function createjsDOMenu() {
  staticMenu1 = new jsDOMenu(170, "static", "staticMenu", true);
  with (staticMenu1) {
   
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Institute", "item1", "about.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Events", "item2", "#"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Publications", "item3", "#"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("German Studies", "item4", "#"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Scholarships", "item5", "#"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Weimar Summer School", "item6", "weimar.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Research Projects", "item7", "#"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Contact", "item8", "contact.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Links", "item9", "sites.html"));

    show();

  }
  
  staticMenu1_2 = new jsDOMenu(140, "absolute");
  with (staticMenu1_2) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Forthcoming", "item1", "events_forth.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Previous", "item2", "events_prev.html"));
  }
  
  
  staticMenu1_3 = new jsDOMenu(140, "absolute");
  with (staticMenu1_3) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Call for Papers", "item1", "cfp.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Forthcoming", "item2", "pubs_forth.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Yearbook", "item3", "yearbook.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Conferences", "item4", "conferences.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Schriftenreihe", "item5", "schriftenreihe.html"));
  }
  
   staticMenu1_4 = new jsDOMenu(140, "absolute");
    with (staticMenu1_4) {
      addMenuItem(new menuItem("B.A. Program", "item1", "studies.html"));
      addMenuItem(new menuItem("German Reading Group", "item2", "reading.html"));
  }
  
  
  
  staticMenu1_5 = new jsDOMenu(140, "absolute");
  with (staticMenu1_5) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Scholarships", "item1", "scholarship.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("General Survey", "item2", "scholarships_general_survey.pdf"));
  }
  
  staticMenu1_7 = new jsDOMenu(140, "absolute");
  with (staticMenu1_7) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Current", "item1", "current.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Previous", "item2", "previous.html"));
  }
  
 // staticMenu1.items.item2.setSubMenu(staticMenu1_1);
 // staticMenu1.items.item5.setSubMenu(staticMenu1_2);
  staticMenu1.items.item2.setSubMenu(staticMenu1_2);
  staticMenu1.items.item3.setSubMenu(staticMenu1_3);
  staticMenu1.items.item4.setSubMenu(staticMenu1_4);
  staticMenu1.items.item5.setSubMenu(staticMenu1_5);
  staticMenu1.items.item7.setSubMenu(staticMenu1_7);
 // staticMenu1_2.items.item1.setSubMenu(staticMenu1_2_1);
 // staticMenu1_2.items.item3.setSubMenu(staticMenu1_2_2);
  
  staticMenu1.items.item1.showIcon("icon1", "icon2");
  staticMenu1.items.item2.showIcon("icon1", "icon2");
  staticMenu1.items.item3.showIcon("icon1", "icon2");
  staticMenu1.items.item4.showIcon("icon1", "icon2");
  staticMenu1.items.item5.showIcon("icon1", "icon2");
  staticMenu1.items.item6.showIcon("icon1", "icon2");
  staticMenu1.items.item7.showIcon("icon1", "icon2");
  staticMenu1.items.item8.showIcon("icon1", "icon2");
  staticMenu1.items.item9.showIcon("icon1", "icon2");

  
  
  staticMenu1_2.items.item1.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");
  staticMenu1_2.items.item2.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");
  staticMenu1_3.items.item1.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");
  staticMenu1_3.items.item2.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");
  staticMenu1_3.items.item3.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");
  staticMenu1_3.items.item4.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");
  staticMenu1_3.items.item5.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");	
  staticMenu1_4.items.item1.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");
  staticMenu1_4.items.item2.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");
  staticMenu1_5.items.item1.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");
  staticMenu1_5.items.item2.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");
  staticMenu1_7.items.item1.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");
  staticMenu1_7.items.item2.showIcon("icon3", "icon4");

}