Khin Sok Explained

Khin Sok
ឃឹន សុខ
Birth Date:1942
Birth Place:Kandal, Cambodia, French Indochina
Death Date:10 October 2011
Death Place:Paris, France
Era:ca. 1970 - 2011
Workplaces:Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Royal University of Phnom Penh
Major Works:"Cambodian royal chronology (From Ponhea Yat to the fall of Longvek – between 1417 to 1595).""The annexation of Cambodia by Vietnam during the 19th Century as retold in two poems composed by Venerable Botum Baramey Pich."

Khin Sok (Central Khmer: ឃឹន សុខ; 1942 - 10 October 2011) was a Cambodian historian, linguist, literature and arts scholar. He acquired a doctorate of history in Paris, published scientific works, taught as a professor in the Royal University of Phnom Penh and was a member of the Royal Academy of Cambodia.[1] His publications during the second half of the 20th century profoundly contributed to the scientific interpretation of historical sources, literature and the systemic development of the modern Khmer language. As a participant of the Khmerization movement he encouraged the promotion of a culturally independent Cambodia on the basis of enlightened and scholarly education in an international context.[2]

Career

After successfully acquiring certificates and titles in advanced literature and the arts, Khin Sok taught Khmer language between 1973 and 1993 at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO) and published his early works (Mon-Khmer Studies, History Revisions) in Paris at the Bulletin de l’École française d'Extrême-Orient.[3] From 1975 on he conducted studies, revisions, interpretations and translations of the Cambodian Royal Chronicles, culminating 1988 in his work "Chroniques royales du Cambodge (De Banà Yàt jusqu’à la prise de Lanvaek de 1417 à 1595). Traduction française avec comparaison des différences version et introduction" - a widely acclaimed revision and reinterpretation of previous works of European scholars.[4] He and fellow scholar Mak Phoeun reassembled the individually treated, stylistically and methodically differing works of most of the French authors and rearranged them into a new context.[5] [6] During the 1970s and 1980s he published a number of works on the interpretation of inscriptions of various temple ruins of the Khmer Empire. His expertise helped to supplement and determine the actual Royal Chronology of Cambodia.[7] [8]

Beginning in the late 1980s, he produced a number of scientific papers on the history and the relations between Annam (modern day Vietnam), Siam (modern day Thailand) and pre-colonial Cambodia. In 1991 he published his synoptic works "Cambodia squeezed between Siam and Vietnam (from 1775 to 1860)" and "The annexation of Cambodia by Vietnam during the 19th Century, as retold in two poems composed by Venerable Botum Baramey Pich (The Kampoub Ter Ong story)".[9]

During the 1990s Khin Sok's publications shifted towards linguistic topics, such as the first grammar book on modern Khmer language, a comprehensive Khmer language manual in co-operation with Claude Jacques and Yoshiaki Ishizawa[10] and a contemporary Cambodian-French dictionary, followed by his concluding work: "La khmérisation de l’enseignement et l’indépendance culturelle au Cambodge - On the Khmérisation of education and the cultural independence of Cambodia."[11] In later years he alternatively taught history and civilization of the countries of Southeast Asia in Phnom Penh and Paris in order to lend his expertise and presume the tradition of scholarly exchange and co-operation.[12] Khin Sok was a prominent member of the "Association Culturelle Franco-Khmer", the "Association Des Etudiants Cambogiens" in France and the Cambodian Academic Network.[13] [14]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Famous Khmer Literature Scholar Prof. Khin Sok died at 69 . October 13, 2011 . The South East Asia Weekly . May 12, 2015.
  2. Web site: The Establishment of the National Language in Twentieth-Century Cambodia: Debates on Orthography and Coinage . October 13, 2011 . Southeast Asian Studies . May 12, 2015.
  3. Web site: Khin Sok. Biblio Monde. May 12, 2015. March 29, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329191048/http://www.bibliomonde.com/auteur/-khin-sok-1256.html. dead.
  4. Book: A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing: A-J By Daniel R. Woolf . 9780815315148 . June 20, 2015. Woolf . Daniel R. . 1998 .
  5. Review of books . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society . April 1990 . 122 . 2 . 416 . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland . 10.1017/S0035869X00108913 . May 12, 2015. Jacob . J. M. .
  6. Web site: Piecing fragments of history together . Phnom Penh Post . December 16, 2005 . May 12, 2015.
  7. Web site: Professor Khin Sok (Paris, France) clears the health condition of Jayavarman VII: His Majesty is not King leprosy . March 7, 2007 . derkeiler . May 12, 2015 . March 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329191046/http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.culture.cambodia/2007-03/msg00059.html . dead .
  8. Web site: Professor Khin Sok of INALCO (Paris, France) validates that Jayavarman VII is Khmer . February 27, 2007 . derkeiler . May 12, 2015 . March 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190329191045/http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.culture.cambodia/2007-02/msg00334.html . dead .
  9. Web site: KI-Media2 Obituary for Prof. Khin Sok . October 11, 2011 . KI MEDIA . May 12, 2015.
  10. Web site: Yoshiaki Ishizawa, Claude Jacques, Khin Sok - epigraphy Cambodia manual Vol 1 . Le reseau Asie . June 20, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150620181907/http://www.reseau-asie.com/ouvrage/books/books/manuel-d-epigraphie-du-cambodge-vol-1/ . June 20, 2015 .
  11. La khmérisation de l'enseignement et l'indépendance culturelle au Cambodge . 1999 . Persee . 10.3406/befeo.1999.3414 . May 12, 2015. Sok . Khin . Bulletin de l'École Française d'Extrême-Orient . 86 . 293–319 .
  12. Web site: Tribute to Professor Khin Sok . October 17, 2011 . Association Culturelle Franco-Khmer - Khmer Paris School . May 12, 2015.
  13. Web site: Modern Khmer Grammar. Biblio Monde. May 12, 2015. March 29, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329191049/http://www.bibliomonde.com/livre/grammaire-khmer-moderne-3126.html. dead.
  14. Web site: Cambodian Academic Network - CONNECTING CAMBODIAN SCHOLARS - People . 16 December 2008 . Cambodian Academic Network . May 12, 2015.
  15. Web site: KHIN Sok (1942-2011) . Intered Institute . May 12, 2015 . September 24, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035441/http://www.intered-institute.com/PDF/Research/5-Biographie%20de%20KHIN%20Sok_6.pdf . dead .
  16. Web site: Travaux de khmérisants - KHIN Sok, full list of publication . AEFEK - Travaux de khmérisants . May 12, 2015 . May 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093134/http://aefek.free.fr/travaux/news0001032a.html . dead .

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