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Pacific Basin Institute / Dru Gladney
New President Named for Pacific Basin Institute
Dru C. Gladney, an internationally respected Asia specialist, became
president of the Pacific Basin Institute (PBI) at Pomona College on July
1. The author of four books and more than 50 academic articles and book
chapters on topics spanning the Asian continent, Gladney previously was
a professor of Asian studies and anthropology at the University of
Hawai’i at Manoa.
 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 year.
“I am incredibly honored to carry on Frank Gibney’s legacy in heading up
the Pacific Basin Institute and will seek to make it an even more
prominent center for supporting the study of Asia and the Pacific at
Pomona College and in the region,” said Gladney. “It is my hope that PBI
will serve as an important resource for students, faculty and the larger
Pomona College community in furthering understanding and in-depth
analysis of the Asia-Pacific.”
Gladney’s research focuses 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.
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, Asian Development Bank,
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, a research foundation widely recognized for
its work enhancing understanding among the nations of the Pacific Rim,
moved to Pomona College in 1997.
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