Ang Choulean

Ang Choulean (Khmer: អាំង ជូលាន; born 1 January 1949) is a Cambodian anthropologist. He is a professor of historical anthropology at the Royal University of Fine Arts and formerly the director of the Department of culture of APSARA.

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
Ang Choulean in 2016
Born(1949-01-01)January 1, 1949
Kompong Khleang, Siem Reap
NationalityCambodian
Alma materRoyal University of Fine Arts, École des Roches
AwardsFukuoka Prize (2011)

He earned a bachelor's degree in Archaeology in 1974 from Royal University of Fine Arts and a PhD in Anthropology in 1982 from École des Roches in France.[1]

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

Honours

References
  1. មនុស្ស និងដី បោះពុម្ពផ្សាយដោយវិទ្យាស្ថានរៃយំ
  2. "ANG Choulean | Laureates". Fukuoka Prize. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. "令和4年春の外国人叙勲 受章者名簿" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
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