May Ebihara Collection, 1959-1997 | Northern Illinois University

Scope and Contents: The May Ebihara collection consists mostly of teaching materials and papers.  The collection also has a number of slides featuring photos from Ebihara’s travels and research in Cambodia.  The collections spans from 1959 to 1997.  The collection contains syllabi for classes taught  and supervised by Ebihara including:  Contemporary Theory, Research Methods, History & Theory, a general information SEA course, and a seminar on Classical Ethnographics.  The articles and papers are largely concerned with Cambodia.  Some topics include, the 1989 conflict in Cambodia, family and state, Cambodia after the Cold War,  Economics, the Khmer Rouge, Buddhism, AIDS in Cambodia.  Also included are papers Ebihara presented at various institutions, copies of a review of Usha Welaratna’s Beyond the Killing Fields, and various other pamphlets and brochures.