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 七十年前的十一月十二日，伟大的国际主义战士白求恩为中国人民的解放事业不幸以身殉职。七十年后的这一天，在南京财经大学图书馆报告厅，一场纪念白求恩在华殉职七十周年的纪念会隆重开幕。
这次纪念会是由中国加拿大研究会委托南京财经大学外国语学院和加拿大研究中心举办的纪念白求恩在华殉职七十周年加拿大文化周的主要组成部分，其他部分有纪念白求恩图文展、纪念白求恩校园英语演讲赛、纪念白求恩校园戏剧演出等活动。此次文化周由加拿大政府和南京财经大学联合资助，加拿大驻华大使馆和加拿大驻沪总领事馆给予了大力支持。
纪念会由中国加拿大研究会秘书长、南京财经大学外国语学院院长王克明教授主持，南京财经大The symposium commemorating Dr. Norman Bethune 学副校长王开田教授致辞，中国加拿大研究会会长、南京财经大学加拿大研究中心主任冯建文教授和南京财经大学外国语学院党总支书记肖辉教授分别讲了话。
来自加拿大的白求恩研究专家、维多利亚大学教授汉纳特博士发表了题 为《白求恩研究在中国和北美》的主题演讲，介绍了国际白求恩研究的最新动态。国内两位白求恩研究专家分别做了主题发言。一位是中国加拿大研究会常务理事、山东大学的李巍教授，他曾主持翻译了汉纳特教授的《一位富有激情的政治活动家――国际共产主义战士白求恩作品》，这次在会上介绍了该书的内容与特点及其中译本在中国出版的意义。另一位专家是泰安市委党校科研处的齐丽女士，她的专题报告《白求恩研究在中国七十年》，分两个时期对宣传和纪念白求恩的小说、回忆文章、连环画、诗歌、电影等做了全面的总结，指出目前对白求恩呈现出一种从宣传向研究转变的趋势。中外白求恩研究专家的精彩报告引起了与会学者的高度关注和重视，大家一致期望对白求恩的研究能够更为深入广泛地开展下去。
十二日下午，与会学者又一次聆听了汉纳特教授的主题讲座《成就白求恩的女性》。他讲述了两位对白求恩产生影响的女性 Prof. Wang Kaitian, Vice President of NUFE ——他的母亲伊丽莎白·古德文和1938年一同与白求恩来华的护士 addressing the opening ceremony 琼·尤恩，其翔实的历史素材和 新颖的研究视角又一次激发了大家浓厚的兴趣。南京财经大学外国语学院的在读硕 士研究生吕晓鹤也在会上宣读了论文《加拿大文学中的白求恩形象》，并运用原型批评的方法将加拿大文学中的白求恩形象与耶稣基督进行了比较。最后，王克明教授做了全面的总结发言，并宣布纪念会圆满结束。
南京财经大学加拿大研究中心的学者和南京财经大学外国语学院的师生参加了纪念会。参加纪念会的还有南京师范大学加拿大研究中心的代表，加拿大文学专家傅俊教授应邀主持了汉纳特教授的主题发言。会后专家学者们参观了由南京财经大学加拿大研究中心和南京财经大学外国语学院团总支、学生会办的纪念白求恩图文展。
纪念活动的序幕在十一月十一日晚就已拉开。南京财经大学加拿大研究中心和南京财经大学外国语学院、南京财经大学国际交流与合作处共同举办了纪念白求恩校园英语讲演赛。经过几轮预赛，十位选手进入了十一日晚的决赛。选手们在演 Prof. Hannant delivering a speech 讲中缅怀了白求恩的感人事迹和高贵品格，赞颂了他伟大的国际主义精神。白求恩精神再一次激荡在校园内外的学子心中。讲演赛结束之际，汉纳特教授应邀做了点评，他对参赛选手的演讲内容和激情表现给予了高度评价。
 十一月十二日晚，南京财经大学大学生活动中心人群涌动，纪念白求恩校园戏剧演出拉开了大幕。演出由南京财经大学校园剧社主办，演员都是在校的大学生。演出之前，剧社指导教师文晶博士代表中国加拿大研究会、南京财经大学加拿大研究中心、南京财经大学外国语学院向加拿大政府和南京财经大学致谢，感谢他们对纪念白求恩校园戏剧的资助。两位大学生分别用中英文朗诵了毛泽东的名篇《纪念白求恩》。戏剧演出由一系列表现白求恩光辉事迹的片断组成，突出反映了白求恩不远万里来到中国，在中国抗日战争的烽火中救死扶伤的伟大业绩和毫不利己、专门利人的共产主义精神。汉纳特教授等中外白求恩研究专家、中国加拿大研究会领导、南京财经大学外国语学院领导等观看了演出，并在演出结束后和演职人员合影留念。
此次纪念白求恩的文化周在国内外学术界产生了重大
Prof. Li Wei introducing Prof Hannant’s book 影响，尤其在大学校园的莘莘学子中间引起了强烈反响。白求恩精神又一次让对他无比熟知的中国人深深感动，又一次让崇拜这个伟大名字的年轻一代扬起理想的风帆。我们期望着十年之后又有一次这样的纪念，让白求恩精神在中国、在加拿大、在世界代代相传。
——中国加拿大研究会秘书处、南京财经大学加拿大研究中心供稿
On November 12, 1939, Norman Bethune, great communist fighter, sacrificed for the cause of the Chinese people’s liberation. On the same day in 2009, a commemorative symposium was held in solemnity to mark the 70th anniversary of Bethune’s death in the Conference Hall of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics.
