{"id":2262,"date":"2017-10-11T18:10:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T01:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/?page_id=2262"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:57:22","slug":"waller","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/waller\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty: Marguerite Waller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-appakm-3037661a4c9d75441d6d2bbf244db844\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-appakm-3037661a4c9d75441d6d2bbf244db844{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-appakm-3037661a4c9d75441d6d2bbf244db844 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-appakm-3037661a4c9d75441d6d2bbf244db844 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-appakm-3037661a4c9d75441d6d2bbf244db844 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Faculty<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8u1ldy-b775683480171102da043f10b4a3eebb\">\n.flex_column.av-8u1ldy-b775683480171102da043f10b4a3eebb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-8u1ldy-b775683480171102da043f10b4a3eebb av_one_third  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='avia-team-member av-71mhqe-683ba05c6d7a3f25136c61952b2b9329  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class=\"team-img-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-2263 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2263 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/waller.jpg\" alt='Marguerite Waller'  itemprop=\"image\"   height=\"225\" width=\"150\" \/><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name '  itemprop=\"name\" >Marguerite Waller<\/h3><div class='team-member-job-title '  itemprop=\"jobTitle\" >Professor, <em>Italian\/Comparative Literature<\/em><\/div><div class='team-member-description '  itemprop=\"description\" ><p>Chair, <a href=\"http:\/\/genderandsexualitystudies.ucr.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies<\/a><br \/>\nPh.D. in Comparative Literature, Yale University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office:<\/strong> INTN 2033<br \/>\n<strong>Phone:<\/strong> (951) 827-4379 (Messages)<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:marguerite.waller@ucr.edu\">marguerite.waller@ucr.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >UCR | Department of Comparative Literature and Languages<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5vt7x2-89235b31241e6d21fbaccedcc87eb4c6\">\n.flex_column.av-5vt7x2-89235b31241e6d21fbaccedcc87eb4c6{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-5vt7x2-89235b31241e6d21fbaccedcc87eb4c6 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-4vgpfq-c09de67d0398494e456b9406b283c14d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Marguerite Waller\u2019s interests include film and media, Renaissance comparative literature, transnational feminism, and globalization. Her articles on Dante, Petrarch, Wyatt, Surrey, Shakespeare, Italian and Hungarian film, new media, border art, performance,and theory, globalization, and transnational feminist dialogue are widely published. She is the author of <em>Petrarch\u2019s Poetics and Literary History<\/em> (1980) and co-editor of <em>Federico Fellini: Contemporary Perspectives<\/em> (2002). Over the course of three co-edited volumes\u2014<em>Frontline Feminisms: Women, War, and Resistance<\/em> (2000), <em>Dialogue and Difference: Feminisms Challenge Globalization<\/em> (2005), <em>The Wages of Empire: Neoliberal Policies, Resistance, and Women\u2019s Poverty<\/em> (2007), and a special of <em>Social Identities<\/em>, she has been committed to facilitating communication and collaboration among feminist projects around the world. She has co-organized three international feminist conferences at U.C. Riverside, and convened a transnational feminist Resident Research Project at the University of California Humanities Research Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Her teaching interests include feminist discourses, human rights, peace studies, film and media studies, critical theory, and Dante\u2019s <em>Commedia<\/em>. She is also a firm believer in study abroad. She did graduate work in Italy on a Fulbright Fellowship and has held two Fulbright professorships, one in France and the other in Hungary. In 2007-08 she served as Director of the U.C. Rome Study Center. In the early nineties, she was a member of the women\u2019s art-making collective Las Comadres, active in the San Diego\/Tijuana border region.