Cambodia

March 23, 2016

Cambodian Identity

Yong Ty and Chhoy Yi Heang ( យ៉ង ធី និង ឆយ យីហ៊ាង ). Cambodian Identity ( អត្តសញ្ញាណប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ) (Phnom Penh, 2000). Reviewed by Piseth Keo (NUS-HYI Joint Doctoral Scholar) Cambodian Identity , prefaced by Prime Minister Hun Sen, is part of a nation-building project to define the identity of...More
January 06, 2016

Preah Sdach Kân [God-King Kân]

រស់​ ចន្រ្តាបុត្រ Ros Chantrabot,​ ព្រះស្តេចកន Preah Sdach Kân [God-King Kân]. Phnom Penh: Angkor Bookstore Press, 2007. Reviewed by Theara Thun (PhD Candidate, HYI-NUS Joint Doctoral Scholar) Those familiar with Cambodian history probably have heard the story of a commoner named Kân, who became...More
June 02, 2015

Khmer History

Troeung Ngea ត្រឹង ងា. Khmer History ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រខ្មែរ . Phnom Penh, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, 2003. Reviewed by Theara Thun (PhD Candidate, HYI-NUS Joint Doctoral Scholar) The book is a republication of a two-volume work by Troeung Ngea, who taught literature, culture, and...More
July 21, 2010

HYI Working Paper Series: KUONG Teilee

Development of Property Law in Cambodia, Vietnam and China: What is behind the legal reforms in transition to a market economy? (KUONG Teilee, Nagoya University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2009-2010)More
February 08, 2010

HYI Working Paper Series: KUONG Teilee

Cambodian Constitutional Provisions on Treaties: A Story of Constitutional Evolution Beyond Rhetoric (KUONG Teilee, Nagoya University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2009-2010)More
August 03, 2009

Mural Painting in Buddhist Monasteries

Mural Painting in Buddhist Monasteries (gamnur nao tam vatt (in Khmer)), by San Phalla. Phnom Penh: Reyum Institute, 2007. Reviewed by Heng Piphal (Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii, Manoa) Anthropological and historical research in Cambodia generally focuses on the glorified past of...More