美国堪萨斯大学（The University of Kansas，简称KU）与北京外国语大学为校级合作单位。 KU为全美著名公立研究型大学，位于美国中西部堪萨斯州劳伦斯市， 建校距今已超过150年，校园占地约1100英亩，校内博物馆、研究中心林立，是美国最美丽的校园之一。堪萨斯大学是美国大学协会（AAU）的成员校之一，该协会由美国及加拿大受到广泛认可的62所名校组成。学校设有16个学院（Academic Schools）、200多项专业课程，约有30,000位学生在此学习， 堪萨斯大学被《美国新闻与世界报道》评为美国前50的公立大学，学校又有26门课程位列各公立大学课程的前25名，福特汽车，微软，三星电子，可口可乐等知名企业纷纷选择与KU师生联手开发最先进的技术。学校的城市规划专业和特殊教育长期以来排名全美第1，公共管理、临床心理学、艺术学等专业均位列全美前10。
KU今年在全美辩论赛上击败哈佛大学和乔治敦大学辩论队勇夺全美辩论赛总冠军。从堪萨斯大学走出的知名校友遍布社会各界和世界各地，包括福特汽车公司的总裁艾伦·穆拉利，篮球运动的发明者詹姆斯·奈史密斯，著名NBA巨星张伯伦和哥伦比亚现任总统胡安·曼努埃尔·桑托斯·卡尔德龙等等。
项目介绍：
该项目在北京外国语大学研究生院和金沙8888js官方联合推动下于2015年正式启动，至今在英美国家已成功举办过3次。该项目最早成型于“研究生二外英语学术读写班”。其主要目的是帮助学生提高自身的英语学术素养和各种应用技能, 开拓国际视野, 提高思辨能力, 增加跨文化学习经历, 完成相关研究项目，为国家培养复合型国际化人才战略服务。
内容安排:
参加有关美国文化、经济、新闻、法律、国际关系的课堂学习和相关讲座、图书馆免费查找资料、观摩高水英语辩论赛，与KU师生分享学习生活专题活动、结业典礼 以及颁发结业证书、为了解KU历史文化以及人文通识教育所组织的其他活动等。请点击/archives/1243获得更多详细新闻报道。
招生对象：目前在北外注册的本科生和硕士研究生
招生名额: 20名
收取费用: 16,000元（含食宿、学费、使用图书馆设备等一切在美费用, 不包含往返机票费和签证费）
截止日期: 2018年5月15日
联系电话：88818623
联系人: 谭老师
KU-BFSU English Institute
University of Kansas
July 15-28, 2018
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Airport shuttle will pick up BFSU students and staff and transport them to Lawrence and the KU campus
Shuttle Company: BATS KCI (913) 634-5484
Lodging: Self Hall 1620 Engel Rd, Lawrence, KS 66045
Boxed sandwich dinners to be delivered to Self Hall front desk
Monday, July 16, 2018
7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
Morning Session Self Hall Meeting Room
9:15AM-10:15AM Institute Orientation with Sarah Arbuthnot Lendt, Institute Coordinator
10:30AM-11:30PM Lecture: “Research Projects and Presentations,” Professor Graham, Institute
Director
11:45AM-12:45PM Lunch at Mrs. E’s
1:00PM Bus to Kansas Union
Afternoon Session Kansas Union
1:30PM-2:00PM BFSU Scholars get KUIDs – KU Card Center in Kansas Union – take passports!
