The European Ceramic Society
Richard Brook Awards
This award honours Sir Richard Brook, distinguished fellow of ECerS and past editor of the Journal of ECerS, in recognition of all he has contributed to the Society.
The Richard Brook award is given to a ceramist belonging to a country outside Europe for outstanding contribution to ceramic science or technology and for enhancing understanding and collaboration within the international ceramic community.
Ceramists who received the Richard Brook Award (International Prize):
Malcolm McLaren †
USA
4th ECerS (1995), Riccione

Rudi Metselaar
The Netherlands
5th ECerS (1997), Versailles
Bob Newnham †
USA
6th ECerS (1999), Brighton

Masahiro Yoshimura
Taiwan
7th ECerS (2001), Bruges

Gary Messing
USA
8th ECerS (2003), Istanbul

Yukio Sakabe
Japan
9th ECerS (2005), Portoroz

Mrityunjay Singh
USA
10th ECerS (2007), Berlin
Frederich Lange †
USA
11th ECerS (2009), Krakow

Yoshio Sakka
Japan
12th ECerS (2011), Stockholm

Mike Swain
Australia
13th ECerS (2013), Limoges

Suk-Joong L. Kang
Korea
14th ECerS (2015), Toledo

Kathleen Richardson
USA
15th ECerS (2017), Budapest

Young-Wook Kim
Korea
16th ECerS (2019), Torino

Basu Bikramjit
India
17th ECerS (2022), Krakow

Tatsuki Ohji
Japan
18th ECerS (2023), Lyon
Latest news
2025 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 3rd call!
In the frame of the 2025 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a first call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 2025 International Symposium on Green Processing for Advanced Ceramics (IGPAC 2025), organised by the Ceramic Society of Japan, from 5th to 9th October 2025 in Ise-Shima/Mie, Japan.
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 31st August 2025!
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of October 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st August 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before November 2025.
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