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Speaker: Derek Richardson

Date: April 10, 2025 

8:30 am 

Cambodia Time 


Abstract

Professional work is increasingly transnational in scope, as professionals who are trained and credentialed in one country often apply their expertise and skills in other countries. Medicine is no exception, especially in Cambodia where many healthcare…

Posted on: 27-March-2025

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Speaker: Candice Tep

Date: 27 mars 2025 

2:30 pm 

(heure du Cambodge) 


[English Text Below]
RÉSUMÉ

Au Cambodge, société à tradition orale, les berceuses traditionnelles khmères continuent d’être transmises par les figures parentales en milieu rural, elles constituent un patrimoine d’une grande richesse qui tend à disparaître avec l’évolution…

Posted on: 6-March-2025

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Speaker: Sokro Suong

Date: March 7, 2025 

8:30 am 

Cambodia Time 

Read and download the slide presentation here.

Abstract

In this presentation, we will examine the evolution of the healthcare sector and traditional Cambodian medicine within a royal Buddhist context from ancient times to the present. By…

Posted on: 24-February-2025

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Speaker: Dr. Sovinda Po

Date: March 05, 2025 

2:00 pm 

Cambodia Time 

Read and download the slide presentation here.

About the Workshop

This workshop is designed to assist researchers and scholars in the process of publishing academic journal articles. Over three hours, participants will engage in interactive discussions…

Posted on: 21-February-2025

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Speaker: Robin Biddulph, Alexandra Kent, Dr. Courtney Work, Dr. Pádraig McAuliffe and Dr. Eve Zucker

Date: February 20, 2025 

8:30 pm 

Cambodia Time 

Abstract

More than four decades have passed since the end of Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia in 1979. Yet, the country is still coming to terms with the destruction wrought by the decades of genocide and civil war that…

Posted on: 5-February-2025

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Speaker: Dr. Emily Howe

Date: February 7, 2025 

8:30 am 

Cambodia Time 

Abstract

This project considers the role of music and dance in the Cambodian government’s efforts to imagine and develop the postcolonial nation during the Sangkum Reastr Niyum period from 1953-1970. Drawing on scholarship of the Cold War, I first…

Posted on: 30-January-2025

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Speaker: Ms. Sivpheng Haing

Date: January 24, 2025 

9:00 am 

Cambodia Time 

Read and download the slide presentation here. About the Workshop

This workshop offers instruction on the basics of academic writing to Cambodian students and researchers. Participants will gain an understanding of the sentence structure and paragraph components…

Posted on: 13-January-2025

News & Opportunities

The Cambodian Scholar Research Fellowships support Cambodian doctoral students and PhD holders in the social sciences and humanities who seek to pursue further research focusing on Cambodia alone or on Cambodia within a regional context. Apply…

Posted on: 2-January-2025

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Speaker: Dr. Leang Un

Date: December 24, 2024 

9:00 am 

Cambodia Time 

Read and download the slide presentation here.


Abstract

Although social sciences and humanities were initially prioritized in Cambodia’s post-war reconstruction efforts, the government has since shifted focus toward STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…

Posted on: 20-December-2024

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Speaker: Dr. Theara Thun

Date: December 20, 2024 

8:00 am 

Cambodia Time 

Read and download the slide presentation here.
About the Workshop

This workshop offers an exploration of the application process for MA, PhD, and postdoctoral overseas fellowships. Looking deeply into the multifaceted realm of fellowship…

Posted on: 9-December-2024

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Speaker: Lucy Right

Date: October 25, 2024 

8:30 am 

Cambodia Time 

Abstract

Since the institution of Cambodia’s local elections in 2002, opposition parties have managed to attain, on average, 25% of commune council seats, rendering the commune as an important arena for pluralistic governance. This project asks whether the degree…

Posted on: 16-October-2024

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Speaker: Caroline Pang & Dr. Gina de Alwis

Date: October 17-18, 2024 

9:30 pm 

Cambodia Time 

Continuing our Digital Libraries series, this year’s workshop entitled “Enhancing Information Access in Digital Libraries” focuses on strategies for enhancing information access in Digital libraries with an emphasis on Collection Development and Management/Electronic Resources Acquisition, Community Engagement, and Evaluating…

Posted on: 13-October-2024

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Speaker: Prof. John Marston

Date: September 20, 2024 

8:30 am 

Cambodia Time 

Abstract

Some 34 Khmer Buddhist monks were resident in India prior to 1975, most as students. Ven.Ek Pañño and Ven. Mok Sophal were among only a handful of these monks to stay in India the rest of their lives.…

Posted on: 11-September-2024

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Speaker: Dr. Kathrin Eitel

Date: September 11, 2024 

2:30 pm 

Cambodia Time 

Read and download the slide presentation here

Keynote Presentation

Kathrin Eitel will discuss the historical impact on waste recycling based on the socio-materiality of Phnom Penh’s recycling infrastructure today (what she calls ‘vivid infrastructures’). She will then go…

Posted on: 12-August-2024

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Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Benzaquen-Gautier (Historian) and Khvay Samnang (Artist), Vuth Lyno (Artist), Fabienne Luco (Social Anthropologist), Anne-Laure Porée (Anthropologist)

Date: September 10-14, 2024 

To Be Announced

Cambodia Time 

ដើម្បីអានជាភាសាខ្មែរ សូមចុចទីនេះ

What is it about?

Throughout the twentieth century, Phnom Penh has experienced dramatic changes – expansion, modernization, war, de-urbanization, re-urbanization, and in recent years a rapid growth in terms of population and development projects.…

Posted on: 29-July-2024

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About CKS

The Center for Khmer Studies (CKS), an American Overseas Research Center in Cambodia, is based in Siem Reap, with a branch office in Phnom Penh. CKS promotes research and scholarly exchange in the social sciences, arts, and…

Posted on: 10-July-2024

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Speaker: Prof. Miriam Stark

Date: July 20, 2024 

5:00 pm 

Cambodia Time 

 

ABSTRACT

More than 60 million people rely on the Mekong River to support farming, fishing, and other livelihoods. The Mekong is the region’s rice bowl and a biodiversity hotspot; it is also a contested space now threatened by…

Posted on: 28-June-2024

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Speaker: Danilyn Rutherford

Date: Friday, June 21  

8:00 am 

Cambodia Time 

The Wenner-Gren Foundation is collaborating with the Center for Khmer Studies to host a webinar on funding opportunities for anthropologists and researchers in related disciplines in Cambodia. Join Danilyn Rutherford, the Foundation’s President for a discussion of the…

Posted on: 28-June-2024

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Speaker: Dr. Vicheth Sen

Date: July 12, 2024 

8:30 am 

Cambodia Time 

Read and download the slide presentation here.

Abstract

Research on postcolonial studies shows that colonial conditions, even without the presence of colonial administrations to enforce them, continue to persist to the present day and remain influential in shaping…

Posted on: 26-June-2024

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Speaker: Dr. Cheryl Yin

Date: June 26, 2024 

8:30 am 

Cambodia Time 

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Abstract

There is a “non-honorific” register of speech in Khmer that, on one hand, is the language of intimacy, but on the other is viewed as unpleasant sounding, disrespectful, and immoral​. Although…

Posted on: 20-June-2024

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Enhancing Information Access in Digital Libraries

Continuing our Digital Libraries series, this year’s workshop entitled “Enhancing Information Access in Digital Libraries” focuses on strategies for enhancing information access in Digital libraries with an emphasis on Collection

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