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09/10/07
PBI Lecture: “Islam in China and Beyond: Connecting Asia with the U.S. and the Middle East” |
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Dru Gladney, president of The Pacific Basin Institute at
Pomona College and professor of anthropology, will discuss
the important role China's Muslims play as mediators between
East and West, Eastern and Middle Eastern cultures, and
global and local Islam in a lecture at Pomona College on
Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 4:15 p.m.
In his lecture, “Islam in China and Beyond: Connecting Asia
with the U.S. and the Middle East,” Gladney will explain why
greater attention must be paid to this important population
of China given the rising importance of Islam in Asia and
China's growing influence in the region.
An internationally respected Asia specialist, Gladney 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.
A two-time Fulbright Research Scholar to China and Turkey,
he has focused his research on ethnic and cultural
nationalism in Asia, specializing in the people, politics,
and cultures of the Silk Road. Gladney 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 The New York Times.
His most recent book is Dislocating China: Muslims,
Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects (University of
Chicago Press, 2004).
This lecture will be held in the Pomona College Hahn
Building (420 N. Harvard Ave., Claremont), Room 101. For
further information, call (909) 607-8065.
The Pacific Basin Institute is dedicated to expanding and
enhancing comity and shared knowledge among the nations and
cultures that face the Pacific. A valued study, media
production and research center, PBI also offers books, film
series and lecture programs to a general as well as academic
audience. Since the turn of the past century Pomona College
has been a leader in Asian Studies among American
universities. Visit Pomona College on the web at
www.pomona.edu. |
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