Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The time to come--as well as the exploration thereof--remains elusive for social actors and social scientists alike. The contributors to this volume accept the challenge to depict young men and women's future-creating activities in urban contexts of sub-Saharan Africa. Very consciously, they study young graduates who have obtained a university degree and provide a vivid picture of their strategies to socially grow older by doing adulthood in contexts of great uncertainty. The examples include Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ethiopia, Mali, and Tanzania, visually enriched through pictures taken by young Malian photographers.
Synopsis
Salo W. Baron (1895-1989) was the most important and influential Jewish historian of the twentieth century. This volume is based on an international conference organized by the Center for Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, and the Institute of Jewish Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krak w, Poland. The conference was held at Jagiellonian University, May 26-29, 2015, to celebrate Baron's 120th birthday. The volume explores Baron's biography and life experience, assesses Baron's contributions to the various subdisciplines of Jewish studies, and evaluates Baron's integration of scholarly commitment and communal involvement.