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In Focus 2003-2004.Qxd 4 0 0 2 -2 3 0 0 In Focus 2 The Center for Khmer Studies , 1 . o N IN THIS ISSUE Welcome to CKS 3 Programs 10-13 LOIS DE MENIL Cultural Resource Management PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Social Anthropology Director’s Note 4 Vernacular Architecture PHILIPPE PEYCAM Pre-Angkor Archaeology Members & Benefactors 6 OLIVIER BERNIER, VICE-CHAIRMAN Feature Article 14-17 The CKS Library 7 Religion and the Arts in Khmer Life: CHHENG PHARIN a Question of Continuity and Challenge Events 8-9 DR. SAM-ANG SAM Vernacular Architecture Exhibition Publishing in Cambodia Fellowship Programs 18-19 Performing Arts Upcoming Events Institutional Consortium 20 Wat Damnak, Siem Reap - Cambodia Mission Statement The Center for Khmer Studies is an international non-gov- ernmental not-for-profit institution dedicated to the study, teaching and research on Khmer civilization and the cultures of the Mekong. It is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. The Center's mission is to support scholarship on Cambodia and to raise awareness of the value and importance of Cambodian cultural heritage. The Center supports in-country individual and team-based research projects in the humanities and the social sciences, involving international scholars in collaborative undertakings whose objective is to train a new generation of young Cambodian scholars. Center for Khmer Studies PO Box 9380 In addition to research and training programs, CKS offers fel- Wat Damnak, Siem Reap, Cambodia lowships, conducts academic workshops and conferences, Tel: (855) 063 964 385 supports a publishing program and maintains the only pub- Email: [email protected] lic library outside of Phnom Penh. Website: www.khmerstudies.org CKS Staff Board of Directors Dr. Philippe Peycam Director François Tainturier Deputy Director Dr. Lois de Menil, Chairman Nop Sovanna Financial Manager Olivier Bernier, Vice-Chairman Tara Mar Communications Coordinator Dean Berry, Esq., Secretary and General Counsel Chheng Pharin Library Director Joyce Clark, Treasurer Oum Daraneth Librarian Anne H. Bass Julian Pozzi New York Office Coordinator Prof. Kamaleswar Bhattacharya Prof. Rethy Kieth Chhem Program Coordinators Selma Ertegun Dr. Bert Davis Archaeology Jacques Hennessy Prof. Bion Griffin Archaeology Dr. Thonewat Pou Dr. Dougald O’Reilly Archaeology Prof. Michael Tomlan Dr. Miriam Stark Archaeology Hok Sokol Architecture INSTITUTIONAL CONSORTIUM REPRESENTATIVES Kim Sedara Anthropology Prof. Thak Chaloemtiarana, Cornell University Phong Than Anthropology Prof. Bion Griffin, University of Hawaii Dr. Beng H.S. Khemro Cultural Resource Management Prof. John Miksic, National University of Singapore Prof. John Miksic Cultural Resource Management, Archaeology Dr. Philippe Peycam, ex-officio, Director Dr. Michel Rethy Antelme Siksacackr Bulletin Bonnie Burnham, Chairman Emeritus Christiane Lalonde Academic Publishing Program 2 IN FOCUS Welcome to the Center for Khmer Studies The Center for Khmer Studies has just celebrated its mission is in the service of higher education, which is fourth birthday. In anticipation of that landmark of our slowly being reconstructed. Cambodian students today success, we were invited to a personal audience with His can complete a B.A. degree at one of the two universities Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk in the Audience Hall at in Phnom Penh, but further study is not yet available. the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. Founding Director With our CKS projects, we bring together teams of Philippe Peycam, Trustee Dr. Rethy Chhem and I arrived Western-trained scholars to lead and work with groups bearing flowers that are the traditional gift to the King. of young Cambodian students, teaching them both the We also brought an album of photographs of the Center's substance and the technical skills of scholarship and pro- restored buildings at Wat ject management. Over 600 Damnak and many of our students have passed through events over the past three our programs in 3 years. An years. in-country Junior Fellowship Program trains 15 young Welcoming us warmly, King Cambodians each year in Sihanouk shared gifts with us field research. When they to mark the festive occasion master sufficient English, of our visit. He had received CKS assists with scholarships from our Cambodian Board for graduate study abroad. member, Prof. Chhem, a series of documents describ- Our welcoming Library is ing the mission and program open to all. It is a heart-warm- of the Center, and made it The Center’s program portfolio is presented to His Majesty King ing sight daily to find in our clear in our hour-long conver- Norodom Sihanouk. Library, seated alongside the sation that he had read them scholars, local high school carefully, understood and deeply appreciated what CKS students eagerly exploring the world of books, which, in was doing to help Cambodia recover mastery of its own Buddhist tradition, they treat as treasures. rich cultural traditions, after years of tragedy in which its memory itself had been lost. We spoke easily with the CKS was created as an initiative of the World Monuments King. As, one after another, we described our hopes for Fund, an international NGO in the field of preservation. the Center, he repeated many times, "I am deeply grate- Its initial inspiration was to assist the young Cambodians ful for what you do for my country". King Sihanouk working in WMF projects at Angkor to qualify for educa- knows Siem Reap and Wat Damnak well. He maintains a tion abroad. CKS quickly grew far beyond its initial Royal residence across the park from the Grand Hotel. expectations. In July 2002, WMF ended, as planned, its custodial role, and CKS became fully autonomous. At the As we finished our conversation, in an atmosphere of same time, we added a group of outstanding internation- great warmth, King Sihanouk turned to us, lowered his al scholars to our Board. In February 2003, we were hon- voice, and, commending us for bringing to Cambodia ored with election to membership in the Council of scholars from universities around the world, asked us American Overseas Research Centers, a prestigious please not to forget to include young Cambodians in our grouping of major U.S. research centers abroad. We con- programs and to try to help them become scholars of tinue our mission to serve as a bridge and a cross-road, a their own heritage, to take their rightful place around our wide forum for the exploration of Cambodian civiliza- table. It was a deeply moving message. tion. We hope you will join in supporting our mission. Welcome to CKS! The Center for Khmer Studies was founded in 1999. Our facilities are located at Wat Damnak, a central Buddhist pagoda– a traditional place of learning. 'Khmer studies' Lois de Menil, Ph.D. addresses all aspects of the civilization of Cambodia. Our President and Chairman of the Board IN FOCUS 3 Director’s Note In 2003, the Center for Khmer Studies was Collaborative Research Projects elected to membership in CAORC1, and was Research projects are an important catalyst thereby recognized as a full-fledged partici- for the development of Khmer Studies. pant in the U.S. academic network– the first From the outset, CKS has sought to make an institution of its kind in the whole of asset of its relatively limited resources by Southeast Asia. CKS will, nonetheless, pre- concentrating on 'seed investment' in areas serve its founding vision– its international less covered by others, encouraging a multi- network of member institutions and schol- plier effect by fostering the collaborative ars, and its commitment to supporting involvement of institutions and scholars Cambodian students, scholars and artists, who share the same goals. This is quite a © Christophe Loviny providing them with the opportunity to new way of operating in the Khmer Studies take part in its activities. In its mission of context, but it is working well. developing the field of Khmer Studies after decades of political strife, CKS seeks to tran- Cambodian scholars selected to lead some scend disciplinary, cultural, national, and of these multinational projects are certainly academic artificial boundaries. the first beneficiaries. The Rockefeller Foundation has pioneered this original Fellowships method of supporting research, providing Key to rebuilding the academic field is a funding for three theme-based collaborative diversified fellowship program. CKS now research and training projects: vernacular The Prayer Hall offers a growing range of fellowships and architecture; pre-Angkorian archaeology– at Wat Damnak training opportunities, both for Cambodian acknowledging the central importance of and international scholars. These include this early period in shaping the 'classical' © Christophe Loviny Senior Fellowships for U.S. doctoral and Khmer civilization; and the third, in social post-doctoral fellows; Junior Fellowships anthropology, addressing the difficult and targeting U.S. undergraduates, funded by yet crucial question of Cambodia's youth the Henry Luce Foundation; as well as culture. Toyota-funded Junior Fellowships (training) for Cambodian students wishing to pursue These projects have given rise to the active graduate studies overseas. In collaboration collaboration of many local and internation- with the well-known Paris-based "Langues al institutions, including especially the 'O'", we are now developing a parallel pro- National University of Singapore, the gram for French Junior and Senior Fellows, University of Hawaii, the Royal University with funding from the Florence Gould of Fine Arts, and the Ecole Française The CKS Conference Hall Foundation– acknowledging the essential d'Extrême-Orient. Exhibitions, training tradition of French scholarship in the field. courses, workshops and seminars have also taken place within this program framework. There is still no graduate-level teaching at Cambodian universities, and Cambodian Dedication to Public Service: higher education is not yet accredited– the The CKS Library result of its destruction by the Khmer Rouge CKS operates the largest public Library out- regime. Through its programs, CKS is striv- side Phnom Penh, in a society where access ing to bridge the gap between Cambodians to books is almost non-existent.
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