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 THE GEORGE DE MENASCE MEMORIAL TRUST AWARD&#160;The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, invites applications for the George de Menasce Memorial Trust Award. The grant of £1,000 is intended to promote new research in the field of Asian art and to support specialized studies. The successful candidate will be required to read a previously unpublished paper on his or her research results to the Society, of a level suitable for publication in the Society’sTransactions.Applicants are invited to send a research proposal (maximum 200 words) with a short CV (maximum 100 words) to the Society, to arrive no later than 16th March, 2020, by email. The winning candidate will be informed by 30th June, 2020 and will be asked to lecture to the Society in December 2021.Please send your application to the Administrator, Mary Painter at ocs.london@btinternet.com&#160;