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| • PBI Events, Spring 2008 • |
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Islam in the Phillipines: An Historical Sketch |
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| February 27 |
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Malaysia and its Inter-Asian Connections |
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Islamic Civilization in Iran: Between East and West |
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Islam, Democratization, and Gender Acitivism in Indonesia |
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The Criminalization of Adultery in 20th Century China |
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Prospects for Taiwan-PRC Peace Under New Leaders |
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Salman Ahmed - Junoon |
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Representation of Race and Ethnicity among Asian American Artists |
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Traditional Korean Music and Storytelling Today: P'ansori |
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Dru Gladney
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 formerly a professor of
Asian Studies and Anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and
became president of the Institute on July 1, 2006.
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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 the 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 in April 2006. |
