Madeline Mortell is a Brigham Young University student from Boise, Idaho studying public relations. She joined the Cambodian Oral History Project this past August and currently serves as our social media lead. She also helps with the project database. Madeline’s introduction to Cambodia began with …
As with the rest of the world, our project has been dealing with the effects of COVID-19. Our Winter Semester intern returned early amid concerns of the pandemic, and the collection of interviews ground to a near standstill. Accordingly, our Cambodia team shifted focus to …
With the year 2020, the Cambodian Oral History Project enters its fifth year. The project is now approaching the 5000-interview milestone with contributions from 16 of the 25 Cambodian provinces. We have received interviews from 110 different local peer leaders. The BYU team has six …
With profound thanks to Keo Somaly for her service as the COHP Cambodia coordinator, we are pleased to introduce Vanna Roth as the new coordinator. She has been a peer leader for some time and we welcome her now in this new role. “Hi! I …
Eav Sareoun, a Cambodian refugee now living in America, shares in a video interview how he escaped death four times and what life was like for him in the Khmer Rouge. “[When] Pol Pot’s time began, I went to their village and then I did …
It has been over three years since we launched the Cambodian Oral History Project. Its progress has been both rapid and somewhat surprising. We are pleased to announce that the project has recently surpassed 4000 interviews. In addition to the interview milestone, we have processed …
One of the main aims of this project is to preserve stories that might otherwise disapear. Since the project was launched in January 2017, we have sadly lost several participants. Yet, the families’ grief has been softened some by the preservation of the family members’ memories–––especially their …
Sarah Collins* As part of my work with the Cambodia Oral History Project, I review interviews and tag them for keywords. As I have listened to the different interviews I have noticed a distinct difference among the age groups. I listened to an older woman …
Jordan Denkers is a 21-year-old BYU student from Idaho Falls, Idaho currently studying public health, with hopes to study medicine and become a physician in the future. From July 2015 to July 2017, he served as a full-time LDS missionary in Cambodia, where he fell …
