Symposium on "Jewish Communities in the former Habsburg Monarchy: 17th to 20th Century" at the Center for Jewish HIstory, 15 W. 16th St., NY NY on Thursday, March 20, 2003 from 1 to 5 PM. Scholars in the field welcome.

Papers include:

Panel 1
"The Role of Jews in 17th C. trade between Europe and the New World," Klaus Lohrmann
"Bratislava's Prominent Jewish Families and their links to Western Europe," Reinhard Buchberger
Jewish Families in 17th C Prague, Lenka Matusikova

Panel 2
"Jews as Germans? The Dilemmas of Jews in Habsburg Austria," Marsha Rozenblit
"Jews as Germans? Unspoken Dilemmas of Local German Nationalism from Austrian Bohemia to the Bukowina," Pieter Judson
Schiller in the Shtetl: Karl Emil Franzos and the Cultural Colonization of Eatern Jewry," Matti Bunzl