2:00PM-3:30PM Official University Welcome: University Distinguished Professor Maryemma
Graham; Professor Clarence Dean, Interim Director, Hall Center for the Humanities; Michael Roberts, Graduate Studies; Associate Vice Provost Charles Bankart, Office of International Programs; Dean Carl Lejuez, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Professor Kathryn Conrad, Chair, Department of English
4:00PM -5:00PM 1stFloor Ambassador Office, Kansas Union
Campus Walking Tour
5:00PM-7:00PM Dinner at Mrs. E’s
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
7:00AM-8:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
8:00AM Bus to Watson Library
Morning Session Watson Library
8:30AM-10:00AM Lecture: “Academic Writing and Academic Research Conduct,” Vickie Doll,
Librarian
10:00AM-11:30AM Library research
12:00PM-1:00PM Lunch delivered to Hall Center for the Humanities (HCH)
Afternoon Session Hall Center for the Humanities
1:00PM-2:30PM Lecture: American Immigration Policy and Racial Exclusion –“Stories of the
Undocumented: Cultural Trauma and American DREAMers,” Professor Marta Caminero-Santangelo, English
2:45PM-4:15PM Lecture: “Understanding the Violent Side of American History: The Roots and
Branches of the #BlackLivesMatter World” with Professor Shawn Alexander, African/African-American Studies
Evening Event Adams Alumni Center
5:45PM Cars depart Self Hall for Adams Alumni Center
6:00PM-8:00PM Welcome Reception and Dinner with KU Faculty, Graduate Students and
Administrators
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
9:00AM Bus to Spencer Museum of Art
Morning Session Spencer Museum of Art
9:30AM-11:30AM Tour Spencer Museum of Art with Celka Straughn, Director of Academic
Programs, Spencer Museum of Art
Lecture: Aesthetic Preferences for Eastern and Western Traditional Visual Art
11:45AM-12:45PM Lunch at Kansas Union
Afternoon Session Hall Center for the Humanities
1:15PM-2:45PM Lecture: “Globalization and its Backlash: Implication for Sino-US Relations” with Professor Tailan Chi, Business
3:00PM-4:30PM Lecture: “Intercultural Communication” with Professor from Communication Studies
5:00PM-7:00PM Dinner at Mrs. E’s (KU meal card)
Evening Event
7:15PM Cars depart for South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St.
8:00PM -9:00PM Lawrence City Band Concert
Thursday, July 19, 2018
7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
9:00AM Bus to Spencer Research Library
Morning Session Spencer Research Library
9:30AM-11:00AM Spencer Research Library Tour with Caitlin Donnelly, Head of Public Services,
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
11:30AM-12:30PM Lunch at Kansas Union
Afternoon Session Watson Library
1:00PM-3:00PM Lecture: “Library Resources,” Vickie Doll, Librarian
3:00PM-5:00PM Attend undergraduate/graduate student seminar
5:00PM-7:00PM Dinner at Mrs. E’s
Friday, July 20, 2018
7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
Morning Session Self Hall Meeting Room
9:00AM-10:00AM Lecture: “Langston Hughes: Born on a Troubled Road,” Professor Emeritus, Carmaletta Williams, English, Johnson County Community College
10:15AM-11:15AM Bus Departs Self Hall for Field Trip –
Lawrence/Langston Hughes City Tour, Historian Katie Armitage and Professor Williams
11:15AM-12:15PM Tour Watkins Museum of History
Lecture: Geography and Environment in American History
12:00PM-1:00PM Lunch at Kansas Union
Afternoon Session KU Campus
1:00PM-2:30PM “Debate Theory” with Debate/Communication Faculty
2:30PM-5:00PM Meetings with faculty, research or work time
5:30PM Cars depart for La Parrilla restaurant
6:00PM-8:00PM Dinner at La Parrilla with KU Faculty, Graduate Students and Administrators
Saturday, July 21, 2018
8:00AM Cars depart for Downtown Lawrence
8:15AM-11:00AM Tour Lawrence Farmer’s Market and Downtown Lawrence
Lecture: “American Agriculture and the Local Food Movement”
11:30AM-12:30PM Lunch at Mrs. E’s
Afternoon Session Self Hall Meeting Room
12:30PM-2:00PM “Native American Race Relations and Healing” Lecture with Professor Stephanie
