# Research Visitors ## expand\_more #### Current Research Visitors [### Jie Pang ](/people/jie-pang)Fall 2026 Visiting Fellow ![Music Building exterior in Fall](/sites/g/files/omnuum12086/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/Paine%20Hall%20Fall%202023.jpg?h=0efc4118&itok=CeLcKsmT) [### Benjamin Steege ](/people/benjamin-steege)2026-2027 Visiting Scholar ![Music Building exterior in Fall](/sites/g/files/omnuum12086/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/Paine%20Hall%20Fall%202023.jpg?h=0efc4118&itok=CeLcKsmT) [### Lufan Xu ](/people/lufan-xu) [lufan\_xu@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:lufan_xu@fas.harvard.edu)2026 Visiting Scholar ![Lufan Xu](/sites/g/files/omnuum12086/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/Screenshot%202026-03-10%20at%203.06.32%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=d6ed8bf3&itok=SqaXbxiU) --- #### Past Research Visitors [### Sushrita Acharjee ](/people/sushrita-acharjee) 2025 – 2026 Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellow Sushrita Acharjee is a Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Fellow at the Music Department of Harvard University for the AY 2025-26. In India, she is enrolled as a Ph.D. candidate at Jadavpur University, and serves as an Assistant Professor of English literature at... ![Sushrita Acharjee](/sites/g/files/omnuum12086/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/Sushrita.jpeg?h=4b9f449f&itok=4cdmlkqH) [### Bilen Işıktaş ](/people/bilen-isiktas) 2025 – 2026 Visiting Scholar Bilen Işıktaş is a Professor of Musicology at the Istanbul University State Conservatory and currently a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Music at Harvard University. An oud performer and musicologist, his work explores Turkish music history, the... ![Bilen Işıktaş](/sites/g/files/omnuum12086/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/Dr.%20Bilen%20Is%CC%A7%C4%B1ktas%CC%A7.jpg.jpeg?h=038d1da4&itok=x6NTSjhg)