19 Jul 2006

Center for Khmer Studies/Centre d'Etudes Khmeres (CKS)
Center for Khmer Studies, Siem Reap, Cambodia // New York City, US
Self-description: "Founded in 1999, the Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) is an international, non-governmental, not-for-profit membership-based consortium of universities, organizations and individuals dedicated to study, teaching and research on Khmer civilization and the cultures of the Mekong region. Incorporated under U.S. and Cambodian law, the Center's goal is to promote scholarly interest in the region and to bring Cambodian scholars into contact with their international counterparts for the purpose of fostering understanding of Cambodia and its place within Southeast Asian. Its programs aim to support Cambodian students, scholars and artists in the social sciences and humanities."
Site contents: * About Us; * Library; * Research & Training Programs; * Fellowships; * Publications; * Conferences & Events (incl. Conference Proceedings in PDF format); * Online Library Catalog; * Contacts us; * New Publications; * Directories (Directory of Individuals involved in Khmer & Southeast Asian Studies, Cambodia Links, Khmer & South East Asian Studies, Affiliated Institutions); * Forthcoming conference: "Siem Reap, February 23-24, 2007, Local Practices and the Transnational Dynamic in Mainland Southeast Asia."
URL http://www.khmerstudies.org/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.khmerstudies.org/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000 [in fact, 1820 links]