Books Saoy, Royal Cambodian Home Cuisine | សោយ A personal reinterpretation of several recipes from a Cambodian culinary cookbook classic, In English
Books Four Faces of Siva - The Detective Story of a Vanished Race by Robert J. Casey Not a novel nor a purely journalistic work: the engaging take on Angkor and modern Cambodia around 1930 by a Chicago-based reporter and popular writer. In English
Publications 从《真腊风土记》看古代柬埔寨与云南 少数民族佛教乐舞 | A Comparison of Buddhist Music and Dance Between Ancient Cambodian and Yunnan Minority Peoples by Minkang Yang A fascinating study on Khmer and Yunnan minority interconnection through music and dance In English & Chinese
Photos Cambodian Dancers by Sir Gerald Kelly (1937) by Gerald F. Kelly In 1936, Irish painter Sir Gerald Kelly (1876-1972) visited Cambodia during a world tour with wife Lilian ("Jane"), and portrayed several dancers at the Dance…
Publications 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
Books Danseuses cambodgiennes anciennes et modernes by George Groslier A poetic yet highly informative study on the Cambodian Royal Ballet dancers written when the author, still in his prime, was discovering the cultural intricacy. In French
Publications របាំព្រះរាជទ្រព្យ - Le Ballet Royal [The Royal Ballet] by Collective A booklet celebrating the inscription of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) List on 7 Nov. 2003. In French
Photos Jacqueline Kennedy's visit in the Cambodian press, Nov. 1967 by Collective The Cambodian angle on the Nov. 1967 visit to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, with rare photographs composing a friendly, bittersweet photo album.
Publications និរាសនគរវត្ត Niras Nokor Wat - 1934 Edition by Suttantaprija Ind One of the first literary works - and the most famous one - linking Cambodian tradition to modernity: conventional ពាក្យកាព្យ (pikhap) form, modern message. In Khmer
Books 癩王のテラス [The Terrace of the Leper King] by Yukio Mishima A powerful meditation on royal power, artistic creation, ageing, death and the "beautiful statue of a young king sitting silently under the scorching sun." In English, French & Japanese
Books នារីរបាំកម្ពុជា សម័យចតុមុខ និង សម័យអង្គរ [Cambodian Dancers from Chatomuk and Angkor Periods, translated from George Groslier, 1913] by Phoeurng Sackona & George Groslier The official Khmer translation of George Groslier's Cambodian Dancers, Ancient and Modern, 1913. In Khmer
Publications Le sculpteur Rodin et les danseuses cambodgiennes [Artist Rodin and the Cambodian Dancers] The first journalistic account of the famous encounter between French sculptor Auguste Rodin and the Cambodian royal dancers. In French
Publications 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
Books The Apsaras of Angkor / ទេពអប្សរនៃអង្គរ by Christophe Loviny On the first anniversary of H.R.H. Princess Norodom Buppha Devi's passing, we return to the splendid 'The Apsaras of Angkor' (2003). In English & Khmer
Books Angkor Wat by Michio Fujioka A remarkable approach of Angkor and pre-Angkorian structures by a Japanese architect and specialist of Hindu-Buddhist architecture
Books Découvertes sur la danse by Fernand Divoire An essay showing the impact of Cambodian dance aesthetics on the study of choreography in 1920s France. In English
Books Classic Dances of the Orient: Royal Cambodian Dances by Xenia Zarina An informed and perceptive study on 'dances of the Orient', notably Cambodian, by a Russian-American professional dancer who visited the region in the 1930s. In English
Photos Visions of Asia by...Léa Lafugie by Léa Lafugie The world of Asia reflected in 103 watercolor, pastel, charcoal or pencil drawings by a prolific woman artist and undefatigable traveler in the 1920s-1940s.
Photos Cutting of the Hair Ceremony, Royal Palace, May 1901: Photographic Documents by Henri Dufour A rare "photo feature" of a family ceremony inside Phnom Penh Royal Palace in 1901.
Books Visions d'Extrême-Orient, Corée, Chine, Indochine, Siam, Birmanie [Visions of the Far East, Korea, China, Indochina, Siam, Burma] by Robert Chauvelot From Korea to Cambodia, Burma and Laos, a quite perceptive travelogue from the 1920s. In French