Future & Past Conferences
Ninth DHI Conference
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2015: Dates to be announced
Theme: Deaf Sporting Heritage
Hosted by: British Deaf History Society and Deaf History Scotland
Eighth DHI Conference
Toronto, Canada
July 24–29, 2012
Theme: TELLING DEAF LIVES: Biographies and Autobiographies
Hosted by: Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf
Seventh DHI Conference
Stockholm, Sweden
August 4–8, 2009
Theme: No History, No Future
Hosted by: Swedish Deaf History Society
Sixth DHI Conference
Berlin, Germany
July 31–August 4, 2006
Theme: Overcoming the Past: Determining Its Consequences & Finding Solutions for the Present
Hosted by: IGJAD/Interest Group in Deaf Jewish Descent to Germany
Fifth DHI Conference
Paris, France
June 30–July 4, 2003
Theme: Past Accomplisments and Future Visions
Hosted by: Movement of the Deaf in France
Fourth DHI Conference
Washington D.C., USA
June 27–30, 2000
Theme: Researching, Preserving, and Teaching Deaf People's History
Hosted by: Gallaudet University: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History and Government, the University Library, the Graduate School and Research, and the College for Continuing Education
Third DHI Conference
Trondheim, Norway
September 10–14, 1997
Theme: Deaf Persons in Art and Science
Hosted by: Norweign Society of Deaf History
Second DHI Conference
Hamburg, Germany
October 8–11, 1994
Theme: NO MAIN THEME (The programme was divided into the following thematic blocks: Deaf Persons, Deaf Communities, Sign Languages, Deaf History as a Discipline, and Deaf Education)
Hosted by: University of Hamburg: Center for German Sign Language
First International Conference on Deaf History
Washington D.C., USA
June 20–23, 1991
Hosted by: Gallaudet University: Department of History