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

Clive Randall
USA
19th ECerS (2025), Dresden (Ge)
Latest news
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 4th call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 11th International Congress on Ceramics – ICC 11 – that will take place from 6th to 11th September 2026 at the Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo, Japan.
New Impact factors released for the 2 ECerS Journals!
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Impact Factors were released for the two official Journals of the European Ceramic Society:
- Journal of ECerS: 6.3
- Open Ceramics: 3.4
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