# Visiting Faculty and Researchers ## expand\_more [### Anahit Khosroeva ](/people/anahit-khosroeva) Visiting Scholar in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Appointment Dates: September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026 Anahit Khosroeva is a genocide scholar born in Armenia. Her research interests include comparative genocide studies, human rights, and international law. Dr. Khosroeva is the author of more than a dozen research books and monographs, as well as numerous... ![KHOSROEVA](/sites/g/files/omnuum4571/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/KHOSROEVA.A.jpeg?itok=YCyZDFqC) [### Sofia Melikyan ](/people/sofia-melikyan)Visiting Scholar in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Appointment dates: July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027 person [### Romy Neumark ](/people/romy-neumark) [romy\_neumark@harvard.edu](mailto:romy_neumark@harvard.edu)Visiting Lecturer in Modern Hebrew As an Israeli public broadcaster, she worked as a senior anchor at KAN before arriving at Harvard as a Nieman fellow (2023). Neumark created and hosted "Night News " on television and a weekly radio interview show at KAN and previously reported on in... ![Romy Neumark](/sites/g/files/omnuum4571/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/nelcnew/files/dsc0666433_0.jpg?itok=26OWT8Ye) [### Hanxu Qi ](/people/hanxu-qi-0) Fellow in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Appointment Dates: October 25, 2025 - August 31, 2026 I am currently pursuing a PhD in Assyriology in China. My current research project, titled "War Imagery, Rituals, and the Construction of Kingship in the Neo-Assyrian Empire," aims to examine the unique role of war rituals in shaping royal authority... ![Hanxu Qi](/sites/g/files/omnuum4571/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-10/Picture1.png?itok=rZvk__x4) [### Eve Sada ](/people/eve-sada) Postdoctoral Fellow in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Appointment dates: June 13, 2026 - June 12, 2027 person [### Justin Stearns ](/people/justin-stearns) Visiting Scholar in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Appointment Dates: 9/1/2025 - 8/31/2026 Justin Stearns is Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies at New York University Abu Dhabi. His research interests focus on the intersection of law, science, and theology in the pre-modern Muslim Middle East. His first book was a comparative intellectual... ![Justin_Stearns (IAS picture).jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4571/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/Justin_Stearns%20%28IAS%20picture%29.jpg?h=98d684c9&itok=GgKF1Qpc)