Directory of Research and Expertise

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Research Summary and Profile

Research interests:

Cultural memory, Culture, Gender studies, Language and Literature (Spanish), Literatures in a modern language

Research keywords:

Latin America, Theatre, Translation, Performance, Activism, Gender, Language Teaching, Practice-based, Feminism, Feminist Translation, Uruguay, Argentina

Regions:

Europe, South America, United Kingdom

Languages:

	Spoken	Written
French	Fluent	Intermediate
Spanish	Fluent	Fluent

Publication Details

Related publications/articles:

Date	Details
19-Aug-2025	The Methuen Drama Book of Contemporary Uruguayan Plays Edited Book The Methuen Drama Book of Contemporary Uruguayan Plays is the first publication of its kind, featuring English translations of 6 plays by emerging and established playwrights, it makes new playwriting from Uruguay available to students, researchers and theatre-makers. Contents Foreword by Adam Versényi Introduction by Sophie Stevens Ana Versus Death by Gabriel Calderón, translated by Stephen Brown They All Sleep at Siesta Time by Leonor Courtoisie, translated by William Gregory Basic Principles for the Construction of Bridges by Jimena Márquez, translated by Catherine Boyle Prelude to Anne by Sandra Massera, translated by Rachel Toogood I Will Give You Verses, Not Children by Marianella Morena, translated by Kate Eaton Emotional Terror by Josefina Trías, translated by Sophie Stevens This publication received $2500 of competitive funding from from the IDA Translation Support Programme, National Directorate of Culture in Uruguay, and £500 from the Baroness Von Schlippenbach fund at King's College London.
02-Apr-2024	Advocating intercultural dialogue through translating artist-activist practice Chapters 'Advocating intercultural dialogue through translating artist-activist practice' in Translation as Advocacy: Perspectives on Practice, Performance and Publishing, ed. by Catherine Boyle and Sarah Maitland (London: John Murray Languages, 2024), pp.149-167
14-Feb-2024	El estudio de radio como lugar de creación artística, activismo y solidaridad para mujeres en la obra La anémona y el jabalí de Mónica Maffía Chapters 'El estudio de radio como lugar de creación artística, activismo y solidaridad para mujeres en la obra La anémona y el jabalí de Mónica Maffía' in La dramaturgia feminina reclama su sitio ed. by Ángela Martín Pérez, Santiago Sevilla-Vallejo and Jesús Guzmán Mora (Seville: Renacimiento, 2024), pp. 445-462
18-May-2023	Representations of Transition, Memory and Crisis on Stage in Punto y Coma (Ready or Not) by Uruguayan Dramatist Estela Golovchenko Chapters 'Representations of Transition, Memory and Crisis on Stage in Punto y Coma (Ready or Not) by Uruguayan Dramatist Estela Golovchenko' in Theatre, Performance and Commemoration: Staging Crisis, Memory and Nationhood (Methuen Drama: 2023)
08-Oct-2022	Uruguayan Theatre in Translation: Theory and Practice Monographs
17-Feb-2022	Translation Acts: the multiple possibilities of the imagination Chapters ‘Translation Acts: the multiple possibilities of the imagination’ co-authored with Catherine Boyle, Ella Dunne and Mary Ann Vargas, in Language Acts and Worldmaking: How and Why the Languages We Use Shape Our World and Lives, ed. by Catherine Boyle and Debra Kelly (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2022)
25-Nov-2021	Activism Debate Chapters Debate on Activism: Curated and Introduced by Sophie Stevens. Contributions to this debate: ‘What is Activism in the Classroom?’, co-authored with Renata Brandão and ‘What is Activist Art? Sophie Stevens interviews Cathy McIlwaine and Gaël Le Cornec’, (3 x 3000-word contributions) in Language Debates: Theory & Reality in Language Learning, Teaching and Research, ed. by Ana de Medeiros and Debra Kelly (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2021)
24-Nov-2020	Her Open Eyes by Raquel Diana, trans. by Sophie Stevens Her Open Eyes by Raquel Diana, trans. by Sophie Stevens,The Mercurian: A Theatrical Translation Review, 8.2 (2020), 83-206
29-Oct-2020	Disrupting Narratives of Gender Violence: Hekatherina Delgado and Performing La caída de las campanas in Uruguay Journal articles ‘Disrupting Narratives of Gender Violence: Hekatherina Delgado and Performing La caída de las campanas in Uruguay’, Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures, 74:4 (2020), 191- 204, DOI: 10.1080/00397709.2020.1819585
16-Nov-2016	Distance and Proximity in Analysing and Translating Bailando sola cada noche (Dancing Alone Every Night) into English Journal articles ‘Distance and Proximity in Analysing and Translating Bailando sola cada noche (Dancing Alone Every Night) into English’, The Mercurian: A Theatrical Translation Review, 6 (2016), 81-99

Additional Publications

Research Projects & Supervisions

Research projects:

Details
Latin American Women Dramatists as Artists, Activists and Agents of Change - Ongoing This project examines contemporary plays, site-specific performances and urban interventions developed by Latin American dramatists to increase awareness of issues around gender rights. This project explores the ways in which translation and digital networking enable transnational networks of feminist artist-activist to be created and sustained. As part of the research, translation is applied as a critical research methodology and new translations are created and developed with practitioners in order to explore how a contextualised analysis of these pieces creates new insights into the ways that they shape global discourses on gender rights. This project was supported by a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2020-2023)
Practising the Feminist City This project investigates how we can understand, imagine and seek to shape feminist cities. By bringing together a group of researchers from Social Sciences and Humanities, it aims to go beyond understanding how women are involved in planning cities in order to explore the ways in which women inhabit and constantly reshape their environment. It applies practice-based methodologies to explore the multiple acts, actions and performances occurring constantly in the city as a way to claim and transform spaces through feminist practice, collaborative action and activism. This project was developed by participating in The British Academy and Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Knowledge Frontiers Symposium on the theme of ‘What is a good city?’ (2023) It was awarded €19,732 through the DfG Initiation of International Collaboration Programme (2025) and British Academy Seed Funding, £3825 (2023).

Available for doctoral supervision: Yes

Professional Affiliations

Professional affiliations:

Name	Activity
Higher Education Academy
Society of Authors and Translators Association
Latin American Studies Association
Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI)

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