Jim Mizerski (d. 2020) was an American independent researcher, writer and translator who resided in Cambodia in the years 2000s, where he undertook historical research and humanitarian work, in particular with Friends International. After working as a naval officer and an electrical engineer, Jim… Read more

Pierre Loti [born Louis-Marie-Julien Viaud, "Pierre" being a first name suggested by famous actress Sarah Bernhardt and "Loti" the name of an island flower he found in Tahiti] (14 Jan. 1850, Rochefort, France - 10 June, 1923, Hendaye, France) was a French Navy officer, novelist, travel writer,… Read more

Author of more than sixty books on archaeology and Ancient Khmer civilization research, Dr. Michel Tranet បណ្ឌិត មីសែល ត្រាណេ (b.1954, Phnom Penh) served as a secretary of state at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts in the 1990s, ultimately resigning to protest the lack of involvement of… Read more

Saveros Pou (Saveros Lewitz in the 1970s-1980s) ពៅ សាវរស (24 Aug. 1929, Phnom Penh- 25 May 2020, France) was a French linguist of Cambodian origin. A retired research director of the CNRS in Paris, a specialist of the Khmer language and civilization, she carried out extensive work of Khmer… Read more

HM Norodom Sihanouk នរោត្តម សីហនុ (31 October 1922, Phnom Penh, Cambodia – 15 October 2012, Beijing, China) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and from 1993 to 2004. Affectionately known to the Cambodian people as Samdech Euv (សម្តេចឪ, Father Prince), he masterminded the independence from… Read more

Ambassador Julio Armando Jeldres (b. 1 Dec. 1950, Santiago de Chile) was a teenager in faraway Chile when, in 1967, he wrote directly to the King Palace of Cambodia wanting to know more about the fascinating Kingdom at the other end of the world. An epistolary relationship started, until the young… Read more

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David Porter Chandler (b. 1933) is an American historian and academic regarded as one of the foremost western scholars of Cambodia's modern history. He has been residing for many years in Australia, where he is an emeritus professor at Monash University as well as an adjunct professor of Asian… Read more