French sinologist and linguist Paul Eugène Pelliot (28 May 1878, Paris- 26 Oct. 1945, Paris) came across the oldest written account on Angkor, The Customs of Cambodia by Chinese diplomat Zhou Daguan, while he was researching the travelogues of famous explorer Marco Polo and the collection of… Read more

Zhou Daguan (also Tcheou Ta-Kouan, Zhu Daguan) ch 周达观 , kh ជីវតាក្វាន់ (chiv takvan), vn Chu Đạt Quan, th โจวต้ากวาน (cho wta kwan)(c. 1270, Yongjia (modern Wenzhou)–? shortly after 1346), a Chinese traveler under the Temür Khan (Emperor Chengzong), authored the sole written and direct account of… Read more

Emeritus Professor, Department of History of Art and Archaeology, School of Arts, University of London, Elizabeth H. Moore (1948, Washington DC, USA - 13 jan 2024, London) has extensively published on the archaeology of Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia.After her retirement, she moved to Yangon,… Read more

A movement artist based in Singapore, Chloe Calderon Chotrani (1992, Manila) is a dance theorician and practicioner. Holding a Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Arts from the School of Oriental and African Studies (London) and a BA in Arts Management, she has trained and performed with Romançon Dance… Read more

A platform for performing arts, a meeting point for local artists and curious travelers, Bambu Stage thrives to change perceptions about the history, culture, and issues that impact Cambodia. Bambu Street, Siem Reap, Cambodia Read more

Born in 1973, Michael S. Falser is a professor and researcher in Art History at Heidelberg University, and recently visiting professor at Paris-Sorbonne University. Read more

With Christian Lauersen, co-founder and co-editor of Library Planet, a crowdsourced global resources for libraries around the world. Marie Eiriksson is a member of the IFLA committee. Read more

Daughter of sinologist Georges Maspero (her mother was Cécile Sophie Maspero nee Seyrig), grand-daughter of archeologist and explorer Gaston Maspero (1872-1942), Éveline Porée-Maspero (20 Apr. 1906, Cholon, Cochinchina - 12 July 1991, Saint-Tropez, France) was an ethnoligist and researcher with… Read more

Colonial engineer and amateur photographer Jules Agostini (1859, Arbarella, Corsica -1930, Nice, France) has traveled extensively in the Far East, including Cambodia.His fame as a photographer came to the headlines when unknown photos of French painter Paul Gaugin and some of his Tahitian models… Read more

Film director with Arte. Read more

Solang (b. Tuk Meas, Cambodia) and Beling (b. Hunan, China) Uk are the authors of the first translation of Zhou Daguan's account on Angkor in the 13th century sourced from Chinese and Khmer versions of this essential testimony about the Angkorian power at its peak, before the Siamese and Cham… Read more

Jean Boisselier (26 Aug 1912, Paris - 26 Feb. 1996, Paris), son of the French military visual artist Henri Boisselier, was a leading specialist in Khmer plastic arts. Curator of Phnom Penh National Museum, he was a member of EFEO (École française d'Extrême-Orient) until 1955, and worked in Angkor… Read more

A French journalist specialized in art history, Maxime Prodromidès came to research and write a great saga of the rediscovery of Angkor (Angkor, Chronique d'une renaissance, 1997) after contributing as a researcher to the documentary film 'Le secret des temples d'Angkor'. The angle chosen by… Read more

Director of the Musée Guimet (MNAAG) Photo Collection, Jérome Ghesquière is the Head of the Photo Archive Department at the renowned Parisian museum since 1989. Read more

Étienne François Aymonier (26 Feb 1844, Le Chatelard, France – 21 Jan 1929, Paris), French naval officer, colonial administrator, linguist and explorer, a "field Orientalist" and the first scientist to extensively survey the ruins and inscriptions of the Khmer empire in today's Cambodia, Thailand,… Read more

South East Asia correspondent with the British daily newspaper The Independent. Read more

Khmer-American free-lance researcher, photographer and "independent spirit", Phalika Ngin has extensively studied the "Royal Triad" formed by King Jayavarman VII and his two successive wives, Queen Jayarajadevi and Queen Indradevi. Read more

Shivani Kapoor is an independent researcher and a professor at Benaras Hindu University, Mumbai, India, specializing in archaeology and history of Southeast Asia.In 2015, Ms. Kapoor taught a course on 'Understanding Southeast Asia in the Light of Marine Archaeology'. Her research focuses on the… Read more