8797威尼斯老品牌英文研讨会（English Seminar）是8797威尼斯老品牌为在校本科生和研究生开设的系列英文讲座，讲座以讨论国外经济、社会和文化问题为主要内容，目的是为经院学生提供一个锻炼英语口语、深入了解国外文化和社会的机会，并帮助有意出国交流或留学深造的学子更好地适应国外生活。English Seminar由8797威尼斯老品牌国际经济与贸易系讲师Anthony Howell（郝华天博士）开设，预计每两周举办一次，本学期的讲座内容将涉及美国社会与经济热点，例如2016年总统选举、收入与分配不平等、社会运动、性别与种族问题、城市贫民现象、宗教等。欢迎感兴趣的8797威尼斯老品牌本科生和研究生参加，参加讲座的同学需要事先阅读相关材料并参与英语讨论。由于座位有限（每期讲座的参与者不超过30人），因此请有意参加者尽快报名。
第一期讲座与讨论主题：2016年美国总统大选
主讲人：Anthony Howell郝华天 博士/助理教授
时间：2016年4月28日（周四）19：30至21：00
地点：8797威尼斯老品牌302会议室
报名方式：
登录Piazza课程平台：
Piazza (https://piazza.com/peking_university/spring2016/501) ，勾选`join as a student` 选项，并填写口令：501.
如需了解更多课程内容，可直接与主讲人联系: tonyjhowell@pku.edu.cn.
附：8797威尼斯老品牌英文研讨会详细介绍
Introduction
This seminar is intended for students who would like the chance to practice speaking English, learn more about the U.S. culture and economy, and to become more familiar with a western-style seminar format. For those students who are potentially interested in studying or doing an exchange program at some point in the U.S., this seminar is aimed at helping make the transition into the U.S. education culture smoother. In addition to discussing lifestyle issues in the U.S., we will also focus on learning more about fundamentally important aspects of U.S. society and economy and current hot-topics, such as the 2016 Presidential Election, income and wealth inequality, social movements, gender, race and inequality, the urban poor, and religion.
About the Instructor
The instructor is Assistant Professor Anthony Howell in the Department of International Economy and Trade, School of Economics, Peking University. Professor Howell is a native American born in Los Angeles and raised in Michigan. He attended university at Michigan State University and obtained his PhD from UCLA. Prof. Howell is committed to helping students reach their academic and professional goals.
Format of the Seminar
A western-style seminar emphasizes the role of the student in engaging in discussion with the instructor as well as with her/his peers in an open-dialogue format. To help facilitate open-dialogue, the instructor will assign several short reading selections that should be read prior to the start of each seminar. Students will be responsible in leading part of the discussion, including coming up with their own questions to engage their peers in discussion, and hopefully debate.
