A Chant Has Nine Lives: The Circulation of Theravada Liturgies in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam
Cultural and geographical variations of the Theravada liturgy, chanting and rituals in Southeast Asia.
Publications Books Bali and Angkor: A 1930s Pleasure Trip Looking at Life and Death
Out-of-the-box considerations on Khmer Art and the fall of Angkor.
Publications Brapamsukulanisamsam and Symbolic Clothing
The Brapamsukulānisamsam invocation, in Pali and translation, sacred part of Southeast Asia funerary rites.
Publications Indigenization of Ramayana in Cambodia
Through some telling instances of 'indigenization', how Valmiki's Ramayana morphed into Ramakerti, an epic tale and a source of inspiration...
Publications Khmer Religion
Encyclopedic entry on Khmer religion, past and present.
Publications Le cycle des douze animaux dans la vie des Cambodgiens (The 12-Animal Cycle and Cambodian Daily Life)
The symbolic of the twelve animals in Cambodian culture and divination practices.
Publications Names and Identities of the Boramey Spirits Possessing Cambodian Mediums
Enter the world of the 10,000 Boramey (good spirits) revered in Cambodia nowadays and whose origins go back to the...
Publications Power and Pragmatism in the Political Economy of Angkor
A broad study of politics, economics and the specificity of the Angkorean State.
Themes Religion & Belief
Publications Report of an Expedition Made into Southern Laos and Cambodia in the Early Part of the Year 1866
'British spy' or first adventurous British tourist in Angkor? A young consular official's lively report of photographer John Thomson's journey.
Publications The Art of Sastra (Palm Leaf Manuscripts)
Sastra sleuk rith, the ancestral Khmer art of palm leaf manuscript, is alive again thanks to Siem Reap craftswoman Phoeun...
Publications The Place of Animism within Popular Buddhism in Cambodia: the Example of the Monastery
The Cambodian monastery as a sacred territory where animist forces combine with Theravada canon.
Publications The Syncretism of Religions in Southeast Asia, Especially in the Khmer Empire
The many encounters of various religious philosophies in Angkor.