馬裏蘭大學孔子學院

　　馬裏蘭大學孔子學院是北美第一家孔子學院，中美雙方就其成立於2004年11月17日簽署協議，合作雙方是馬裏蘭大學和天津南開大學。雙方設有理事會，由美方院長和中方院長共同管理。

　　2005年3月8日正式招生開課。該院立足校園，面向社會，為大華府地區開設各類漢語和中華文化課程，培訓漢語教師，舉辦形式多樣的文化活動，以促進中國傳統文化在該地區的傳播，增強中美兩國人民之間的互相了解，使其成為當地各界人士進行中美文化交流的一個場所。2008年，該院通過開展各類漢語教學和8期漢語師資培訓、舉辦20余次中國文化講座、研討會等活動以及HSK漢語水平考試，引起各界的關注，如今在大華府地區已經成為一個重要的中華語言文化傳播的符號。

　　馬裏蘭孔子學院將加大工作力度，在教學上走出校園，以不斷擴大孔子學院的影響。

　　The Confucius Institute at the University of Maryland (CIM) was founded on November 17, 2004 and is the first Confucius Institute in the world. CIM is cooperating with Nankai University of Tianjin, China.

Since autumn 2005, CIM has offered beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes in Chinese language, and provides a 10-12 week term in each. In this way, the CIM also provides Chinese language learning opportunities for a variety of organizations in the nearby Washington, D.C., area, such as those in politics, economics, legal affairs, and journalism. CIM serves as a test-site for the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, or HSK; one of only two such sites on the East Coast at present. CIM also forged several collaborative agreements with local Chinese schools that provide Chinese classes to heritage learners, and trained more than 200 Chinese teachers in 9 different locations, in order to expand the sphere of influence of the Hanban-approved curriculum.

　　The Confucius Institute at Maryland looks forward to providing a wide range of Chinese language and culture-based activities, and professional services in testing and training, to the Washington D.C. area and beyond.

聯絡方式Contact Information:

聯絡人Contact： Rebecca M/ Jianxin CUI

地址Add: 0134 Holzapfel Hall, University of Maryland ,College Park , MD 20742

電話Tel : 301-405-7188/0213

傳真Fax: 301-405-0219

電子郵件Email: confucius@umd.edu

網址Website: http://www.international.umd.edu/cim/

儒家文化的當代意義高峰論壇（主講：杜維明）

　　Conference on the Contemporary Significance of Confucianism: Implications for Social Harmony, Sustainable Development, and World Peace

　　　　　　　　　　　　Keynote speaker : Weiming Du