Chigas, George
George Chigas Collection
1987
MS 180
1 box
(0.25 linear feet)
Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
A Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and formerly the Associate Director of the Cambodian Genocide Program at Yale University (1998-2001), George Chigas is a noted political commentator on the genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s.
This small collection is comprised of photographs taken by George Chigas of Cambodian sites and ceremonies in Lowell, Mass. The images document the ordination of novice monks, the consecration of a Buddhist statue, a Cambodian festival kite, and a community money tree celebration.
English
At the consecration of a Buddhist statue, 1987
A scholar of modern southeast Asia, George Chigas studied Classics as an undergraduate at Tufts (1980) before earning an MA in Asian Studies at Cornell (1987) and PhD in Southeast Asian Languages at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.
Since working as Associate Director of the Cambodian Genocide Program at Yale University from 1998 to 2001, Chigas has served as Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is known particularly as a political commentator on the genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s.
The Chigas collection consists of photographs of Cambodian sites and ceremonies in Lowell, Mass. The images document the ordination of novice monks, the consecration of a Buddhist statue, a Cambodian festival kite, and a community money tree celebration.
The collection is open for research.
Cite as: George Chigas Collection (MS 180). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
The photographs have been digitized and may be viewed online through Credo.
Gift of George Chigas, Sept. 1987.
Immigration and ethnicity
Massachusetts (East)
Photographs
Religion
Southeast Asians
Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, July 2017.
Smith, Harriet de B.
Cambodians--Massachusetts--Lowell
Lowell (Mass.)--History
Photographs
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Chigas, George
Cambodian Theravada Buddhism: a comparison study
1987
2
Culture and history of the Cambodian people [exhibit catalog]
1987
3
Photographs: Basketmaker Em Yung
1987 July
4
Photographs: Cambodian festival kite (Klaing Aik kite)
1987
5
Photographs: Chewing betel nut at money tree celebration
1987 Aug.
6
Photographs: Consecration of Buddhist statue
1987
7
Photographs: Money tree celebration (Lowell Cambodian community at North Chelmsford)
1987 Aug.
8
Photographs: Needlework techniques borrowed from Chinese
1987 June
9
Photographs: Ordination of novice monks
1987 June