Dr. Yopie Prins

Biography

Yopie Prins is the Irene Butter Collegiate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and has an extensive background in translation studies and English literature. Her research interests include the intersections of literary studies, interdisciplinary approaches, and critical translation studies. She is currently completing a book on meter and music in Victorian poetry entitled 'Voice Inverse.' A member of the Nineteenth Century Historical Poetics Group, Prins is engaged in collaborative scholarly work which emphasizes translation and community outreach. Her publications include 'Ladies’ Greek: Victorian Translations of Tragedy' and 'Victorian Sappho,' which have received accolades such as the Book Prize from the North American Victorian Studies Association and the Sonia Rudikoff Prize in Victorian Studies. Prins's teaching spans undergraduate and graduate levels, focusing on topics such as Victorian poetry, lyric theory, and translation studies, where she emphasizes advising students on capstone projects. She also coordinates the Mellon Sawyer Seminar Series on Translation in the Multilingual Midwest.

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