EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES OF GENOCIDE SURVIVOR IN LANDSCAPES OF VIOLENCE IN CAMBODIA, Sirik Savina (2016)
This research examines the experiences of survivors who live in an unmarked site of mass violence in Cambodia, i.e., the former Khmer Rouge prison site of Chamkar Siv in Kandal Province, during and after the Democratic Kampuchea regime (1975-79). Based on oral history interviews with survivors, this paper constructs narratives of survivors’ experiences in the […]
FROM THE KHMER ROUGE TO HAMBALI: Cham Identities in a Global Age – Eng Kok-Thay, Ph.D. Translated by Huy Samphors, Sirik Savina (2014)
This book explores different forms of Cham identity in relation to this minority’s history, society and culture. It has three goals: first, to provide the most comprehensive overview of Cham history and social structure; second, to illustrate how Cham identities have changed through time; and third, to consider whether in the aftermath of Democratic Kampuchea […]
A HISTORY OF ANLONG VENG COMMUNITY: The Final Stronghold of the Khmer Rouge Movement, Dy Khamboly and Christopher Dearing (2014)
History invites moral judgments, and in studying the people of Anlong Veng, it is easy to slip into an accusatory mindset. Anlong Veng was the final stronghold of the notorious Khmer Rouge regime—a regime which was responsible for perpetrating genocide, mass atrocity, and incalculable harm on the fabric of Cambodian society. It is believed that […]
WHEN THE CRIMINAL LAUGHS, Chy Terith (2014)
This study of the trial of the Cambodian mass murderer Duch provides the first micro-level analysis of the personality of the defendant, victim interaction, trial structure alongside the wider history and culture of both Cambodia and war crimes trials. As such it provides a unique insight into the relationship between concepts of evil, the psychology […]
SURVIVOR: The triumph of an ordinary man in the Khmer Rouge Genocide CHUM MEY with Documentation Center of Cambodia, Translation by Sim Sorya and Kimsroy Sokvisal (2012)
“Translation by Sim Sorya and Kimsroy Sokvisal” Chum Mey’s confession (with introduction by David Chandler and Youk Chhang) Cover photo by Mariko Takayasu Chum Mey personifies the tormented history of his country, surviving gunfights and rocket attacks during a civil war, losing his wife and four children during the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, and dragged […]
THE KHMER ROUGE LEADER: Getting Away with Genocide? – Helen Jarvis and Tom Fawthrop Translated by Chy Terith with Chum Charya (2011)
Twenty-five years after the overthrow of the Pol Pot regime, not one Khmer Rouge leader has stood in court to answer for their terrible crimes. Tom Fawthrop and Helen Jarvis show how governments that often speak the language of human rights shielded Pol Pot and his lieutenants from prosecution during the 1980s. After Vietnam ousted […]
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 […]
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 […]