Cambodia & SEA

Back to Cambodia four years after "Angkor the Magnificent", an inspired and sometime visionary travelogue through Asia in the throes of colonialism.

In English

The first attempt to assess the economic development and potential of French Indochina, with Cochinchina as focus of attention.

Who took the last photographs of Angkor before the Khmer Rouge takeover?

When India's attention shifted from West to East, releasing a bounty of spiritual, literary, scientific and artistic innovations that inspired local cultures.

In English

A gem of French "exotic" literature: Saigon decadence with the 1890s Cambodian uprising in the background.

In French

A valuable, firsthand account on Ang Duong's Cambodia in 1851.

In English

A specialist of Khmer antiquities in Thailand assesses the history of the modern state of Thailand.

In Khmer

A reference summary of the history of art in Thailand, by a Thai educationist and archaeologist.

In English

Inscriptions reflect a unified and diverse Kingdom of Champa in the 15th century, before its collapse.

In English

How the Greeks made their own discovery of the monsoon trade winds.

A summary of archaeological finds shining a new light on the history of maritime trade and early Southeeast Asia.

In English

On the eve of King Sihanouk's centennial anniversary, a conversation with Julio Jeldres, close collaborator and witness to history.

In English

The English translation of a reference book on Southeast Asia ancient history

In English

Early China’s interactions with the maritime world and the eventual emergence of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) as a leading naval power in the 15th century.

In English

A dynamic approach of Early South Asia and the exchanges across the Bay of Bengal.

In English

The spread of Saivist and Buddhist influences into Pyu communities of ancient Burma.

In English

A magnificent photography work reflecting a journey through "Buddha's Empire".

In English

Part of a 2-year business trip from Burma to Siam, Cambodia and Singapore, the first published description of Angkor by an American citizen.

In English

Evidence from an archaeological excavation at the Prasat Hin Phimai in the 2000s.

In English

A contextualized portait of the "dashing and enigmatic Frenchman" who founded the Sedang Kingdom among the Highland tribes of Vietnam in 1888

In English