The James Menzies Chinese Research Fellowship was established in 2009 to promote scholarly research as it relates to the Royal Ontario Museum’s Chinese collection, with particular emphasis on the ROM’s Menzies collection. The Fellowship is open to Ph.D. candidates, both junior and senior scholars, from Canada and/or China. The research of prospective candidates must make direct use of, or support, the ROM’s Chinese collections, in particular archaeological materials from prehistory to the Bronze-Age.
James Mellon Menzies, a Canadian missionary based in the Henan province from 1923 to 1934, acquired a significant collection of oracle bones, bronzes, pottery and jade while in China. The large majority of objects date from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties (16th - 3rd century BC). In 1960, Arthur Menzies, the son of James Menzies, donated the bulk of his father’s collection of Chinese antiquities to the ROM. In 2009, the late Arthur Menzies made a bequest to the ROM’s East Asian Section to establish this Fellowship endowment as a way of ensuring that the legacy of his father would be available for future generations.
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Cover page
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applicant's background
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significance of research (1 page maximum)
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project title with summary and objectives (maximum of 100 words)
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detailed description of research
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dissemination of research
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methodology
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role of ROM’s collections
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previous work supporting research (6 pages maximum)
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detailed budget
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proposed starting date with proposed dates for research
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current curriculum vitae
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two letters of support from individuals familiar with the work of the applicant
Recent Publications
| Year | Publications |
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| 2013 | "James Menzies Chinese Research Fellowship Application", (james_menzies_application.pdf) |
