CAMBODIA THE CHAM IDENTITIES (2011)
Svay Khleang is a typical Cham village on the bank of the Mekong River, in Svay Khleang commune, Krauch Chhmar district, Kampong Cham province. Historically, it was the center of Cham Muslim scholarship and learning in Cambodia. During the Khmer Rouge (KR), it was the site of one of the largest Cham uprisings against the […]
CAMBODIA’S HIDDEN SCARES: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge, Edited by Beth Van Schaack, Daryn Reicherter & Youk Chhang Managing Editor: Autumn Talbot (2011)
The Khmer Rouge Standing Committee aimed to ensure compliance and eliminate dissent by oppressing the people through psychological dominance. The defilement of Khmer religion, Khmer art, Khmer familiar relations, and the Khmer social class structure undermined deeply-held societal assumptions. The Khmer Rouge also destabilized the mass psychology that was secure in those realities. Cambodia’s psychology […]
THE HIJAB OF CAMBODIA: Memories of Cham Muslim Women after the Khmer Rouge, So Farina (2011)
This book examines Cham Muslim women’s experiences under the Khmer Rouge regime through the complexities of memory and narrative and uncovers compelling stories of survival and resistance. Khmer Rouge genocidal policies ruptured ethnic and religious identities and resulted in the disproportionate death of the Cham group. Guided by their desire to preserve their families and […]
THE TEACHER GUIDE BOOK: The Teaching of “A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979)” – Chea Phala, Ed.D, & Christopher Dearing, Esq Translated by Pheng Pong-Rasy, Dy Khamboly (2010)
This guidebook would not have been possible without the hard work of countless individuals, some of whom have been instrumental to its success. I would like to thank H.E. Mr. Im Sethy for both his commitment to genocide education for Cambodia’s children and his commitment to justice for Khmer Rouge victims. I would also like […]
BOU MENG: A SURVIVOR FROM KHMER ROUGE PRISON S-21, Justice for the Future, Not Just for the Victims, Huy Vannak (2010)
Nearly 30 years after the fall of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, a survivor of its ruthless torture machine emerges from history to announce: “I am still alive.” The Khmer Rouge imprisoned and tortured 14,000 Cambodians at its notorious Toul Sleng Prison, also known as “S-21.” Imprisonment at S-21 was a certain death sentence–only a […]
ON TRIAL: The Khmer Rouge Accountability Process, Edited by John D. Ciorciari and and Anne Heindel Foreword by Youk Chhang (2009)
This book is dedicated to the victims of Democratic Kampuchea and to promoting a legal accountability process that will honor their memories and provide their families with justice. John Ciorciari is an Assistant Professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and a Senior Legal Advisor to the Documentation […]
A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA (1975-1979): Dy Khamboly (2007)
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BROTHER ENEMY – Nayan Chanda Translated by Tep Meng Khean (2007)
This book by the bureau chief for the Far Eastern Economic Review examines the third Indochina War and offers an explanation for the Cambodian genocide. Chanda posits that the Khmer Rouge built their revolution at breakneck speed to prepare for a life-and- death struggle against the Vietnamese, and the means they used to do this […]
BUDDHISM UNDER POL POT, Ian Harris (2007)
This new book by Ian Harris, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Cumbria, UK, explores the fate of Buddhism before, during, and shortly after Democratic Kampuchea. Prum Phalla of the Documentation Center of Cambodia provided research assistance on this project. Dr. Harris begins with an examination of Buddhism under Sihanouk and Lon Nol, […]
JOURNEY TO FREEDOM: Ronnie Yimsut Translated by Eng Kok-Thay (2006)
In this memoir, Cambodian-American Yimsut recalls his experiences as a 15-year old boy who survived five years of civil war, three years in a labor camp, Thai prison, and refugee camps before becoming a naturalized US citizen. Funding provided by NZAID (New Zealand) and the author.