Madeleine Han’s dissertation examines the cultural, spatial, and memorial politics of militarism in South Korea. Examining efforts by cultural workers, activists, and state actors to redevelop and repurpose former US military bases in Korea, her project explores how different actors mobilize culture as a vehicle for war and peace, remapping the ongoing Korean War, the impacts of militarization, and the meanings of sovereignty and the nation in the process. 

Madeleine Han is a PhD candidate in the Yale University American Studies Program working on a dissertation about the cultural politics of militarized space and collective memory in South Korea. Their writing has been published in The Nation and MENT Magazine. Their research has received support from the Korea Foundation, Yale MacMillan Center, and International Center for Korean Studies, housed within the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at Seoul National University.