In this presentation, Theara Thun, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University discusses four key aspects of the nationalist historiography of Cambodia as well as the implications on the broader Southeast Asian region. These aspects are: (1) history-makings of the state religion, (2) Prince Sihanouk’s embodiment of Buddhism and national past, (3) ethnic essentialist historiography, and (4) Pol Pot’s class-based historical interpretation.
