Kunthea Chhom defended her thesis, entitled Le rôle du sanskrit dans le développement de la langue khmère : une étude épigraphique du VIe au XIVe siècle (“The role of Sanskrit in the development of the Khmer language: an epigraphic study from the 6th to the 14th century”) on 16th December  2016 at the École pratique des hautes études (Speciality: Religions and systems of thought). Thanks to  EFEO scholarships, she was able to enjoy two long stays at the Pondicherry Center during her studies, to read Sanskrit inscriptions with S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma, H.N. Bhat and Dominic Goodall. The thesis was prepared first under the direction of Gerdi Gerschheimer (EPHE) and Michel Antelme (INALCO) and then under that of Dominic Goodall and Michel Antelme. Among the researchers of the EFEO, Arlo Griffiths was also a member of the jury.

 doctoral defences