Faulkner Center welcomes international scholars

Two international scholars will study at the Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University for the 2018-2019 academic year, the university recently announced.

Zhao Jing from the University of Jinan of the People�s Republic of China and Rogerio Lobo Saber from the Federal University of Minas Gerais of Brazil will continue their studies of William Faulkner and American literature.

Jing is new to Faulkner research, and said in the release she is studying at Southeast after learning about the center from other Chinese scholars.

Lobo Saber is working to complete his doctoral dissertation while at Southeast, and is the first visiting scholar from Brazil to visit the center, which has hosted more than 50 international scholars since 2000, the release stated.

Faulkner�s work remains popular around the world, making the center�s resources and information a valuable and unique experience for scholars and admirers alike, Christopher Rieger, center director, said in the release.