edX Online
Instructor photo

Dr Mark Meulenbeld

Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Culture and Associate Dean, Faculty of Humanities at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

About me

Dr Mark Meulenbeld earned degrees from Leiden University (MA) and Princeton University (PhD). Currently, he is Associate Professor in the School of Chinese at the University. He is interested in Chinese religious phenomena, especially the interplay between Daoism and popular religion. Within that field, he concretely focuses on demons and gods, ritual lore, and related narrative traditions such as traditional novels, local legends, and theatre.