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Speaker: Dr. Leang Un

Date: December 24, 2024 

9:00 am 

Cambodia Time 

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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: 2024 CKS-PC Research Fellows

Date: December 21, 2024 

8:30 am 

Cambodia Time 

Morning Session: 08:30 AM – 12:00 PM (Cambodia time) 1. “Searching for Missing Relatives at the Former Khmer Rouge’s Security Center S-21” by Solinda Kan

Abstract: During the Khmer Rouge administration (1975-1979), many Cambodian families were separated due to…

Posted on: 18-December-2024

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Speaker: Dr. Theara Thun

Date: December 20, 2024 

8:00 am 

Cambodia Time 

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 applications, participants will not only grasp the essential requirements but also uncover…

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: Dr. Tara Tran

Date: October 10, 2024 

2:30 pm 

Cambodia Time 

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Abstract

Who talks about the intercourse between a body of research and a researcher’s body? In the middle of my fellowship, I woke up to troubling pain. A disc in my…

Posted on: 1-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: Thida Kim

Date: August 23, 2024 

8:30 am 

Cambodia Time 

Abstract

Adopting a mixed-method research design, surveys and lifeline interviews, this study investigates the intergenerational effects of complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Cambodian grandmothers and its implications on the well-being of their offspring in subsequent generations in migrant…

Posted on: 14-August-2024

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Speaker: Dr. Kathrin Eitel

Date: September 11, 2024 

2:30 pm 

Cambodia Time 

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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: CKS Junior Fellows 2024

Date: August 7-8, 2024 

To Be Announced

Cambodia Time 

Day 1: August 7, 2024 from 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM 1. “Heritage Reimagined: Creating New Decorative Styles for Khmer Wooden Houses from Temple Inspirations” by Channarak Pen

Abstract: This study explores the relationship between the ornamentation of Khmer…

Posted on: 5-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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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 

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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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Speaker: Mr. Rosa Yi

Date: June 7, 2024 

8:30 am 

Cambodia Time 

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Abstract

This webinar discusses contemporary land struggle and agrarian differentiation in the Samlout district of Battambang province in northwestern Cambodia. Following the downfall of Democratic Kampuchea in 1979, Samlout became a base for…

Posted on: 27-May-2024

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Speaker: Mr. Allan Zheng

Date: May 24, 2024 

2:30 pm 

Cambodia Time 

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Abstract: 

How does contemporary Cambodian performance portray the complexity of “being human”? Cambodian classical arts remain a crucial spiritual and embodied connection between the past and present. Building on classical styles, this…

Posted on: 14-May-2024

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Speaker: Mrs. Norng Many

Date: May 10, 2024 

2:30 pm 

Cambodia Time 

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នៅស្រុកខ្មែរ គំនិតបង្កើតវចនានុក្រម បានផ្តួចផ្តើមឡើងដោយអាណាព្យាបាលបារាំងនៅឆ្នាំ ១៩១៥ ។ ក្នុងឆ្នាំដដែល ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ បានចេញព្រះរាជក្រឹត្យលេខ ៦៧ ចុះថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែកញ្ញា ដើម្បីទទួលស្គាល់ជាផ្លូវការចំពោះកិច្ចការនេះ ។ ក្រោយមកបន្ទាប់ពីបានបោះពុម្ពតាំងពីគ្រាទី១ រហូតដល់ទី៥ វចនានុក្រមបានក្លាយជាឧបករណ៍ដ៏ចាំបាច់សម្រាប់ទាមទារអធិបតេយ្យភាពជាតិ និងជាតំណាងឲ្យអត្តសញ្ញាណរបស់រដ្ឋវ័យក្មេងដែលទើបតែទទួលបានឯករាជ្យ (១៩៥៣) ។ ក្រុមបញ្ញវន្ត​សម័យថ្មី​ចាត់​ទុក​វចនានុក្រម​នេះ​ជា​មូលដ្ឋាន​សម្រាប់​​បង្កើតមនោគមវិជ្ជា​ជាតិ និងបានទទួលស្គាល់សៀវភៅមួយនេះ ថាជាតំណាងឲ្យភាសា និងជាក្បួនសម្រាប់ការសរសេរ ។ ការ​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​នេះ​មានគោលបំណងស្រាយ​បំភ្លឺនិងស្វែង​យល់អំ​ពី​តួនាទី​នៃ​វចនានុក្រម​ដែលលើកឡើងខាងលើ អំពីហេតុផលដែលគេចាត់ទុកថាជាមូលដ្ឋានសម្រាប់​​លើក​កម្ពស់​មនោគមវិជ្ជា​ជាតិ ៖ « រដ្ឋ​មួយ ប្រជាជាតិ​មួយ ភាសា​មួយ » (ខ្មែរ)…

Posted on: 2-May-2024

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Speaker: Dr. Henri Locard

Date: May 2, 2024 

6:00 pm 

Cambodia Time 

Abstract:

The Khmer Rouge rise to power in 1975 gave birth to a terrifying order marked by killings, forced ruralization and total collectivization. Up to two million people died as a result. The memoir of Phi Phuon, Pol Pot’s…

Posted on: 23-April-2024

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Speaker: Dr. Isaac Lyne

Date: April 26th, 2024 

2:30 pm 

Cambodia Time 

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Abstract

In 2006, UN agencies were saying that bottled water was no more than a temporary source of safe water in crisis situations. But by 2017, these agencies were declaring bottled water is…

Posted on: 1-April-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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ពីកំណែទម្រង់​អក្ខរាវិរុទ្ធ​​ក្នុង​ភាសាខ្មែរដល់​ប្រព័ន្ធអប់រំ​​​ទំនើប ៖ វចនានុក្រម​ខ្មែរ​​នៃ​វិទ្យាស្ថាន​ពុទ្ធសាសនបណ្ឌិត្យក្នុង​គោល​នយោបាយ​ភាសា​នៅ​កម្ពុជា ក្រោយ​បានឯករាជ្យ​ពី​អាណាព្យាបាល​បារាំង (១៩៥៣)

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នៅស្រុកខ្មែរ គំនិតបង្កើតវចនានុក្រម បានផ្តួចផ្តើមឡើងដោយអាណាព្យាបាលបារាំងនៅឆ្នាំ ១៩១៥ ។ ក្នុងឆ្នាំដដែល ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ បានចេញព្រះរាជក្រឹត្យលេខ ៦៧ ចុះថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែកញ្ញា ដើម្បីទទួលស្គាល់ជាផ្លូវការចំពោះកិច្ចការនេះ ។ ក្រោយមកបន្ទាប់ពីបានបោះពុម្ពតាំងពីគ្រាទី១ រហូតដល់ទី៥ វចនានុក្រមបានក្លាយជាឧបករណ៍ដ៏ចាំបាច់សម្រាប់ទាមទារអធិបតេយ្យភាពជាតិ និងជាតំណាងឲ្យអត្តសញ្ញាណរបស់រដ្ឋវ័យក្មេងដែលទើបតែទទួលបានឯករាជ្យ (១៩៥៣) ។ ក្រុមបញ្ញវន្ត​សម័យថ្មី​ចាត់​ទុក​វចនានុក្រម​នេះ​ជា​មូលដ្ឋាន​សម្រាប់​​បង្កើតមនោគមវិជ្ជា​ជាតិ និងបានទទួលស្គាល់សៀវភៅមួយនេះ ថាជាតំណាងឲ្យភាសា

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