Dr. Clara Han

Biography

Clara Han received her PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard University and her MD from Harvard Medical School in 2007. She also holds a BA in Molecular Biology and International Affairs from Princeton University (1997). Her research interests focus on the overlapping themes of poverty, disease, illness, care, and violence, particularly in relation to state institutions and economic deprivation. Clara has conducted extensive fieldwork in Santiago, Chile, exploring the nuances of kinship relations against the backdrop of neoliberal policies. Her notable works include 'Life Debt: Care Violence in Neoliberal Chile' (University of California Press, 2012), which examines the impact of economic precarity on intimate relations, and 'Seeing like a Child: Inheriting the Korean War' (Fordham University Press, Fall/Winter 2020), which explores personal narratives intertwined with historical trauma. Additionally, Clara co-edited the volume 'Living and Dying in the Contemporary World' (University of California Press, 2015), which investigates the interconnections between life and death across disparate contexts. She is currently involved in multiple programs at Johns Hopkins University, emphasizing racism, immigration, and the study of gender and sexuality, and chairs an international research network funded by CNRS-Paris.

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