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The Center for Khmer Studies’ (CKS) mission is to promote research, teaching and public service in the social sciences, arts and humanities as they relate to Cambodia.  While promoting scholarly interest in the region, we also aim to connect Cambodian scholars, students and artists with their international colleagues for the purpose of fostering understanding of Cambodia and Southeast Asia.

Specific objectives of CKS are to:

  • Facilitate research and international scholarly exchange through programs that increase understanding of Cambodia and its region;

  • Help strengthen Cambodia's cultural and academic structures and integrate Cambodian scholars into their regional and international community;

  • Promote a vigorous Cambodian civil society.

Founded in 1999, CKS is an international, non-governmental organization supported by a consortium of universities, organizations, scholars and individuals.  CKS is registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia and incorporated in the United States as a tax-exempt institution under article 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code. 

CKS is the first and only member institution of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) in Southeast Asia. Our programs are based in two offices in Cambodia: our headquarters in Siem Reap-Angkor and in the capital, Phnom Penh.  We also maintain an administrative office in New York City and a support office in Paris, Les Amis du Centre d’Etudes Khméres where it is registered as an Association Loi 1901.

Programs and Initiatives

CKS seeks to provide a recognizable, common point of exchange, as well as an in-country logistical resource for scholarly research. We think of ourselves as a bridge and a crossroads—a real "center" for institutions, scholars, students and the general public through:  
  • The CKS Library: the largest public library outside the capital, Phnom Penh, with over 5,000 monographs, books and journals and public computers.

  • Fellowships: support the research and education of junior and senior scholars from Cambodia and overseas.

  • Research and Training Programs: support the training and integration of young Cambodian scholars into research projects on Cambodia, in collaboration with Cambodian and overseas universities.

  • Publishing and Translation Program: publishing and/or translating original manuscripts as well as translating much-needed social science and historical texts into the Khmer language. 

  • Conferences/Events: international, inter-disciplinary workshops, conferences and lectures held in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh establish direct links among U.S., Cambodian and international scholars.
     

Governance and Support

The Center is administered by a Director who is appointed by the Board of Directors.  It is supported by a Consortium of domestic and international institutions and individuals and receives funding through foundation grants, corporate support and generous private individuals and groups (see also Support CKS).

Board of Directors
Lois de Menil, Ph.D., President
Anne H. Bass, Vice-President
Olivier Bernier, Vice-President
Dean Berry, Esq., Secretary and General Counsel
Gaye Fugate, Treasurer

 

Prof. Michel Rethy Antelme, INALCO, Paris
Prof. Kamaleswar Bhattacharya, Paris
Robert Kessler, Denver, CO
Bonnie Burnham, Chairman Emeritus
Emma C. Bunker, Denver Art Museum
Prof. Thak Chaloemtiarana, Cornell University
Prof. Kieth Rethy Chhem, University of Vienna & Ulm University, Germany

Prof. Penny Edwards, University of California, Berkeley
Selma Ertegun, New York, NY
Prof. Bion Griffin, University of Hawaii
Jacques Hennessy, Rome
Prof. Alan Kolata, University of Chicago
Prof. John Miksic, National University of Singapore
Steven Pesner, Esq., New York, NY
Dr. Dawn Rooney, Bangkok, Thailand
Prof. Son Soubert, Constitutional Council, Cambodia

The Hon. Benny Widyono, Ph.D., United Nations (ret.)

 

A Consortium-based Organization
 

The Consortium of the Center for Khmer Studies is a Cambodian and international membership-based network of committed institutions and individuals that include universities, libraries, academic societies and museums. The Center for Khmer Studies’ Consortium serves to bring together individuals and institutions in Cambodia and internationally that are engaged in the field of Khmer and Southeast Asian studies. Members and students can benefit from the Center’s growing network of Cambodian and international researchers.

 
CKS Institutional Consortium Members, Partners and Affiliates

 

Cambodia
APSARA Authority (Siem Reap)
Buddhist Institute (Phnom Penh)
Center for Advanced Study (Phnom Penh)

Norton University (Phnom Penh)

Pannasastra University (Phnom Penh)
Royal University of Phnom Penh
Royal University of Fine Arts (Phnom Penh)
Royal Academy of Cambodia (Phnom Penh)

University of Cambodia (Phnom Penh)

 

U.S. and International

American Association of Asian Studies

Arizona State University

Asia Cultural Council

Asia Society

Association of Anthropologists, Ho Chi Minh City

California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Sacramento

Central Washington University

Chiang Mai University

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

Committee of Research Materials on Southeast Asia (CORMOSEA)
Cornell University
Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO), Paris, Siem Reap
Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Geneva
Humboldt University, Berlin
International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po)
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore
National University of Singapore

New School University, New York
Northern Illinois University, De Kalb

Ohio University
Research Institute of Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC), Bangkok
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London
Siam Society, Bangkok

Simmons College
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Southeast Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP)

Southern Institute of Social Sciences, Ho Chi Minh City
University of Bonn
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Riverside
University of Chicago

University of Florida, Gainesville
University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Massachusetts, Boston

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

University of Southern California, Los Angeles
World Monuments Fund, New York

 


CKS Staff
In Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, CKS employs  8 full-time international and Cambodian staff members. Other staff are involved in the management and supervision of the Center’s projects on a part-time basis.
 

Michael Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer/Acting Director
Nop Sovanna, Finance Officer
Oum Daraneth, Head Librarian
Mam Vannary, Librarian

Tith Srey Pich, Administration Officer, Siem Reap

Sim Puthea, Administration Officer, Phnom Penh

Yem Yoeun, Publishing and Translation coordinator

Men Chean Rethy, Director, Junior Faculty Training Program and Translation Training Program

Michel Rethy Antelme,Chief Editor, Siksacakr Journal

In Cambodia:

Head Office

Center for Khmer Studies
PO Box 9380
Wat Damnak, Siem Reap
Tel: (855) 063 964 385
Fax: (855) 063 963 035

Phnom Penh Office
Center for Khmer Studies
234 Street 450
Tuol Tumpung II, Chamkamorn, Phnom Penh
Tel: (855) 023 991 937
 
In the United States:
Center for Khmer Studies
149 East 63rd St.
New York, N.Y. 10065
Tel:(1) 212 980 6628
 

Email : center@khmerstudies.org

  

 

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