Ang Choulean

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Ang. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Choulean.

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

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

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Awards

In 2011, Ang Choulean won the Grand Prize of Fukuoka Prize,^[3] the second Khmer person after Chheng Phon in 1997 to win the prize.^[2]

Honours

• Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (2022)^[4]

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.