Dru C. Gladney
American anthropologist (1956–2022)
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Dru Curtis Gladney (November 3, 1956 – March 17, 2022) was an American anthropologist who was president of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College and a professor of anthropology there. Gladney authored four books and more than 100 academic articles and book chapters on topics spanning the Asian continent.
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| Born | November 3, 1956 Pomona, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 17, 2022 (aged 65) |
Early life
Gladney was born and raised in Pomona, California, and attended Westmont College.[1] He received his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Washington, Seattle,[1] in 1987.
Career and research
Gladney focused his research on ethnic and cultural nationalism in Asia, specializing in the peoples, politics, and cultures of the Silk Road and Muslim Chinese (or Hui). A two-time Fulbright Research Scholar to China and Turkey, he conducted long-term field research in Western China, Central Asia, and Turkey.[1] The results of his work have been featured on CNN, BBC,[2] Voice of America, National Public Radio,[3] al-Jazeerah, and in Newsweek, Time, The Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.
Gladney's 2004 book, Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects[4] was published by the University of Chicago Press.[5][6] His 1991 Harvard East Asian Monographs 149 book was Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic.[7][8][9][10][11] He authored (1998) Ethnic Identity in China: The Making of a Muslim Minority Nationality;[12] and was editor of Making Majorities: Constituting the Nation in Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, Fiji, Turkey, and the U.S.[13]
Gladney joined the Pomona College faculty in 2006 as a professor of anthropology. He was president of the Pacific Basin Institute and chair of the anthropology department for a time.[1] He held faculty positions and post-doctoral fellowships at Harvard University; the University of Southern California; King's College, Cambridge, the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; the East–West Center, Honolulu; and the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He was a consultant to the Soros Foundation, Ford Foundation, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Getty Museum, National Academy of Sciences, European Center for Conflict Prevention, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, and UNESCO.[14] He served on the advisory board of the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement.[15]