Tae Chosǒn chido, Korean Ch'onhado map, Joseon era, 1874 11 5/8 x 12 1/2 ins. (29 x 32 cm) (Library of Congress, Geography and Maps Division, Washington, DC)
Past World History Association conferences
Informal gatherings of World History practitioners, at first at the annual meetings of the American Historical Association, evolved into conference within conferences—World History at the American Historical Association—and then into stand-alone confences that have been held annually since 1992, interrupted only by the Covid pandemic of 2020-2022.
These conferences have grown in scale and ambition and have taken place throughout the world.
1992
1st annual conference
Philadelphia
1993
2nd annual conference
Honolulu
1994
3rd annual conference
Aspen
Theme:
"The Environment in World History"
1995
4th annual conference
Florence
Theme:
"Europe and the Wider World"
"Renaissances in World History"
"Water and Water Management
in World History"
1996
5th annual conference
Pomona, California
Theme:
"Europe and the Wider World"
"Renaissances in World History"
"Water and Water Management
in World History"
1997
6th annual conference
Pamplona, Spain
Theme:
"World History: Theories and Practice in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East"
"Crossroads of Global Interaction: The Mediterranean Basin"
"Faith as Reality Representations: Pilgrimages in Global Perspective"
1998
7th annual conference
Fort Collins, Colorado
1999
8th annual conference
Victoria, British Columbia
Theme:
"Colonialism, its Impact and Legacies"
2000
9th annual conference
Boston, Massachusetts
Theme:
"World History as a Research Field"
"Teaching Environmental World History"
2001
10th annual conference
Salt Lake City
2002
11th annual conference
Seoul
2003
12th annual conference
Atlanta
2004
13th annual conference
Fairfax, Virginia
2005
14th annual conference
Ifrane, Morocco
2006
15th annual conference
Long Beach, California
2007
16th annual conference
Milwaukee
Theme:
"Expanding Horizons, Collapsing Frontiers: The Macro and the Micro in World History"
2006
17th annual conference
London
Theme:
"Global Cities"
"The Sea: Highway of Change"
2009
18th annual conference
Salem, Massachusetts
Theme:
"Merchants and Missionaries in
World History"
2010
19th annual conference
San Diego, California
Theme:
"Gender in World History"
"The Pacific in World History"
2011
20th annual conference
Beijing
Theme:
"China in World History"
"World History from the Center and the Periphery"
2012
21st annual conference
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Theme:
"Frontiers and Borders in World History"
"Indigenous Peoples in World History"
2012
Symposium
Siem Riep, Cambodia
Theme:
"Southeast Asia and World History"
2013
22nd annual conference
Minneapolis
Theme:
"Diasporas and Refugees"
"Roads, Rivers, and Trails"
2013
World History Association event
Fremantle, Australia
Theme:
"Empire: Faith and Conflict"
2014
23rd annual conference
San José, Costa Rica
Theme:
"Latin America in World History"
"The Environment in World History"
2014
Symposium
Barcelona
2015
24th annual conference
Savannah, Georgia
Theme:
"Art in World History"
"Revolutions, Rebellions, and Revolts"
2016
25th annual conference
Ghent, Belgium
Theme:
"Global Conflict"
"The Transformation of the Global Countryside"
2017
26th annual conference
Boston
Theme:
"The Atlantic World"
"Food in World History"
2018
27th annual conference
Milwaukee
Theme:
"The Anthropocene"
"Material Culture"
2019
28th annual conference
Puerto Rico
2020
29th annual conference
cyberspace
2021
30th annual conference
cyberspace
2022
31st annual conference
Bilbao, Spain
2023
32nd annual conference
Pittsburgh
2024
33rd annual conference
San Francisco
2025
34th annual conference
Louisville, Kentucky
Theme:
"Protest, Prohibition & Pugilism:
Louisville and the World"
2026
35th annual conference
Incheon, South Korea
Theme:
"Closed Borders and Global Connectivity"
