From Galicia to New York: Salo W. Baron and His Legacy

May 26-29, 2015 | Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland 

In 2012, ASU Jewish Studies and the Institute of Jewish Studies at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland inaugurated a formal collaboration, in the interest of paving the way to a new understanding of the Jewish past, in the larger context of western history, religion, and culture. Together, they convened a research symposium examining the revival of Jewish Studies, and the proceedings were published in volume 11 (2013) of the journal, Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia.

“From Galicia to New York: Salo W. Baron and His Legacy” was the next step in this scholarly collaboration: a conference to honor and consider the scholarly work of Salo Wittmayer Baron, whose 120^th birthday was celebrated on May 26, 2015. Since Professor Baron’s outstanding scholarship was a joint effort with his wife, Jeannette M. Baron, the conference will honor her memory and her contribution to scholarship, as well. 

Salo W. Baron was born in Tarnów, Poland and before his departure to the United States, he studied at Jagiellonian University and University of Vienna. His scholarship encompasses the entire gamut of Jewish history from antiquity, through the middle ages, to modern times. Spanning the entire geographic scope of Jewish collective existence, Baron’s scholarship was uniquely interdisciplinary, encompassing all forms of Jewish self-expression. His erudite, exacting, and insightful analysis has shaped the trajectory of Jewish history in the 20^th century and left a lasting legacy.    

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