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Waller\u2019s current research focuses on transnational and postcolonial filmmaking, human rights and sovereignty, and Dante\u2019s Commedia.\u00a0Recent publications include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Center for Ideas and Society, scholar in residence, Spring 2002.<\/li>\n<li>University of California Humanities Research Institute, resident research in &#8220;Crossing Feminisims: Using Difference&#8221; 1999.<\/li>\n<li>Fulbright Professorship in Budapest, Hungary, 1993<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Petrarch\u2019s Poetics and Literary History<\/em>. Amherst, MA: University of\u00a0Massachusetts Press, 1980.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Frontline Feminisms: Women, War, and Resistance<\/em>, co-edited with\u00a0Jennifer Rycenga. New York and London: Routledge, 2001.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dialogue and Difference: Feminisms Challenge Globalization,<\/em> co-edited with Sylvia Marcos. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Translated into Turkish as <em>Farlilik ve Diyalog: Feminiszmier Kuresellesmaye Meydan Okuyo.<\/em> Istanbul, Turkey: Chiviyazilari-(Nemesis Kitapligi), 2006.Translated into Spanish as <em>Dialogo y Diferencia: Retos Feministas a la Globalizacion.<\/em> Mexico: CEIICH-UNAM, 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Wages of Empire: Neoliberal Policy, Repression, and Women\u2019s\u00a0<\/em><em>Poverty.<\/em>Co-edited with Amalia Cabezas and\u00a0Ellen Reese. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Press, 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Postcolonial Cinema Studies.<\/em> Co-edited with Sandra Ponzanesi. New York and London: Routledge, 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Special Issue:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Social Identities,<\/em> co-edited with Amalia Cabezas and Ellen Reese. Issue Topic: \u201cEmerging Subjects of Neoliberal Globalization,\u201d Vol. 12, No. 5, September 2006.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recent Articles and Book Chapters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cOne Voice Kills Both Our Voices: \u201cFirst World\u201d Feminism and Transcultural Feminist Engagement\u201d in <em>Dialogue and Difference: Feminisms Challenge Globalization,<\/em> edited with Sylvia Marcos. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cConversation on Feminist Imperialism and the Politics of Difference.\u201d Co-authored with Shu-mei Shih, Sylvia Marcos, Obioma Nnaemeka. In <em>Dialogue and Difference: Feminisms Challenge Globalization.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u201cIntroduction.\u201d Co-authored with Sylvia Marcos. In <em>Dialogue and Difference: Feminisms Challenge Globalization.<\/em> Edited with Sylvia Marcos. New York and London: Palgrave, 2005.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEpistemologies of Engagement.\u201d <em>College Literature.<\/em> 32.3 Summer, 2005.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat\u2019s In Your Head: Ibolya Fekete\u2019s <em>Bolse vita<\/em> and Ghetto Art\u2019s <em>Making the Walls Come Down.<\/em>\u201d In <em>East and Central European Cinemas in New Perspectives.<\/em> Routledge, 2005.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAddicted to Virtue: The Globalization Policy-Maker.\u201d In <em>Social Identities.<\/em>Special issue on \u201cEmerging Subjects of Neoliberal Globalization,\u201d Vol. 12, No. 5, September 2006. Reprinted in <em>Asking We Walk: the south as new political imaginary.<\/em> ed. Corinne Kumar, Bangalore, India: Streelekha Publications, 2007.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIntroduction,\u201d Co-authored with Amalia Cabezas and Ellen Reese. <em>Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture.<\/em> Special Issue on \u201cEmerging Subjects of Neoliberal Globalization,\u201d Vol. 12, No. 5, September 2006.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIntroduction,\u201d co-authored with Amazlia Cabezas and Ellen Reese. <em>The Wages of Empire: Neoliberal Policty, Repression, and Women\u2019s Poverty.<\/em> Boulder Colorado: Paradigm Press, 2007.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Abjection of Patriarchy: Ibolya Fekete\u2019s Chico and the Transnational Feminist Imaginary.\u201d In <em>Transnational Feminism in Film and Media.