The Leo Baeck Institute of London plans to hold an international conference in Cambridge, England in September 2001, on social and cultural change within German-speaking Jewry, 1812-1918. The conference's working title is "Towards Normality?". Participants will be asked to focus on the issues raised by the varied paths of Jewish assimilation and acculturation in the territory of the post-1871 German Empire and post-1867 Cisleithanian Austria.

Papers on the following subjects, as they relate to assimilation and acculturation, are particularly encouraged:

historiographical disputes political involvement social mobility local and regional studies (major Jewish centres and rural communities) changing modes of religious observance educational trends high and popular culture gender intra-Jewish debates conversion and intermarriage

Proposals for papers in the form of a 2-3 page abstract accompanied by a brief C.V. are requested (by letter, e-mail or fax) by 31 January 2000.

The language of the conference is English but papers may also be submitted in German.

Contact:
Dr. Rainer Liedtke
Historisches Institut
Neuere Geschichte I
Universitaet Giessen
Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10 C1
35394 Giessen
Germany
rainer.liedtke@geschichte.uni-giessen.de
fax: (0641) 992-8169