Stéphane Gros is an ethnologist, researcher at the CNRS (Centre for Himalayan Studies). He is the author of a monograph (la Part manquante, 2012), and about twenty articles or book chapters on the minorities of south-west China and issues of ethnicity, power, and ethnohistory. He is also the editor or co-editor of several books and special issues in the field of Chinese studies or anthropology.