Marie-Paule Hille (Associate Professor, EHESS, Paris) is an anthropologist and historian. Her research interests cover different aspect of the history of Muslim communities in northwest China. Her recent publications touch on political and economic aspects of Tibetan-Muslim relations in Amdo (co-edited volume, Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society: Multidisciplinary Approaches, Lanham (Md), Lexington Books). She also has been researching religious practices related to the cult of the Muslim saints in the Tibetan areas of Western China since 2005 (last publication on that topic: « Le Maître spirituel au sein du Xidaotang. Enquête sur la reconnaissance d’une autorité sainte en islam soufi chinois (Gansu) », Archives de sciences sociales des religions 173, 2016).
