Li Luning，Vice President of our hospital、Associate Professor of the Institute of Literary and Aesthetics，Visiting student at the Department of Philosophy, UBC, Canada in 2014。
Appointed by the China Scholarship Council，December 28, 2013 to January 18, 2015，I am a visiting scholar in the Department of Philosophy, UBC, Canada。Looking back at the time that has passed by in a hurry，Feeling full and peaceful inside，As UBC’s motto says，This is “A Place of Mind” for the pursuit of knowledge and truth。
UBC’s full name is “University of British Columbia”，The Chinese name is "University of British Columbia" (also translated as "University of British Columbia" in Hong Kong and Taiwan)，This is a public university with a long history in Canada，The school was originally established in 1908 as McGill University British Columbia, Canada，In 1915, it became the University of British Columbia independently and enrolled the first class of 379 students，Exactly one hundred years ago。After a century of rapid development，UBC has now become a comprehensive research university with a wide range of disciplines and a high international reputation，There are two campuses (Vancouver campus and Okanagan campus，Vancouver campus is the main campus，Located on the tip of the peninsula on the Pacific coast west of Vancouver，Looking across the bay from Vancouver’s bustling downtown，Known as “the most beautiful university campus in North America”；2005，To support the interior bet365 online sports betting mobiledevelopment of BC，The Okanagan campus was established in Kelowna, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains)、14 colleges、More than 50 departments、More than 200 undergraduate majors、More than 100 doctoral majors，More than 58,000 full-time students from more than 140 countries and regions around the world。UBC has produced numerous talents over the years，Have trained 3 prime ministers、7 Nobel Prize winners、68 Rhodes Scholars (this award is a world-class scholarship for undergraduates with a high academic reputation，Also known as the "Global Undergraduate Nobel Prize")，In addition, students from this school have won 63 Olympic medals。In the world’s major higher education rankings，UBC has been among the top three universities in Canada for the past 40 years (the other two are the University of Toronto and McGill University)、Top 40 universities in the world，The British "Times Higher Education Weekly" 2014 Global University Rankings ranked it 2nd in Canada、32nd in the world；U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 World’s Best Universities Ranking ranked it No. 2 in Canada、No. 30 in the world。
This academic visit to UBC was made possible by the invitation of Professor Dominic Lopes from the Department of Philosophy，Professor Lopes received his bachelor’s degree from McGill University in Canada，Received PhD from Oxford University, UK，Currently Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Philosophy at UBC、President of the American Academy of Aesthetics，Main research field is art principles、Visual art research and new art form research。In the course of more than a year of sincere and friendly academic exchanges，Professor Lopes’s rigor、Dedication、I was very impressed by the honesty and humility。
This visit，It has been nearly ten years since I last visited Yale University，bet365 online gamesI have some new understanding and feelings about the student training and academic operation mechanism of first-class Western universities。
Everyone knows，Seminars are the main form of graduate training in Western universities，After attending a seminar course on aesthetics for graduate students in philosophy，I found that this seminar has its own characteristics。Same as traditional seminar，This discussion class will discuss some published aesthetics-related papers every week，Otherwise，This seminar will also discuss unpublished manuscripts by teachers and students，And different professors will be invited to participate in the guidance according to the topic of the discussion materials。Learned from the conversation with Professor Lopes，Graduate student of aesthetics in the Department of Philosophy before submitting the paper，They will be submitted to the discussion class for everyone’s criticism first，Submit the paper after full discussion and careful revision。This will increase the probability of the paper being accepted，Provides another mutual learning、Opportunities for mutual improvement，It is a good way to improve the academic level of graduate students。Professor Lopes himself generously donated his book manuscript "The Four Photographic Arts" (to be published by Oxford University Press in 2015)，A copy to each person in the discussion group，For everyone to discuss。During discussion，Professors personally benefit from students’ differing opinions，Students also unknowingly understood the teacher’s views and methods。Such a discussion class teaching format is still worthy of reference for our graduate education。
The library is the place I go to most often this year，Same as other academic libraries in North America，UBC library is spacious bet365 online sports bettingand bright，Complete facilities，Thoughtful service。UBC library system consists of 15 branches，Currently there are more than 7 million volumes in the collection，is the third largest academic library in Canada。The libraries I borrow from most often are Koerner Library and I.K.Barber Library，The former can mainly be borrowed from philosophy、Aesthetic books，The latter can mainly borrow art books。There are two things worth recognizing about the UBC library system，First, you can issue a temporary library card valid for one year from the UBC library，With this temporary library card，You can go to the libraries of other universities or institutions to apply for a library card for free，In addition to having a UBC library card，Also applied for another famous university in Greater Vancouver, Simon·Simon Fraser University，referred to as "SFU") library card，And a library card from the Vancouver Public Library，The collections of these three libraries can complement each other，No limit to the number of borrowings，Totally free，Most of the second half of 2014 was spent in the sea of books in these three libraries；Secondly，UBC Library except paper collection，Also purchased a large number of electronic books，Currently there are more than 1.4 million electronic books。These e-books are mainly in PDF format or Epub format，Very beautifully made，Exactly the same appearance as the printed book，And，These e-books were published very recently，Published almost simultaneously with the new book。These genuine e-book resources with copyright protection are very convenient for readers to borrow and read，Greatly improved research efficiency。
Participating in academic conferences is an important aspect of academic exchange，October 29 to November 1, 2014，I was invited to attend the 72nd Annual bet365 live casino bettingMeeting of the American Society of Aesthetics held in San Antonio, USA，Meeting Peter Kivy for the first time、Kendall Walton、Stephen Davies and other Western aesthetic masters，I deeply feel the breadth and depth of research conducted by foreign colleagues，Great harvest。What’s more worth mentioning is，This is the first time to attend an academic conference organized by Western colleagues，I was deeply impressed by the conference format with its wide-ranging discussion and dialogue。The conference not only has several direct dialogue sessions between authors and critics，And，In group speaking，After each speaker states the main points of the paper within the specified time，The reviewer will then comment on its advantages and disadvantages，These comments are based on prior written preparation，Not a general talk，And the spokesperson will not be informed in advance，After reviewer makes a review，The spokesperson can provide further responses to the commenter off the cuff，Then，Audience questions to the speaker，The speaker further clarified his point by answering questions，Or revise your own opinion。The whole dialogue process is vivid and distinct，Sharp and sincere，Greatly improve the efficiency of academic conferences，Very worth learning。
One year of studying abroad is fleeting，Recalling the vast collection of books in the library, I often sighed, "Life has its limits, but knowledge has no limits"，We can only move forward silently，Hope to find a shell of my own on the seaside of truth，This may be some gain besides knowledge from this study visit。