Center for Khmer Studies

Lois de Menil, Ph.D.,
President
Anne H. Bass,
Vice-President
Olivier Bernier,
Vice-President
Robert Lewis,
Esq., Secretary
Gaye Fugate,
Treasurer
Prof. Alan Kolata,
Univ. of Chicago, Senior Scholar
Prof. Michel Rethy Antelme,
INALCO, Paris
Prof. Olivier de Bernon,
Director, Musee Guimet, Paris
Emma C. Bunker,
Denver Art Museum
Prof. Kieth Rethy Chhem,
Universities of Vienna & Ulm
Douglas Clayton,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Darryl Collins,
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Prof. Penny Edwards,
University of California, Berkeley
Prof. Bion Griffin,
University of Hawai'i
Prof. Anne Hansen,
University of Wisconsin
Jacques Hennessy,
Valletta, Malta
Prof. Kamaleswar
Bhattacharya, Paris
Prof. Andrew Mertha,
Cornell University
Prof. John Miksic,
National University of Singapore
Steven Pesner, Esq.,
New York, NY
Mary L. Porter,
Houston, TX
Prof. Son Soubert,
Royal University of Fine Arts,
Cambodia
The Hon. Benny Widyono, Ph.D.,
United Nations (ret.)
Center for Khmer Studies
The American Overseas Research Center in Cambodia
Press Release
Dr. Krisna UK Named Director of Center for Khmer Studies
The Center for Khmer Studies is pleased to
announce the appointment of Dr. Krisna
UK, a former research fellow of CKS, as its
next Director, beginning in January 2013.
Dr. Michael Sullivan, who has directed CKS
for 5 years, will step down at the end of
December to return to his scholarly research.
Dr. UK is a distinguished international
scholar, who studied at the University of
California-Berkeley and holds Masters degrees from the University
of Paris-Sorbonne and Oxford University, as well as a PhD in social
anthropology from Cambridge University. Her previous scholarly
work focused on comparative literature and environmental sciences.
Her PhD dissertation in social anthropology was on the Jarai, whose
language she speaks. Her extensive experience in NGO management
includes five years with the Cambodia Trust, as well as five years of
development work in humanitarian demining, which includes
research on the impact of landmines contamination on Southeast
Asian communities living in high risk areas.
Dr. UK is the first scholar of Khmer descent to rise to an executive
leadership position at CKS. On behalf of the CKS Board, Dr. Lois
de Menil, President, says, “We are particularly pleased to welcome
Dr. UK and her young family back to Cambodia. CKS looks forward
to a period of dynamic new leadership and outreach.”
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Since its founding in 1999, the Center for Khmer Studies, the
American Overseas Research Center in Cambodia, located in Siem
149 East 63rd Street, New York, NY 10065 Tel:(212) 980-6628 Fax: (212) 486-6907
The Center for Khmer Studies is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.
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Bonnie Burnham,
Chairman Emeritus
Prof. Thak Chaloemtiarana,
Cornell University, Trustee
Emeritus
Selma Ertegun,
New York, NY, Trustee Emeritus
Prof. Boreth Ly,
University of California, Santa
Cruz
Reap and Phnom Penh, has been dedicated to research and training
in the humanities, arts and social sciences. It sponsors fellowships
for American and international scholars to undertake research in
Cambodia. It also supports a free 15,000 volume Library at Wat
Damnak- Siem Reap and runs training programs and workshops for
both students and academic staff of Cambodian universities. CKS
sponsors international conferences and workshops for Khmer and
international scholars and offers monthly free public lectures in Siem
Reap and Phnom Penh. In addition it runs a Publishing Program to
translate major scholarly texts into Khmer and it sponsors their sale
at prices beneath usual market rates to make them accessible to a
wider public. It sponsors Khmer scholars’ travel to regional
conferences.
A recently completed CKS project was the compilation, in
collaboration with the Dance Division of the NY Public Library of
the Performing Arts, of an archive dedicated to classical Cambodian
dance, which includes photos and objects as well as extensive video
interviews with artists who survived the Khmer Rouge genocide.
Among CKS’s current programs is a major multi-year project to
create a digital inventory of the Cambodian National Museum’s
collection, including multiple digital photos of each object. The
second phase of that project, now underway, is the creation of a
multilingual interactive database accessible from the Web. The
project is supported by the Leon Levy Foundation in New York, and
is managed by Australian scholar, Daryl Collins.
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149 East 63rd Street, New York, NY 10065 Tel:(212) 980-6628 Fax: (212) 486-6907
The Center for Khmer Studies is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers