Ang Choulean

Ang Choulean
Ang Choulean in 2016
Born	(1949-01-01)January 1, 1949 Kampong Khleang Commune (Q56321668), Siem Reap
Education	Royal University of Fine Arts, École des Roches [fr]
Awards	Fukuoka Prize (2011)

Ang Choulean (Khmer: អាំង ជូលាន; born 1 January 1949) is a Cambodian anthropologist.

Education

Ang Choulean earned a bachelor's degree in Archaeology in 1974 from the Royal University of Fine Arts and a PhD in Anthropology in 1982 from École des Roches [fr] in France.

Career

Ang Choulean is a professor of historical anthropology at the Royal University of Fine Arts and the former director of the Department of Culture of APSARA.

Awards

In 2011, Ang Choulean won the Grand Prize of Fukuoka Prize, the second Khmer person after Chheng Phon in 1997 to win the prize.

Honours

• Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (2022)
• Grand Order of National Merit (Cambodia) (2025)

Bibliography

• អាហារនៅជនបទអង្គ័រ/Cuisine rurale d'Angkor: Essai de sociologie culinaire. Yosothor. 2020. ISBN 978-9-924-93940-5.
• Bayon: New Perspectives. River Books Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1-588-86040-8.
• Braḥ Liṅg. Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture. 2005. ISBN 978-1-588-86081-1.
• People and Earth. Art Media Resources. 2002. ISBN 978-1-588-86040-8.

References

External links

• Khmer Spiritual Beliefs Brought to Life in a New Novel
• A Cambodian Anthropologist Explains the Culinary Culture of Angkor
• Preserving Angkor: Interview with Ang Choulean