Paize Keulemans
· Professor of Chinese LiteraturePrinceton University · East Asian Studies
Active 2003–2026
About
Paize Keulemans (Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2004) is an Associate Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. He began studying Chinese language and culture in 1986 at Leiden University in the Netherlands and has since studied Chinese language and literature at Nankai University, Cambridge University, National Taiwan University, the University of Chicago, and Beijing University. Keulemans has taught Chinese literature at Columbia University and Yale University. His research interests focus on the interaction between oral and written literature, with particular attention to acoustic aspects of 19th-century martial arts fiction and Chinese novels. His notable work includes the book 'Sound Rising from the Paper,' which investigates how sound effects in printed novels create lively acoustic spectacles. He is also working on a project exploring the production of rumor and gossip in late-Ming and early-Qing Chinese literature, especially in novels, short stories, and opera. Keulemans specializes in late-imperial Chinese novels and opera, and his broader interests encompass modern Chinese literature, contemporary Chinese film, Dutch-Chinese interactions from the 17th century onward, and the adaptation of Chinese novels into video games.
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Humanities
- Geology
- Art
- Ecology
- Literature
- History
Selected publications
Journal of Chinese History · 2026-03-02
article1st authorCorrespondingColumbia University Press eBooks · 2023
- Computer Science
- Computer Science
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies · 2023
1st authorCorresponding- Computer Science
- Humanities
- History
abstract: The Ming-dynasty novel Outlaws of the Marsh famously tells the tale of 108 heroes who band together to fight official corruption from their hideout in the marshes of Mount Liang. In the sixteenth-century novel, these characters are firmly embedded in a narrative that poses the initial assembly and final disbanding of this group of heroes as inevitable. But can we also think of these characters outside of the necessity of plot and the demands of fate? This paper examines these questions through one of the most popular remediations of Outlaws , the Konami-produced Japanese video game series Gensō Suikoden . To do so, this study draws on terms often associated with contemporary digital culture—database, interface, and algorithm—to question our assumptions about the novel, in particular the way we have prioritized the structure of plot over the charismatic attraction of characters, whether as individuals or as a group of 108. 摘要: 《水滸傳》中的一百單八好漢誕生於宋江起義的曆史背景以及明代的章回小說。但於古代讀者而言，他們的人格魅力不局限於此。本文著眼於日本電子遊戲 《幻想水滸傳》，通過現代數字文化來分析明代小說，解讀其中獨立於故事情節的特點進而探討如何看待人物形象。
Columbia University Press eBooks · 2023
- Geology
In the course of writing this book, I have accumulated many debts, personal and professional.These brief words of thanks are inadequate to convey my gratitude to the many people who helped me along the way.In bringing this work to fruition, I owe a great debt to Michael Gordin, who read the penultimate draft-four hundred pages-in six days.He asked dozens of razor-sharp questions and offered insights
The Journal of Asian Studies · 2019-05-01
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Performing China on the London Stage: Chinese Opera and Global Power, 1759–2008
CHINOPERL · 2018-07-03
article1st authorCorrespondingDutch Plays, Chinese Novels, And Images Of An Open World
Harvard University Press eBooks · 2017-12-31 · 1 citations
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingDutch Plays, Chinese Novels, and Images of an Open World
Harvard University Press eBooks · 2017-05-22
book-chapter1st authorCorresponding2017-01-01
book-chapter1st authorCorresponding这篇散文在行话小说和知识界自传，耶稣会会员历史，和荷兰的诗和 playsto 调查发展中的 1644Chinese 探索明王朝的秋天的不同第 17 世纪的报道在欧洲和中国的坦诚的观点。在欧洲，坦诚的想法帮助基于材料商品，宗教信仰，和分享的信息的免费流动构造一份早现代的全球订单。在这些帐号，瓷器假定打开自己到世界的拒绝来代表欧洲另外的，一个障碍到开明全球顺序。在做因此然而，欧洲帐号在同样拥抱了坦诚的中国受欢迎的来源上绘画了，一种不同类型的虽然坦诚，那是在统治者和题目之间的直接、没有障碍的通讯。这是不说那中国人迟了的--明的秋天的明帐号是自由主义的欧洲理想的来源，但是建议那到相当在全球化的一关键早现代的时刻，晚误会的欧洲作者--照亮的帝国统治的明理想以便巩固他们的自己的 worldview ，晚阻止--在这个过程的明理想。
The Resurrected Skeleton: From Zhuangzi to Lu Xun
CHINOPERL · 2017-07-03
article1st authorCorrespondingWho knew that, in the mid-1920s, Lu Xun 魯迅 (1881–1936) had written a satirical take on the old tale in which the Warring States philosopher Zhuangzi encounters and discourses with a skull? Who kne...
Frequent coauthors
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Keith Wailoo
- 25 shared
Harold L. James
Brown University
- 25 shared
Michael Laffan
Imperial College London
- 25 shared
Federico Marcon
- 25 shared
Laura Edwards
University of Nottingham
- 25 shared
David Bell
Academia Sinica
- 25 shared
Erika Milam
Goethe University Frankfurt
- 25 shared
Marni Sandweiss
University of California, Berkeley
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