Fitzgerald, Indigenous Studies
2:15PM Cars depart for Haskell Cultural Center
2:30PM-4:00PM Tour Haskell Cultural Center
5:00-7:00PM Dinner at Mrs. E’s
7:00PM Walk to Murphy Hall
7:30PM -9:30PM “Next to Normal” musical theatre performance by Kansas Repertory Theatre
Sunday, July 22, 2018
8:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast delivered to Self Hall
Morning Session Self Hall Meeting Room
9:30AM-10:30AM Lecture: “African American Church Culture” with Professor Graham
10:30AM Cars depart Self Hall for Field Trip
11:00AM-1:00PM Field Trip – Service at St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church
1:30PM-2:30PM Brunch at Merchants Restaurant in Downtown Lawrence
2:30PM-5:00PM Research and work time
5:15PM Cars depart for Dr. Graham’s home
5:30PM-7:30PM Dinner at Dr. Graham’s home with faculty and graduate students
Monday, July 23, 2018
7:00AM-8:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
8:00AM Walk to HCH
Morning Session Hall Center for the Humanities
8:30AM-10:00AM Lecture: “The People’s Republic of China, the United States, and Global Security Issues,” Professor Adrian Lewis, History
10:15AM-11:45AM “Historiography in China, Greece and Israel,” with Professor from the Confucius Institute
12:00PM-1:00PM Lunch delivered to HCH
1:15PM-2:15PM Tour KU Athletics with Paul Buskirk, Associate Athletics Director (meet in Hall
of Athletics in Allen Fieldhouse)
Short Lecture: Jayhawk Basketball Glory
2:15PM-5:00PM Meetings with faculty, research or work time
5:00-7:00PM Dinner at Mrs. E’s
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
9:00AM Bus departs Self Hall for Field Trip to Kansas City
10:00AM-2:00PM Tour Costco and Oak Park Mall
Lecture: “American Consumerism”
Purchase lunch at Oak Park Mall
2:00PM Bus departs for WWI Museum
2:30PM-5:00PM Tour WWI Museum and Liberty Memorial
6:00PM-7:00PM Dinner at Mrs. E’s
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
7:00AM-8:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
8:00AM Walk to HCH
Morning Session Hall Center for the Humanities
8:30AM-10:00AM International Trade Law and International Investment Law, with Professor from KU School of Law
10:15AM-11:45AM “The Importance of Understanding Consumer Psychology for Marketing,” Professor Noelle Nelson, Business
11:45AM-12:45PM Lunch delivered to HCH
Afternoon Session KU Campus
12:45PM-2:30PM Graduate Student Panel
2:30PM-5:00PM Meetings with faculty, research or work time
5:00-7:00PM Dinner at Mrs. E’s
Thursday, July 26, 2018
7:00AM-8:30AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
8:30AM Walk to HCH
Morning Session Hall Center for the Humanities
9:00AM-10:30AM “Black Women and Feminism in Africa and the Caribbean,” with Professor
Cécile Accilien, African/African-American Studies
10:45AM-12:15PM “The Arab Revolution and the New Political Landscape in the Middle East,” with Professor from the Middle East Studies Program
12:15PM-1:15PM Lunch delivered to HCH
Afternoon Session KU Campus
1:15PM-5:00PM Meetings with faculty, research or work time
5:00-7:00PM Dinner at Mrs. E’s
Friday, July 27, 2018
7:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast at Mrs. E’s
9:00AM Walk to HCH
Morning Session Hall Center for the Humanities
9:30AM-10:45AM “Path to Genocide: A Holocaust Overview,” Dr. Shelly Cline, Historian,
Midwest Center for Holocaust Education
11:00AM-12:00PM Closing Panel, Professor Maryemma Graham
12:00PM-1:00PM Lunch delivered to HCH
Afternoon Session Hall Center for the Humanities
1:00PM-4:00PM Student Presentations
4:00PM-5:00PM Certificate Ceremony and Group Photo
5:45PM Cars depart for The Oread
Evening Event The Oread
6:00-7:00 Social Hour
7:00-8:00 Closing Dinner with KU Faculty, Grad Students and Administrators
Saturday, July 28, 2018
6:00AM-7:00AM Breakfast delivered to Self Hall
7:00AM Airport shuttle departs for MCI
Airport shuttle will transport BFSU students and staff to MCI Airport
Shuttle Company: BATS KCI (913) 634-5484
