Sophia-Karin Psarras is an independent scholar specializing in the political history and the archaeology of Han dynasty China (circa 206 BC–AD 220) and of contemporaneous non-Chinese cultures. Her work has appeared in such journals as Monumenta Serica, Early China, Dialogues d'histoire ancienne, and Artibus Asiae. Of particular importance in her research is the exploration of interregional relations within Han China and of China's international relations, not only with its immediate neighbors but also with territories extending through India and Central Asia to the classical West.