David Porter Chandler (born 1933) is an American historian and academic who is regarded as one of the foremost western scholars of Cambodia's modern history.[1][2] Chandler currently resides in Australia, where he is an emeritus professor at Monash University as well as an adjunct professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University.
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.jpg) Professor David Chandler gives expert testimony in 2012 | |
| Born | 1933 (age 90–91) New York City, U.S. |
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| Institutions | Monash University, Georgetown University |
| Main interests | Cambodia modern history |
Biography
editEarly life
editChandler was born in the United States in 1933 in New York City.[3] He has earned degrees from Harvard College; Yale University; and the University of Michigan, where he wrote his dissertation on pre-colonial Cambodia.[4]
Career
editChandler was a United States Foreign Service officer from 1958–66,[3] serving in Phnom Penh (1960–62), Bogotá, Santiago de Cali, and Washington, D.C. He has held professorial positions at Monash University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Johns Hopkins University, and Cornell University.[4] He has been a Senior Advisor at the Center for Khmer Studies in Siem Reap; a USAID consultant evaluating Cambodia's democracy and governance programs; an Asia Foundation consultant assessing Phnom Penh election activities. He has also accompanied Amnesty International and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Cambodian research and fact finding missions, and has been a researcher in Cambodia archives for the U.S. Department of Defense Office of POW/MIA Affairs.[citation needed]
Recognition
editA room in the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh is named in his honor.[3] In 1994 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Bibliography
edit- A History of Cambodia (1983)
- The Tragedy of Cambodian History (1991)
- Brother Number One (1992)
- Facing the Cambodian Past (1996)
- Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison (1999)[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Book Review: Voices from S-21" Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. The American Historical Review (October 2002).
- ^ SBS French program. Special Broadcasting Service (December 10, 2007).
- ^ a b c "Interview with Professor David Chandler". November 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- ^ a b CSEAS Seminar Programme, 2006" Archived 2008-07-29 at the Wayback Machine. Monash Asia Institute (2006).