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New
President of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona
College Selected
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Dru C. Gladney has been selected as president of the Pacific
Basin Institute at Pomona College, a research foundation
widely recognized for its work enhancing understanding among
the nations of the Pacific Rim. Gladney, an internationally
respected Asia specialist, is the author of four books and
more than 50 academic articles and book chapters on topics
spanning the Asian continent. He is currently a professor of
Asian Studies and Anthropology at the University of Hawai'i
at Manoa and will become president of the Institute on July
1, 2006.
In announcing the appointment, Pomona College President
David Oxtoby noted that, “Gladney is an incredibly versatile
scholar. We look forward to his arrival at Pomona to carry
on the wonderful tradition of PBI begun by his predecessor,
the late Frank Gibney.”
 Gladney has focused his research on ethnic and cultural
nationalism in Asia, specializing in the people, politics,
and cultures of the Silk Road. A two-time Fulbright Research
Scholar to China and Turkey, he has conducted long-term
field research in Western China, Central Asia, and Turkey,
for more than 20 years. His research languages include
Mandarin Chinese, Turkish, Uyghur, Uzbek, Kazakh, and
Russian. The results of his work have been featured on CNN,
BBC, Voice of America, National Public Radio, al-Jazeerah,
and in Newsweek, Time, the Washington Post,
International
Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times.
A prolific author, Gladney’s most recent book is
Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern
Subjects (University of Chicago Press, 2004). He is also
the author of: Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the
People's Republic (2nd edition 1996) and Ethnic
Identity in China: The Making of a Muslim Minority
Nationality (1998); and the editor of Making
Majorities: Constituting the Nation in Japan, China, Korea,
Malaysia, Fiji, Turkey, and the U.S. (1998).
Gladney has held faculty positions and post-doctoral
fellowships at Harvard University; the University of
Southern California; Kings College, Cambridge; and the
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He has been a
consultant to the Soros Foundation, Ford Foundation, World
Bank, Getty Museum, SAIC, National Academy of Sciences,
European Center for Conflict Prevention, U.N. High
Commission on Refugees, and UNESCO. He received his Ph.D. in
Social Anthropology from the University of Washington,
Seattle.
The Pacific Basin Institute moved to Pomona College in 1997.
In addition to housing a unique Asia/Pacific film archive
and production facilities, the Institute plays an important
role in the life and academic activities of the college and
community. Recent programs include a panel on Vietnam and
the Major Powers; a symposium on “China, Energy & U.S.
Security”; and its Seventh Annual Asian Film Series. Gladney
succeeds Frank B. Gibney, a prominent journalist and Asia
expert who founded the institute in 1979 and produced the
award-winning 10-hour PBS series The Pacific Century. Gibney
died earlier this month.
Pomona College, founded in 1887, is one of the nation’s
premier liberal arts colleges and has long been a leader in
Asian Studies among American institutions of higher
learning. Located in Southern California, its hallmarks
include small classes, close relationships between students
and faculty, and a wide range of opportunities for student
research. Pomona is also one of a handful of colleges that
meet the full financial need of every accepted student. For
more information on Pomona College, visit www.pomona.edu. |
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