<\/em> Ed. Katarzyna Marciniak, Aniko Imre, and Aine O&#8217;Healy. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillian, 2007.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIs It a War Crime? Sex Trafficking and Forced Prostitution in Post-Conflict Bosnia and Kosovo\/a, in <em>Mulheres em conflito: presences e ausencias.<\/em> Ed. Barbara Kristensen, Joam Evans Pim, Oscar Crespo Argibay. Observatorio sobre Mulher e Conflitos Armados. Santiago de Compostela, Galiza. Torculo Artes Graficas S.A. 2007.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u201cVertigo in the Balkans: Karin Jurschick\u2019s \u201cThe Peacekeepers and the Women.\u201d In <em>Visions of Struggle in Women\u2019s Filmmaking in the Mediterranean.<\/em> Ed. Flavia Laviosa. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming 2010).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Postcolonial Circus: Maurizio Nichetti&#8217;s <em>Luna e l&#8217;altra<\/em>.\u00a0 In <em>Postcolonial Cinema Studies<\/em>, ed. Sandra Ponzanesi and Marguerite Waller. New York and London: Routledge, 2012. Translated and reprinted as \u201cIl circo postcoloniale: <em>Luna e l\u2019altra<\/em> di Mauricio Nichetti\u201d (translated by Nicoletta Da Ros) in <em>Incontri Cinematografici e culturali tra due mondi<\/em>. Edited by Antonio C. Vitti.\u00a0 Pesaro, Italy: Metauro 2012.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Introduction&#8221; with Sandra Ponzanesi. In <em>Postcolonial Cinema Studies<\/em>, ed. Sandra Ponzanesi and Marguerite Waller. New York and London: Routledge, 2012.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Postface: On teaching postcolonialism and cinema: an interview with Priya Jaikumar&#8221; in <em>Postcolonial Cinema Studies<\/em>, ed. Sandra Ponzanesi and Marguerite Waller. New York and London: Routledge, 2012.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sexualities and Knowledges in <em>Purgatorio XXVI<\/em> and <em>Inferno V.\u201d <\/em>\u00a0In <em>Desire in Dante and the Middle Ages<\/em>, ed. Manuele Gragnolati, Elena Lombardi, Tristan Kay, and Francesca Southerden. Leeds, London, Boston, Philadelphia: Modern Humanities Research Association in association with Maney Publishing, 2012.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFrom <em>cinema politico<\/em> to social media: Sabina Guzzanti\u2019s <em>Draquila, l\u2019Italia che trema<\/em>.\u201d <em>Luci e ombre,<\/em> Special issue on contemporary Italian cinema.\u00a0 May-June 2013. Available at www.revistalucieombre.com.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMissing Fellini: An American Fascination\u201d in <em>Italian Journal<\/em>, Volume 20, Number IX, 2013.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMigrating Sovereignties and Mirror States.\u201d In <em>Gender, Globalization and Violence: Postcolonial Conflict Zones, ed. Sandra Ponzanesi.<\/em> New York: Routledge, 2014). Reprinted on DiVA, on-line Swedish Academic Archive, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImmigrant Protest and the Courts of Women.\u201d In <em>Immigrant Protest: Politics, Aesthetics, and Everyday Dissent<\/em>, ed. Katarzyna Marciniak and Imogen Tyler. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 2014).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIntertextual Images and Political Imaginaries: Fellini\/ Nichetti.\u201d In <em>TEORIAS DA IMAGEM E DO IMAGIN\u00c1RIO\/ <\/em><em>Theories of Image and Imaginary.<\/em>\u00a0ebook published by Comp\u00f3s (National Association of Post Graduate Programs in Communication): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.compos.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.compos.org.br<\/a>. 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-2iqxrq-30505fff62fed43211eace366ea0b53c-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/'  class='avia-button av-2iqxrq-30505fff62fed43211eace366ea0b53c avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-size-medium avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color'  ><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue88c' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Back to Faculty<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1769,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5709,"href":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2262\/revisions\/5709"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/complitlang.ucr.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}