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Argyro Nicolaou is a writer and lmmaker from
Cyprus living in New York. Ms Nicolaou graduated
from our School in 2008, she was also the
vice-president of our school. From there she
graduated from the University of Cambridge
with a First Class degree in English in 2011.
She is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature
and Critical Media Practice at Harvard University.
Her dissertation project, "Europe and the Cultural
Politics of Mediterranean Migrations," examines
case studies of displacement in the Mediterranean
region through literary texts, political memoirs,
and lm, looking at the ways in which such
narratives of migration have shaped the
geopolitical and cultural identity of Europe.
Argyro is currently a Graduate Fellow at Harvard's
Mahindra Humanities Center and a 2018
Harvard Horizons Scholar.