Ang Choulean (; born 1 January 1949) is a Cambodian anthropologist. He is a professor of historical anthropology at the Royal University of Fine Arts and formerly the director of the Department of culture of APSARA. He earned a bachelor's degree in Archaeology in 1974 from Royal University of Fine Arts and a PhD in Anthropology in 1982 from École des Roches in France. In 2011 Ang Choulean won the Grand Prize of Fukuoka Prize, becoming the second Khmer person after Chheng Phon in 1997 to win the prize. Honours Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (2022) References External links Khmer Spiritual Beliefs Brought to Life in a New Novel A Cambodian Anthropologist Explains the Culinary Culture of Angkor Preserving Angkor: Interview with Ang Choulean Academic staff of Royal University of Fine Arts Living people Anthropology educators Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class 1949 births