Affiliation
FNS/University of Geneva & EHESS, Paris
Biography
Léo Maillet is a 5th year PhD student working in Chinese and Political studies under the co-supervision of Laure Zhang (University of Geneva) and Stéphane Dudoignon (CNRS/GSRL, Paris). His thesis addresses the evolutions of the historical and social background of Uyghur naan-baking since the late nineteenth century, as well as the socio-political dimensions of the practice and transmission of this craft amongst Uyghurs in diaspora. Based on several fieldwork inquiries conducted in Inner China (2017, 2019) and Turkey (2021, 2022), it combines anthropological and historical approaches. Through the analysis of Uyghur, Chinese and Turkish sources, the thesis questions the way Uyghur naan baking know-how is subjected to multiple (re-) appropriations inside and outside East Turkestan / XUAR.
Publications Related to the RedGold Programme:
Reviews
Tursun, Nabijan, ‘1933 ve 1944 Yıllarında Kurulan Doğu Türkistan Cumhuriyetleri Hakkındaki Kaynaklar ve Bu Kaynakların Değeri’ [The Sources on the East Turkestan Republics of 1933 and 1944, and Their Value], Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi 16 (2020): 233-57 — review published in 2021 in www.wikistan.eu (‘Reader’ section)
Thum, Rian, ‘The Rise of Xinjiang Studies: A JAS New Author Forum’, The Journal of Asian Studies 77/1 (2018): 7–18 — review published in 2020 in www.wikistan.eu (‘Reader’ section)
