Ms. Naeem is serving as a Lecturer at the Institute of English Language and Literature, GCU, Lahore. She completed her MPhil in English Literature as a magna cum laude recipient from FCCU, Lahore, and earned her BS English degree as the gold medalist of her session at LCWU, Lahore. Her MPhil research explored "the politicization of religion and the intersection of religious extremism and identity politics" through seminal works in contemporary Pakistani fiction. Her undergraduate research remains a project close to her heart, as it examined "the deconstruction of anthropomorphic conceptions of God" by engaging deeply with the literary and spiritual narrative of Elif Shafak’s The Forty Rules of Love.
Beyond academia, Ms. Naeem is also a poet and short-story writer, with her creative works published in national and international anthologies and literary platforms. She continues to contribute to both scholarly and creative spheres, driven by a sustained interest in literature, spirituality, and socio-political thought.
| From | To | Designation | Firm/Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | Continue | Lecturer | GCU, Lahore |
| Dec 2021 | Feb 2023 | Lecturer | Higher Education Department, Punjab |
| Komal Naeem & Fatima Syeda (2022). "Mis(Use) of Religious Ideology for Power Politics in Mohammed Hanif’s A Case of Exploding Mangoes." New Horizons, 16 (1), . [Link] | |
| Komal Naeem & Fatima Syeda (2020). "Aesthetics in Resistance Poetry: Re-reading Dennis Brutus and Habib Jalib." Literature & Aesthetics: the Journal of the Sydney Society of Literature and Aesthetics, 30 (2), . [Link] |
| 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (2022), Kinnaird College for Women University. Lahore. Komal Naeem. , Paper: "Beyond Other Asia(s): Studying Asian- American Narratives" | |
| Inter/Dis-connections of the Prefix ‘Post’ in Contemporary Literary, Linguistic and Cultural Studies (2022), Department of English, FCCU. Lahore. Komal Naeem. , Paper: "Destabilizing the Hegemony: A Postfeminist (Intersectional) Study of My Feudal Lord" | |
| 52nd Annual Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Convention (2021), University of Pennsylvania. USA. Komal Naeem. , Paper: "Critique of Social Class Divides through Micro Body Politics in Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite (2019)" |
| Magna Cum Laude (2021), Forman Christian College University, Lahore.. Awarded Magna Cum Laude Award for maintaining academic excellence in the academic session 2019-2021 at the 2021 Commencement held at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore. | |
| Shaukat Ara Niazi Gold Medal (2019), Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.. Awarded Shaukat Ara Niazi Gold Medal at the 16th Convocation held at Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, for attaining 1st Position in the academic session 2015-2019. |
