Narges is a doctoral candidate in Theatre Studies at the University of Victoria. She holds another PhD in English Language and Literature from her home country, Iran. This interdisciplinary academic journey has enabled her to explore her passion for literature, theatre, and philosophy across various domains, particularly postmodern theatre and contemporary political thought. Her current work delves into how different political inscriptions on the body, including the dichotomy between body-at-home and body-in-exile, are captured in the plays by Middle Eastern Canadian playwrights and performance artists. Specifically, her research investigates immigrant and exilic precarity, where narratives of displacement, embodiment, and ethics converge.

Narges has been an instructor at the University of Victoria, where she has taught the course “(Non)conforming Bodies in the History of Theatre.” Her research has been recognized with several awards, including the President’s Fellowship in Research-Enriched Teaching (2023), the Jeffrey Rubinoff Art as a Source of Knowledge Graduate Scholarship (2023), and the CATR Heather McCallum Scholarship (2023).