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The King's Other Career
by Corinne Rivoallan
In this 1997 interview, King Norodom Sihanouk talks about his movies and how they expressed his "love for my Cambodia and its people."
In English
Avec les danseuses royales du Cambodge [With the Royal Dancers of Cambodia]
by George Groslier
A rare insight in the life and art of the Cambodian Royal Ballet dancers at the end of the 1920s, a critical period for the court dance form in the Kingdom.
In French
António da Madalena, "First European in Angkor"
by Collective
A biographical notice of the Portuguese friar who went to Angkor in the 16th century.
In English & Portuguese
From Bungalow d'Angkor to Hotel des Ruines to Auberge Royale des Temples: 1909-1976
by Angkor Database
The six-decade history of the one and only accommodation inside Angkor Archaeological Park.
In English
"Of The Great and Marvellous City Discovered in the Forests of Camboja..." Diogo Do Couto [ADB Reference Document]
by Diogo Do Couto & Bernard Philippe Groslier & Charles Ralph Boxer & Angkor Database
Trilingual and complete version of Antonio da Madalena's relation of his visit to Angkor in 1551.
In English, French & Portuguese
Nouvelles études sur l'ouvrage de Zhou Daguan [New Research on Zhou Daguan's account of Angkor]
by Baoyun Yang
A short study of Xian Nai's apportation to a better understanding of Zhou Daguan's essential account on Angkor.
In French
The Queen Mother Library
by The Queen Mother Library
A valuable resource for Cambodian history researchers and the general public. https://www.library.dccam.org/
In English & Khmer
De Phnom Penh a Pursat [From Phnom Penh to Pursat]
by Jean Moura
An important account on Cambodia in the early years of the French Protectorate.
In French
Conceptions of State and Kingship in Southeast Asia
by Robert Heine-Geldern
This revised version of an article published in The Far Eastern Quarterly (Vol. 2, November 1942: 15-30) develops a dynamic approach to the much debated…
In English
法国在柬埔寨的殖民统治及其崩溃 French Colonial Rule in Cambodia and Its Collapse
by Zhaolin Xu
A marxist analysis of French colonialism in Cambodia by a Chinese historian of Cambodian origin.
In Chinese
The (Murky) Origin of the Tokyo National Museum Collection of Khmer Art
by Sadao Fujihara
Ancient Khmer sculptures as "political gifting": the controversial case of cultural exchanges between Colonial France and Imperial Japan during World War II.
In French & Japanese
The World's Oldest Plan of Angkor: The Japanese so-called Jetavana, an Illustrated Plan of the Seventheeth Century
by Yoshiaki Ishizawa
Who drew the very first known plan of Angkor Wat, the "Jetavana"?
In English & Japanese
Kauṇḍinya, Preah Thaong, and the "Nāgī Somā": Some Aspects of a Cambodian Legend
by Rudiger Gaudes
A summary of the many versions of the Kaundinya-Neang Neak story, the founding legend of Cambodia.
In English
Puzzling Pavilion
by Angkor Database
What is the origin of the "Iron Palace", often called "Napoleon" or "Suez", erected in the precinct of the Royal Palace of Cambodia in the 1860s or 1870s?
In English & French
សិក្សាចក្រ Siksācakr - Journal of Cambodia Research - Revue de recherche sur le Cambodge
Table of contents of Siksacakr issues available at Angkor Database Library
In English, French & Khmer
និរាសនគរវត្ត Niras Nokor Wat-1969 Edition
by Suttantaprija Ind & Team Teng Ly
The 1969 version of Oknha Suttantaprija Ind's famed poem, Niras Nokor Wat [Journey to Nokor Wat], edited by Cambodian writer Ly Team Theng.
In Khmer
Au Tonkin, en Cochinchine et au Cambodge
by Xavier Brau de Saint-Pol Lias
A staunch proponent of French colonialist expansion taking in the state of affairs in Indochina during the troubled mid-1880s.
In French
Some Chinese Loanwords in Khmer
by Saveros Pou & Philip N. Jenner
300 words derived from Chinese into Khmer, directly or through other Southeast Asian languages. A 1973 reference publication in Khmer linguistic studies.
Rêveries sur les danseuses cambodgiennes [Musings on the Cambodian Dancers]
by Francis Miomandre (de)
The perception of the Cambodian dancers in 1920s and 1930s Paris, by a famed art critic and his detractors.
In French
Les monuments religieux de la province de Bati [Religious Monuments of Bati Province]
by Andrew Spooner
An exploratory description of ancient Khmer temples in the historic Khet Bati (Bati Province), visited in 1877 by an amateur archaeologist.
In French

The King's Other Career

Avec les danseuses royales du Cambodge [With the Royal Dancers of Cambodia]

António da Madalena, "First European in Angkor"

From Bungalow d'Angkor to Hotel des Ruines to Auberge Royale des Temples: 1909-1976

"Of The Great and Marvellous City Discovered in the Forests of Camboja..." Diogo Do Couto [ADB Reference Document]

Nouvelles études sur l'ouvrage de Zhou Daguan [New Research on Zhou Daguan's account of Angkor]

The Queen Mother Library

De Phnom Penh a Pursat [From Phnom Penh to Pursat]

Conceptions of State and Kingship in Southeast Asia

法国在柬埔寨的殖民统治及其崩溃 French Colonial Rule in Cambodia and Its Collapse

The (Murky) Origin of the Tokyo National Museum Collection of Khmer Art

The World's Oldest Plan of Angkor: The Japanese so-called Jetavana, an Illustrated Plan of the Seventheeth Century

Kauṇḍinya, Preah Thaong, and the "Nāgī Somā": Some Aspects of a Cambodian Legend

Puzzling Pavilion

សិក្សាចក្រ Siksācakr - Journal of Cambodia Research - Revue de recherche sur le Cambodge

និរាសនគរវត្ត Niras Nokor Wat-1969 Edition

Au Tonkin, en Cochinchine et au Cambodge

Some Chinese Loanwords in Khmer

Rêveries sur les danseuses cambodgiennes [Musings on the Cambodian Dancers]

Les monuments religieux de la province de Bati [Religious Monuments of Bati Province]