrit scholar, historian, and archaeologist focusing on maritime history and archaeology. A recipient of the Anneliese Maier research award of the Humboldt Foundation for collaborative research and an Honorary Professor of the Distant Worlds… Read more

A leader in the field of Southeast Asian archaeology, Prof. Ian Carvel Glover (24 Apr. 1934, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, England - 23 Apr. 2018, Catania, Sicily) was a pioneer archaelogist and educator.He joined the Institute of Archaeology at UCL, London, and retired in 1996 as Reader in the… Read more