NAYIA KAMENOY
Nayia Kamenou is a Lecturer in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus. She completed a joint BA (Hons) in Political Science – Thomas Hunter Honors Program Degree at Hunter College, City University of New York, an MSc in Human Rights at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Ph.D. in European Studies at King’s College London. Dr Kamenou was the recipient of the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation scholarship from 2001 to 2011. She also received the King’s College London Graduate School Studentship and Fee Waiver (2007 -2010). Prior to joining the University of Cyprus as a Lecturer, she worked as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences at De Montfort University Leicester, where she served as the Deputy Director of the Media Discourse Centre. Dr Kamenou also completed a visiting research fellowship at the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College London and worked as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus, as well as at the European University Cyprus and at the University of Nicosia. She also worked as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of European and International Studies at King's College London. In 2021, Dr Kamenou received the International Political Science Association "Wilma Rule" Award for the Best Research on Gender and Politics. Her work has appeared in European Journal of Women’s Studies, Sexualities, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Women's Studies International Forum, Social Sciences and in edited volumes. She has also authored/co-authored several NGO publications.
- the interrelations between nationhood, ethnic identities, gender and sexuality
- the impact of Europeanization on LGBTIQ+ identities, rights and political mobilization
- trans* law and policy formation and its impact on trans* subjectivities, identities and politics
- the role of women and gender in the formation of political agency and political identities in political parties and in movement parties
- the role of women and gender in peace-building processes
Kamenou, Nayia. 2023. "Queer in Cyprus? The LGBTIQ Movement, Normativity, and Resistance in a Changing (Trans)national Landscape." Social Sciences 12(7): 419. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12070419
Kamenou, Nayia. 2023. “Feminism Contested and Co-Opted: Women, Agency and Politics of Gender in the Greek and Greek-Cypriot Far Right.” European Journal of Women’s Studies 30(1): 66-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506822114541
Kamenou, Nayia. 2021. “‘When One Doesn’t Even Exist’: Europeanization, Trans* Subjectivities, and Agency in Cyprus.” Sexualities 24(1-2):131-153. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460720904648
Kamenou, Nayia. 2020. “Feminism in Cyprus: Women’s Agency, Gender and Peace in the Shadow of Nationalism.” International Feminist Journal of Politics 22(3): 359-381. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2019.1687000
Kamenou, Nayia. 2020. “Difficult Intersections: Nation(alism) and the LGBTIQ Movement in Cyprus.” In Intersectionality in Feminist and Queer Movements: Confronting Privileges (Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality), edited by Elizabeth Evans and Eléonore Lépinard (London and New York: Routledge), 162-182.
Kamenou, Nayia. 2019. “Sexuality, Gender and the (Re)Making of Modernity and Nationhood in Cyprus.” Women’s Studies International Forum 74: 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2019.03.007
Kamenou, Nayia et al. 2019. The LGBTI Movement in Cyprus: Activism, Law, and Change Across the Divide. Published in English, Greek, Turkish, and German. Nicosia: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Cyprus Office.
Kamenou, Nayia. 2016. “Sexual Politics – Party Politics: The Rules of Engagement in the Case of Cyprus.” In Party-Society Relations in the Republic of Cyprus: Political and Societal Strategies (Routledge Advances in Mediterranean Studies), edited by Giorgos Charalambous and Christophoros Christophorou (London and New York: Routledge), 129-148.
Kamenou, Nayia. 2015. “Women and Gender in Cypriot Films: (Re) claiming Agency amidst the Discourses of its Negation.” In Cypriot Cinemas: Memory, Conflict, and Identity in the Margins of Europe (Topics and Issues in National Cinema), edited by Costas Constandinides and Yiannis Papadakis (New York and London: Bloomsbury), 181-205.
Kamenou, Nayia. 2015. “Research Report: LGBT Hate Speech, Behaviour and Crimes in Cyprus.” In Report: Hate Speech, Behaviour and Crimes in Cyprus [«Ερευνητική Έκθεση: ΛΟΑΤ Ρητορική, Συμπεριφορές και Εγκλήματα Μίσους στην Κύπρο». Στο Έκθεση: Ρητορική, Συμπεριφορές και Εγκλήματα Μίσους στην Κύπρο]. Published in Greek & Turkish. Nicosia: Promitheas Research Institute. Online. Available at: http://www.inep.org.cy/ekthesi-gia-ti-ritoriki-misoys
Kamenou, Nayia. 2014. Vote for Your Rights: Voting Trends of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Queer Community: Results Report: 1st Part of the Research (Pre-electoral) May 2014-Summary [Ψήφισε για τα δικαιώματα σου: Τάσεις ψήφου της λεσβιακής, γκέι, αμφισεξουαλικής και κουίρ κοινότητας: Έκθεση αποτελεσμάτων: 1ο Στάδιο έρευνας (προεκλογικό) Μάιος 2014-Περίληψη Αποτελεσμάτων]. Published in English & Greek. Athens: Colour Youth & Athens Pride.
Kamenou, Nayia. 2014. Vote for Your Rights: Voting Trends of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Queer Community: Results Report: 1st Part of the Research (Pre-electoral) May 2014 [Ψήφισε για τα δικαιώματα σου: Τάσεις ψήφου της λεσβιακής, γκέι, αμφισεξουαλικής και κουίρ κοινότητας: Έκθεση αποτελεσμάτων: 1ο Στάδιο έρευνας (προεκλογικό) Μάιος 2014]. Published in English & Greek. Athens: Colour Youth & Athens Pride.
Kamenou, Nayia. 2014. Vote for Your Rights: Voting Trends of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Queer Community: Results Report: 2nd Part of the Research (Post-electoral) July 2014 [Ψήφισε για τα δικαιώματα σου: Τάσεις ψήφου της λεσβιακής, γκέι, αμφισεξουαλικής και κουίρ κοινότητας: Έκθεση αποτελεσμάτων: 2ο Στάδιο έρευνας (μετεκλογικό) Ιούλιος 2014]. Published in English & Greek. Athens: Colour Youth & Athens Pride.
Kamenou, Nayia. 2011. “Queer in Cyprus: National Identity and the Construction of Gender and Sexuality.” In Queer in Europe: Contemporary Case Studies (Queer Interventions Series), edited by Lisa Downing and Robert Gillett (Surrey and Burlington, VT: Ashgate), 25-40.