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
Kompong Khleang, Siem Reap
NationalityCambodian
Alma materRoyal University of Fine Arts, École des Roches
AwardsFukuoka Prize (2011)

Education edit

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 in France.[1]

Career edit

Ang Choulean is a professor of historical anthropology at the Royal University of Fine Arts and former the director of the Department of Culture of APSARA.

Rewards edit

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 edit

References edit

  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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