Awardees (2011/12)

J. S. Lee Memorial Senior Fellow

Ms. Zhang Rong
Head Librarian, The Palace Museum
Beijing, China

Her four-month attachment at The British Museum, London, United Kingdom, will be used to conduct research on British public collections of glass ware made in the imperial workshop of the Qing dynasty.


J. S. Lee Memorial Fellow

Mr. Hu Yuan
Conservation Scientist and Conservator, Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage and Ph. D. Candidate, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China

His five-month attachment at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, U.S.A will be used to conduct scientific research on the components, structures and manufacturing techniques of ancient Chinese faience of Western Zhou Dynasty.


Ms. Liu Fang Ju
Chief of Research and Exhibition Section, Department of Painting and Calligraphy National Palace Museum
Taipei, Taiwan

Her five-month attachment at The Palace Museum, Beijing, China will be used to investigate its curatorial work, preservation and conservation techniques and the development of digitization system related to Chinese painting and calligraphy.


Dr. Sun Miao
Deputy Director and Exhibition Designer, Department of Exhibitions The Palace Museum
Beijing, China

His four-month attachment at the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A. will be used to take part in the renovation of the Chinese galleries displays and to advance his expertise in exhibition design.

 
* arranged in alphabetical order


Former Fellows (2010/11)

J. S. Lee Memorial Senior Fellow

Ms. Zhu Saihong
Head Librarian, The Palace Museum
Beijing, China

Her six-month attachment at The National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan will be used to conduct research on the rare book collections compiled by the Qing court and to investigate their preservation and conservation techniques at The National Palace Museum.


J. S. Lee Memorial Fellow

Dr. Lam Eileen
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Attachment of twelve months at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. will allow her to study the Institute’s jade collection and to gain post-doctoral experience in curatorial work.

 
* arranged in alphabetical order


Ms. Lau, Lesley
Chief curator at public museum of Hong Kong and Ph.D. Candidate, Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Her four-month attachment at the British Museum, London, United Kingdom will be used to conduct research on its Chinese export art collection and to assist in organizing a traveling exhibition for that material.


Ms. Marabini, Valentina
Conservator, British Museum
London, United Kingdom

Attachment of twelve months at the Shanghai Museum, China will be used to enhance her skills in the conservation and preservation of Chinese paper and silk and to conduct research on the production techniques of artificially-aged silk for conservation usage.


Ms. Xiong Yingfei
Research Associate, Shanghai Museum
Shanghai, China

She will spend six months at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C., U.S.A. to conduct research on chemical composition and technique characteristics of colorants in iron and copper glazes on ancient Chinese ceramics and assemble a database of both collections.


Dr. Yeung Suet
Research Assistant, Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Attachment of twelve months at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, U.S.A. will be used to assist in the mounting of a retrospective exhibition on Fu Baoshi (1904-65) and to gain post-doctoral experience in curatorial duties.

 
* arranged in alphabetical order


Former Fellows (2009/10)

J. S. Lee Memorial Senior Fellow

Ms. Chi Jo-Hsin
Curator, National Palace Museum
Taipei, Taiwan

Attachment of five months at The Palace Museum, Beijing, People’s Republic of China will be used to collaborate with The Palace Museum in researching and documenting how the Qing Emperors catalogued their collections.


J. S. Lee Memorial Fellow

Dr. Chan Lai-pik
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Attachment of twelve months at the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A. will be used to gain post-doctoral experience in curatorial work and to conduct research on artistic development related to animal-shaped jade carvings and bronzes from the Western Zhou period.


Dr. Lei Yong
Conservator, The Palace Museum
Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Attachment of six months at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A will be used to collaborate with the Art Institute in research on pigments associated with architectural conservation.

 
* arranged in alphabetical order