The commemorative symposium was an important part of the Canada Week commemorating the 70th anniversary of Dr. Bethune’s sacrifice in China, which was operated by School of Foreign Languages and the Canadian Studies Centre of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics under the authorization of The Association for Canadian Studies in China (the ACSC).
Ms. Qi Li delivering a speech The Canada Week also included a picture and book exhibition on Dr. Bethune, an English speaking contest on Dr. Bethune, and a drama on Dr. Bethune staged by the students on campus. It was sponsored by the G overnment of Canada and Nanjing University of Finance and Economics and supported by the Canadian Embassy in Beijing and the Canadian Consulate General in Shanghai.
The symposium was chaired by Prof. Wang Keming, Secretary General of the ACSC and Dean of School of Foreign Languages of the University. Prof. Wang Kaitian, Vice President of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, addressed in the opening ceremony. Prof. Feng Jianwen, President of the ACSC and Director of the Canadian Studies Center at NUFE and Prof. Xiao Hui, Party Secretary of School of Foreign Languages gave speeches.
Prof. Larry Hannant, an expert on Dr. Bethune studies and Professor from the University of Victoria gave a keynote speech entitled “Bethune Spirit in China and Canada” giving an introduction to the recent studies of Bethune abroad. Two . A contest ant at English speaking contest Chinese experts, Prof Li Wei, a member of Standing Council of the ACSC from Shangdong University and Ms. Qi Li, a researcher from Party School of Tai’an Party Committee, Shandong Province, gave their keynote sp eeches. Prof. Li Wei is the chief translator of the book The Politics of Passion： Norman Bethune’s Writing and Art edited and introduced by Prof. Hannant. He introduced the characteristics of the book and the significance of its Chinese version published in China The title of Ms. Qi Li’s speech was “Seventy Years of Bethune Studies in China”, which summarized the publicity given to Bethune in the form of novels, commemorative articles, picture-story books and films etc. in two period of time, and pointed out in today’s China a change is happening
Jury and audience of the English contest from publicizing Bethune to researching him. The scholars participating in the symposium thought highly of the experts’ informative speeches and looked forward to a still broader and deeper understanding of Bethune Spirit.
Grope photo of winners of the English contest and Jury members
In the afternoon of November 12, Prof. Hannant gave another lecture titled as “The Women Who Made Norman Bethune”, talking about two women who had significant influence on Bethune-----his mother Elizabeth Goodwin and a Canadian nurse called Jean Ewen who travelled with Bethune to China in 1938. He triggered the audience’s strong interest with detailed historical materials and brand new academic pers pective. Lv Xiaohe, a postgraduate from School of Foreign Languages, NUFE, read her paper, “Images of Bethune in Canadian Literature”, which compared the image of Bethune in Canadian literature and the image of Jesus by referring to archetypal criticism. Prof. Wang Keming made a conclusive speech and announced that the commemorative symposium was successfully completed.
Scholars from the Canadian Studies Centre, NJUE and students from School of Foreign Languages attended the symposium. Other participants included the representatives from the Canadian Studies Centre at Nanjing Normal University, one of whom, Prof. Fu Jun, was invited to chair Prof. Hannant’s keynote speech. After the symposium, the scholars visited the Canadian Studies Centre of NUFE and the picture and book exhibition, which was organized by the league general branch of School of Foreign Languages as well as the students’ union of the School.
The commemorative activities had virtually begun in the evening of November 11 with an English speaking contest organized by the Canadian Studies Centre, School of Foreign Languages and the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, NUFE. Ten contestants participated in the final after several rounds of preliminary contests with their moving remembrance of the unforgettable events in Bethune’s life, his noble personality and his sublime spirit. Through this contest, the spirit of Dr. Bethune excited the campus and inspired the students o nce again. Prof. Hannant made some comments on the contest in praise of the contestants’ passion and Dr. Wen Jing, drama language. director, expressing
In the evening of thanks to Canadian Nov.12, the Students’ Government for supportof NUFE was swarmed with people, who formed a large audience, attracted by the drama performance in memory of Dr. Bethune. It was organized by the Drama Group of NUFE, the members of which were students on campus. Before the performance, Dr. Wen Jing, director responsible for the drama, expressed acknowledgements to the Government of Canada and Nanjing University of Finance and Economics on behalf of the ACSC, the Canadian Studies Centre at NUFE and School of Foreign Languages of NUFE for their support for this
Dr. Wen Center
Bethune on the stage treating a wounded drama performance. Two college students recited Mao
soldier of the Eighth Route Army Zedong’s famous essay “In Memory of Bethune” both
in Chinese and in English. The drama reproduced a series of episodes in Dr. Bethune’s glorious life, which highlighted
Bethune’s selfless communist spirit, for Bethune came to China regardless of the long distance and devoted himself to saving
the Chinese soldiers in the Anti-Japanese War. The related experts, Prof. Hannant include d, and the leaders from the ACSC
and School of Foreign Languages of NUFE
were present and took a group picture with all
the performers.
The Canada Week commemorating Dr. Bethune impressed some domestic and foreign scholars deeply and more importantly, it brought a great impact upon academic circles as well as among students on campus. Once again, the spirit of Dr. Bethune moved us Chinese people who had been extremely familiar with him and motivated the younger generation to follow Bethune Spirit as their pilgrim progress. It is our sincere hope that in 2019, four score years after Dr. Bethune’s death, a similar commemorative even will take place again to disseminate Bethune’s Spirit in China, in Canada and in the world, and let it Bethune teaching surgical skills to doctors and fade away never from the earth. nurses of the Eighth Route army
Experts on Bethune and the leaders ofthe ACSC and School of Foreign
Languages of NUFE tooking a group picture with the performers
-------Reported by Secretariat of the ACSC, the Canadian Studies Centre at NUFE
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