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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 Gladney in 2008 | |
| Born | November 3, 1956 Pomona, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 17, 2022 (aged 65) |
Early life
editGladney 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
editGladney 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]
Death
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "In Memoriam: Anthropology Professor Dru Gladney". Pomona College. March 18, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ "Deadly attack on police in China's Xinjiang province". BBC News. July 18, 2011.
- ^ "After Uighur Attacks, Understanding Muslims in China". NPR.org. NPR.
- ^ Gladney, Dru (2004). Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects. Chicago: University of Chicago. ISBN 0-226-29775-6.
- ^ Dillon, Michael (2005). "Review of Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities and Other Subaltern Subjects". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 68 (3): 489–491. doi:10.1017/S0041977X05420273. JSTOR 20181969. S2CID 161326340.
- ^ Jaschok, Maria (2005). "Review of Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities and Other Subaltern Subjects". Journal of Islamic Studies. 16 (2): 269–274. doi:10.1093/jis/eti149. JSTOR 26199589.
- ^ Gladney, Dru (1991). Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-59497-5.
- ^ Duara, Prasenjit (August 1992). "Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic. By Dru C. Gladney. Cambridge: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard East Asian Monographs No. 149, 1991. $38.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 51 (3): 644–646. doi:10.2307/2057971. JSTOR 2057971. S2CID 165641114.
- ^ Lipman, Jonathan (1994). "Review of Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 26 (1): 116–119. doi:10.1017/S0020743800059870. JSTOR 164063. S2CID 161263223.
- ^ Crossley, Pamela Kyle (Spring 1993). "Review of Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic". Ethnohistory. 40 (2): 344. doi:10.2307/482225. JSTOR 482225.
- ^ Dillon, Michael (1992). "Review of Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People's Republic". The China Quarterly (131): 792–793. doi:10.1017/S0305741000046397. JSTOR 654907. S2CID 154870352.
- ^ Gladney, Dru (2003). Ethnic Identity in China: The Making of a Muslim Minority Nationality. Wadsworth. ISBN 0-534-06698-4.
- ^ Gladney, Dru (1998). Making Majorities: Constituting the Nation in Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, Fiji, Turkey, and the U.S. Stanford: Stanford. ISBN 0-8047-3048-2.
- ^ "Interview with Professor Dru Gladney". Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- ^ "Advisory Board". East Turkistan National Awakening Movement. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
- ^ Hudson, Khimmoy (April 1, 2022). "In memoriam: Dru Gladney, Pomona anthropology professor". The Student Life. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
- ^ "Obituary: Dru Curtis Gladney". Claremont Courier. April 7, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
External links
edit- Dru Gladney faculty profile at Pomona College