"Don't Think I've Forgotten": Cambodian Music Golden Age
How the "lost rock-&-roll of Cambodia" connected with ancient times through King Sihanouk, a royal music buff.
Films Books A Dragon Apparent (Travels in Indo-China)
With rumors of Indochina war as a backdrop, a highly personal and highly enjoyable travelogue through Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia...
Books A History of Cambodia
One of the major must-read studies on Cambodia history.
Publications A Visit to the Ruined Cities and Buildings of Cambodia
An early exploration of Angkor and surrounding temples by German anthropologist Adolf Bastian.
Links Angkor in Khmer Cartoons
How young Cambodian visual artists are re-exploring Angkorian designs and artistic codes.
Books Angkor, Monuments Of The God-Kings
A milestone photo report on Khmer temples completed just months before the closing-down of the country by the Khmer Rouge.
Images Anthro~Instas | Cambodia | Phoneography
"The ethnographer notebooks" in Cambodia, 2015-2017
Films Biographie filmée du Roi Norodom Sihanouk, 1941-1963 | King Norodom Sihanouk Biopic, 1941-1963
An official yet quite lyrical filmic summary of Modern Cambodia's Golden Age.
Publications Border wars: the ongoing temple dispute between Thailand and Cambodia and UNESCO's World Heritage List
A 2010 essay on the tensions between Cambodia and Thailand regarding the iconic Preah Vihear Khmer temple.
Books Cambodian Glory
"The Mystery of the Deserted Khmer Cities and their vanished splendour; and A Description of Life in Cambodia To-Day"
Books Comment j'ai parcouru l'Indo-Chine: Birmanie, États shans, Siam, Tonkin, Laos
A European woman's view on Southeast Asia at the turn of the 20th century
Films Crépuscule | Twilight
A lyrical invocation to the ancient history of Cambodia, intertwined with a love story set in Angkor
Publications Cultural Connections Amidst Heritage Conundrums
A study of local Khmer values overshadowed by tangible archeological remains in the Angkor area.
Publications De Phnom Penh a Pursat [From Phnom Penh to Pursat]
An important account on Cambodia in the early years of the French Protectorate.
Books Empire Colonial Francais: Indo-Chine (Cambodia and Laos)
A richly illustrated journey through Indochina, and in particular Cambodia in the early years of the French Protectorate.
Publications Fragile, Lasting Photos: the Last Photographic Testimonies on Angkor before the War
Who took the last photographs of Angkor before the Khmer Rouge takeover?
Publications From Bungalow d'Angkor to Hotel des Ruines to Auberge Royale des Temples: 1909-1976
The six-decade history of the one and only accommodation inside Angkor Archaeological Park.
Publications Indochina, ‘Greater France’ and the 1931 Colonial Exhibition in Paris
'Angkor Wat in Blue, White and Red' Since the first 1867 Paris Exposition coloniale, Angkor, or an "ersatz Angkor" --...Films Jacqueline Kennedy's Visit to Cambodia, November 1967
The legendary visit of JFK's widow in the midst of US-Cambodia frayed relations and the escalation of the Vietnam War.
Books La cinématographie de mon pere (My Father's Cinematography) | Fiction Movies Actors & Actresses
In this one chapter, the then-Prince Sihamoni comments on the actors and actresses who gave life to the King Father's...
Films Le fonds EFEO des manuscrits khmers (EFEO Collection of Khmer manuscripts)
Part of the documentary series ¨Trésors asiatiques de l'EFEO" is entitled "Mémoires de palme et de papier, le fonds des...
Publications Les habitants d'Angkor, thèse de doctorat
Conclusions d'une vaste these d'anthrophologie sociale et d'ethnologie presentant "une lecture dans l’espace et dans le temps des inscriptions sociales...Books Lost Goddesses
The first study addressing the place of women in Cambodian history, or what lays behind the Apsara Smile.
Images Michael Vickery Photographing Cambodia in the 1960s-1980s
Cambodia before the civll war as seen by anthropologist and historian Michael Vickery.
Books Norodom Sihanouk & Zhou Enlai
An extraordinary friendship on the fringes of the Cold War
Films Norodom Sihanouk, Roi-Cinéaste
The 'King-Father' as a filmmaker and composer.
Publications November 1967: Jackie K. Goes To Cambodia
As a Netflix movie will soon re-create this moment, we revisit a visit surrounded with political tragedy, romance and desperation...
Links Official Website for H.M. Norodom Sihanouk, the King-Father
The Royal Family of Cambodia and historic documents related to the late King Norodom Sihanouk.
Books Summary Biography of HM Preah Bat Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk
ព្រះរាជជីវប្រវត្តិសង្ខេប.ព្រះករុណ ព្រះបាទសម្ដេច ព្រះ នរោត្តម សីហនុ ព្រះបរមរតនកោដ្ឋ
Publications The Angkorian Palimpsest
Daily Life of Villagers Living on a World Heritage Site: Angkor in Cambodia.
Books The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina
A poignant and lucid love story set in war-torn Cambodia, by a former war TV correspondent who covered Southeast Asia's...
Publications Timeless Angkor
Angkor Archeological site after Cambodia's troubled years, a survey
Images Visions of Angkor by...Jean Boulbet
When war refugees became the temple keepers...7 of the 37 Jean Boulbet's photographs kept at Bophana Center were exhibited in...
Images Visions of Angkor by...Kim Chhay
Photographic essays by famous or budding photographers. A forum for young and confirmed talents.
Images Visions of Angkor by...Marie-Joseph Guesdon
Linguist and geographer, Deacon Guesdon was also an amateur photographer who captured daily life scenes of Cambodia in the years...
Images Visions of Angkor by...Mimi Palgen-Maisonneuve
Photographic essays by famous or budding photographers. A forum for young and confirmed talents.
Images Visions of Angkor by...Solange Brand
Never-seen-before photographs of Angkor temples and Siem Reap River dating back to 1968.
Images Visions of Southeast Asia by....Louis Gascuel
A rare photographic account on Saigon, Cambodia, Laos and Singapore dating back from 1904, by a civil engineer and talented...
Links Vmake KH
History clips on famous Cambodian artists and writers.
Books Vocabulaire francais-cambodgien et cambodgien francais | French-Khmer Vocabulary
A bilingual manual of conversation which is also an interesting snapshot of the first years of the French Protectorate in...
Books World Heritage Angkor and Beyond: Circumstances and Implications of UNESCO Listings in Cambodia
The prospection, selection and nomination of Cambodian archeological sites to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites List.