2018年暑假，北京大学迎来了上千位来自全球五大洲的师生朋友。为促进中外师生的交流互动和东西方文化的交融共生，北京大学在今年暑期开设“对话名师”系列英文讲座，邀请各来华留学项目领队教师及北京大学相关专家，在七月至八月期间联合开设16场有关中国历史文化、语言学习方法及跨文化交流等方面的讲座，讲座用英文讲授。

　　2018年7月12日晚，北京大学海外访问学者、中央美术学院王其钧教授的名为《中国古代建筑》（FROM ANOTHER ANGLE TO SEE ANCIENT CHINESE ARCHITECTURE）的英文讲座在北京大学对外汉语教育学院举行。北京大学国际合作部的黄玉梅老师首先做了剪短的介绍：三十年来，王其钧教授的古建筑调查足迹遍布全国，收集了大量的资料与图片。此次讲座，王其钧博士将展示了自己拍摄的照片以及自己手绘的一批插图，从宏观到细部讲述中国古代建筑，使听众们能更好地理解中国传统建筑的美和传统建筑的高超设计与施工技艺。

　　王其钧经常给外国学者和留学生用英文讲述中国古代建筑。北京外国语大学举办的欧盟培训班、中国文化中心举办的美国建筑学学生中国考察班等，都请王其钧提供过系列讲座。另外，王其钧用英语撰写的《中国古建筑》一书已经在纽约BETTER LINK PRESS出版，这也为讲座的内容提供了丰富的信息。

　　精美的图片、丰富的内容、活泼的讲述、系统的分析，王其钧的讲座把留学生深深吸引。讲座结束后，有些留学生还兴致未犹地向王其钧请教并交流。

　　活动由北京大学国际合作部留学生办公室主办。讲座作为北大留学生选修内容，参加在校期间一半及以上讲座的留学生将获得证书，或相应计算学分。16场讲座分布在暑期的八个星期内。

　　暑期项目师生多来自世界名校，讲座课程老师亦大都长期从事相关教学、科研和管理工作，有丰富的教学经验和中外交流经历，在跨文化交流等领域颇有建树。这一活动为北大国际化校园增添了风采，也使参加的师生在活动中结交四海友人，拓展国际视野，收获真知灼见。

Abstract

　　Ancient Chinese architecture distinguishs itself from European architecture. Its history can be traced back to over 2000 years ago. Despite many different times and dynasties, its main features has been preserved until today. This class will introduce Chinese architecture through the functional and cultural perspective. It covers a variety of architecture including the royal palaces, the royal tombs, the royal gardens versus public and private gardens, religious and ritual sites, bridges, and so on. The speaker is a famous architecture historian in China, Professor Wang Qijun, who has published many books on ancient Chinese architecture, including the book CHINESE ARCHITECTURE, published in New York. You will have the opportunity to see a variety of ancient Chinese architecture you have never seen before through photos and illustrations provided by the professor.

　　WANG Qijun

　　Wang Qijun: Professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts; Researcher of the Oriental Murals Research Institute of the School of Painting of China Academy of Art; Director of the Office of Water Color Painting Art Committee of China Artists Association; Overseas Visiting Scholar of Peking University; Vice President of the Ancient Garden Architecture Research Society of China Yuanmingyuan Society; Vice President of Association of Chinese Cultural Promotion – Canada Professor. Wang has published tremendous works on Chinese arts and Chinese architecture. His work CHINESE ARCHITECTURE written in English was published in US. Some of his Chinese books have been translated into six languages including English, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Latin. His oil painting was selected into the 29th Olympic Fine Arts Exhibition and has been collected by the Organizing Committee. Professor. Wang has held his personal art exhibition in Canada and Germany. His paintings have been exhibited and awarded in many important exhibitions. His works were awarded the “Chinese Fine Arts Award” issued jointly by the Ministry of Culture of China, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and China Artists Association. His oil painting won the silver award at the Asian Biennial Exhibition.