A scholar in Hindu studies, Sanskrit scriptures and Iconographic History, Adalbert Gail has published several studies on Hindu and Buddhist mythology, South Asian and Khmer arts. Professor emeritus Dr. Gail held the chair on History of Indian Art at Freie Universität Berlin until his retirement in… Read more

Head of Technical Studies at the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, Janet Douglas is a leading expert in conservation science of cultural heritage, technical studies on works of art and archaeology (especially inorganic materials such as stone, jade and metal), and characterization of… Read more

Dr Rethy Chhem (1952, Phnom Penh) is a medical doctor, biomedical scientist, science diplomat, historian of medicine and educationalist He has been a professor of radiology for 28 years, teaching in Canada, Singapore, Austria and Japan. Dr Chhem is the Executive Director of the Cambodia Development… Read more

Martin Polkinghorne is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at Flinders University, Australia. Between 2011 and 2014, he led the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery project on pre-modern craft economies in Cambodia. This initiative discovered the first historic bronze foundry known in Southeast… Read more

British architect and conservationist John Sanday has been associated to many Global Heritage Fund projects, especially in Nepal and Cambodia. He became Asia Field Director for the GHF in 2007. Read more

An independent researcher who worked extensively in Banteay Srei, the Bayon, Banteay Chhmar and Ta Prohm, Olivier Cunin is an architect-archeologist who has been promoting the technique of 3D reconstruction.With a PhD in architecture, Architect DPLG, Olivier Cunin has worked with several research… Read more

A Reuters newsreel agency correspondent during the American war waged in Indochina during the 1960s-1970s, Peter D. Sharrock, PhD, teaches at SOAS/University of London. He has been studying the spread of Buddhism (and Tantric Buddhism) across Maritime Asia as it is visible in the art and… Read more

Amitav Gosh (1956, Calcutta) is a worldwide respected Indian author in fiction and non-fiction, focusing on cultural and societal explorations. A former reporter with the New Delhi Indian Express newspaper, Gosh encountered recognition with his debut novel, The Circle of Reason (1986). His short… Read more

KONG Vireak is the director of Cambodia National Museum since 2012.After studying and training in archaeology, with five years spent on excavation sites in Angkor area, Vireak Kong undertook anthropological studies in France. Formerly Deputy Director and Director of the Royal University of Fine… Read more

Epigraphist Chhom Kunthea became the first Cambodia-born Sanskritist at international academic level after presenting her doctoral thesis at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris) in 2016. She started to specialize in Sanskrit and epigraphy thanks to her BA tutor, the linguist Dr. Sylvain… Read more

Harriett Winifred [H.W.] Ponder (1883, Buckinghamshire, UK - 1967, Brisbane Australia) was a reputed travel writer who wrote extensively on Cambodia, Java and the South Pacific. First published in 1936, her book about Angkor, Cambodian Glory, was almost as successful as the one by her American… Read more

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Pech Tum Kravel ពេជ្រ ទុំក្រវិល (1943, Kandal- 2015, Phnom Penh) was an actor, writer, and the director of the Dance Department at Royal University of Fine Arts. He is the author of more than 20 books and essays on Cambodian culture and art, in particular at theater and dance. Born Chhorn Tort (ឈន… Read more

Hideo Sasagawa (XX) is a professor at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, College of Asia Pacific Studies, where he teaches the course "Religions of Asia Pacific". With a PhD in Areas Studies at Sophia University (Tokyo), and a master in Chinese Literature, he started to work on Cambodia in the… Read more

Henri Marchal (24 June 1876, Paris - 12 Apr. 1970, Siem Reap), director of the Archaeology Department at the École française d'Extrême-Orient, served as Chief Conservator of Angkor from 1916 -- after Jean Commaille was killed by looters -- to 1936, and then again after Second World War II, from… Read more

Samdech Chauvea ('Lord Prime Minister', in Khmer) Thiounn (8 Apr. 1864, Kompong Chhnang - Sep. 1946, Phnom Penh), also called Samdech Chauvea Veanjay ("Lord Head of the Palace") served as Prime Minister, Minister of The Royal Palace and Treasury, and Minister of Fine Arts under the French… Read more

Sakada Sakhoeun (1986, Phnom Penh) is a senior archeologist with ADFKulen. Involved in several archaeological projects for Sydney University (Australia) and Sophia University (Japan), Sakhoeun joined the Archeological and Development Foundation/Phnom Kulen in 2009, spending his time between the ADF… Read more

A specialist in archeological laser scanning, Nina Hofer is a graduate of Vienna University, Department of Geography and Regional Research. In 2018, she co-directed the CALI (Cambodian Lidar Initiative) field season with Leng Vitou of the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. She wrote about… Read more