A professor of Economics at Harvard University "in another life", Dr. Jacques de Guerny is an independent researcher and a member of the French Société Asiatique.He has studied the Buddhapada artworks or sites across Asia, including Cambodia, and authored L'odyssée des tambours de bronze de l'Asie… Read more

Potuguese historian Vanessa Loureiro is a consultant and executive officer with several companies and institutions. To her MBA in History from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and a doctorate from Paris I University (Panthéon Sorbonne), Vanessa Loureira added masters in management and finances from the… Read more

Capitaine (Captain) Marie Joseph Auguste Baudesson (15 March 1867, Paris - ?) was a volunteer in the French army deployed in Tonkin, where he studied and photographed the Moi, the Cham and other ethnic minorities.An exhibition of his work, 'Two years among the Moi', was held in Hanoi in 1902.… Read more

Derek Hamilton is an environmental archaeologist and research fellow of the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, University of Glasgow.His research focuses on the use of Bayesian statistics in the modelling of absolute and relative dating evidence, thus providing a framework within… Read more

Bernard Rollet is a world-know French forest researcher and botanist who has authored numerous studies, in particular on Cambodian and West Indies flora.A retired Inspecteur Général des Eaux et Forets of France, and a member of Paris Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Bernard Rollet has studied the… Read more

Eleanor Mannikka lived and taught in Venezuela for many years before locating permanently in Michigan, where she teaches Southeast Asian art at the University of Michigan. She published her first work on Angkor Wat in 1976, coauthored an article in Science magazine, and has had her work featured on… Read more

Apsara National Authority អាជ្ញាធរជាតិអប្សរា (ANA) is the official body in charge of the preservation of the Angkor Archaelogical Park, as well as the coordination of international research team in the fields of archaeology, ethnology and history.Created by the Royal Decree of February 19th 1995,… Read more

Thmey Thmey News is a Cambodian information company producing general interest programs in Khmer and English. Its channel Cambodianess focuses on contents in English. Read more

Vann Molyvann វណ្ណ ម៉ូលីវណ្ណ (23 November 1926, Ream – 28 September 2017, Siem Reap), a a leading Cambodian architect who largely contributed to the New Khmer Architecture movement, served as first Director of APSARA Authority, as well as Minister of Culture and of Education during King Norodom… Read more

João de Loureiro (1710, Lisbon - 18 Oct. 1791, Lisbon) was a Portuguese precursor in botanic, plant taxonomy and natural sciences. After joining the Jesuit order (Society of Jesus), he became a missionary in Goa and Macau before reaching Cochinchina (Annam) where he stayed (officially as a… Read more

Remi Morel is a documentary producer and film director specialized in cultural and history films. Director of audiovisual resources at La Villette Science Museum (Paris) and coordinator of the series Dynamo for the French-German cultural channel ARTE, screenwriter awarded by the European Script… Read more

Dr.Nai Pan Hla is a researcher at the Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He is the author of A short Mon History (Myanmar Knowledge Society, Yangon, 2013). Dr. Pan Hla has also published Eleven Mon Dhammasāt Texts (collected… Read more

Pauline Dy Phon ប៉ូលីន ឌី ផុន nee Tan (1933, Krav, Kompong Speu Province, Cambodia -21 May 2010) was a Cambodian botanist specialized in the flora of Southeast Asia. After graduating from the Paris Faculty of Sciences in 1959, Pauline Dy Phon taught at Phnom Penh Lycée Sisowath before becoming a… Read more

A self-made art collector and a Portuguese writer who has explored Oriental mysticism and esoterism, Francisco Capelo (1955, Lisbon) founded in 2001 the Museu da Marioneta (Museum of Puppetry) in the Convent of Bernardas, a rich collection of Asian and African masks and theater puppets, and one… Read more

William Robert Moore (15 Aug 1899, Butler Township, Michigan - 22 March 1968, Washington, DC, USA) was a staff photographer and writer at the National Geographic during four decades, and the chief of the foreign editorial desk at the magazine .With a predilection for Asia, where he started to work… Read more

薄琳 BO Lin is originally from Hanshan, China and has lived in Cambodia since 2015. Two years after she graduated with a degree in law, she decided to focus on business and ran her own coffee shop at a university in Beijing. After moving to Cambodia, she began teaching Chinese, working as a… Read more

教授 (Jiaoshou, Professor) 段立生 Duan Lisheng (1944, Dali, Yunnan Province 大理市 云南), a descendant of the Duan Royal Family of Dali, is distinguished scholar in history of art, Siamese and Thai cultures, Southeast Asia and world architecture. Graduated from Beijing University in 1967 after studying… Read more

Pierre Benoit (16 July 1886, Albi – 3 March 1962, Ciboure, France) was a French novelist, screenwriter and member of the Académie française. Mostly known for his second novel, L'Atlantide (1919), that inspired several feature movies, he became a roving reporter in 1923 and visited various… Read more

Pascal Médeville (b. 8 Dec. 1962) is a professional translator and a writer specialized in Chinese civilization and language.After studying Chinese and Khmer at INALCO Paris, and spending ten years in mainland China and Taiwan, he relocated to Cambodia, where he leads a professional agency and… Read more

Srong Channa (ស្រុង ចាន់ណា) is the founder of the online platform 5000 Years (៥០០០ឆ្នាំ), dedicated to make accessible important documents on Theravada Buddhism and Cambodian culture. The site was founded in 2011 with the approval of the Cambodian Ministry of Cult and Religion, and shares… Read more