Past Conferences

Year Host Institution, KEY: PC (Program Chair), LAC (Local Arrangements Chair)

1979 U.S. Naval Academy, James C. Bradford (PC), James C. Bradford (LAC)

1980 University of Illinois, Daniel Calhoun (PC), Robert McColley (LAC)

1981 Sienna College, James Roger Sharp (PC), Sharp Thomas O. Kelly II (LAC)

1982 Memphis State University, Carl E. Prince (PC), C. Edward Skeen (LAC)

1983 Bentley College, William Rorabaugh (PC), Leonard J. Sneddon (LAC)

1984 IUPUI, Ruth Bogin (PC), Jan Shipps (LAC)

1985 George Washington University, William H. Pease (PC), Constance Schultz (LAC)

1986 University of Tennessee, Carol Berkin (PC), Bruce Wheeler (LAC), Barbara Oberg (LAC)

1987 Temple University, James B. Stewart (PC), Herbert Ershkowitz (LAC)

1988 Worcester Tech/AAS, Bernard Freeman (PC)

1989 University of Virginia/Monticello, John Larson (PC), Daniel P. Jordon (LAC)

1990 York University, Kermit Hall (PC), Marc Engal (LAC)

1991 University of Wisconsin, Don Hickey (PC), John Kamanski (LAC)

1992 Gettysburg College, Johanna Nicol (PC), Shields Michael Birkner (LAC)

1993 University of North Carolina, Joan Cashin (PC), Harry Watson (LAC)

1994 Boston College, David Moltke-Hansen (PC), Alan Rogers (LAC)

1995 University of Cincinnati, Peter S. Onuf (PC), John K. Alexander (LAC)

1996 Vanderbilt University/Hermitage, Richard R. John (PC), Joyce Chaplin (LAC)

1997 Penn State University, Jan Lewis (PC), Anne C. Rose (LAC)

1998 Harper’s Ferry NHP, Jack Rakove (PC), Bruce J. Noble (LAC)

1999 Transylvania University, Stephen A. Aron (PC), Craig T. Friend (LAC)

2000 SUNY Buffalo, Joyce Chaplin (PC), Richard E. Ellis (LAC)

2001 Johns Hopkins University, Andrew Cayton (PC), Ron Walters (LAC), Mary Kupiec Cayton (PC)

2002 University of California, Berkeley, Patricia Cline Cohen (PC), Jacqueline Reinier (LAC)

2003 Ohio State University, Jeffrey L. Pasley (PC), John Brooke (LAC)

2004 Brown University, Herb Sloan (PC), Joanne Melish, Mike Vorenberg (LAC)

2005 SHEAR Philadelphia, Susan E. Klepp (PC), Dan Richter (LAC)

2006 University of Montreal, Cathy Kelly (PC), Matt Harrington (LAC), Francois Furstenberg (LAC)

2007 American Antiquarian Society, Jeanne Boydston (PC), John Hench (LAC), Jan Lewis (PC), Caroline Sloat (LAC)

2008 SHEAR Philadelphia, Nancy Isenberg (PC), Michelle McDonald (LAC)

2009 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Jim Huston (PC), Ton Schwartz (LAC)

2010 Rochester Institute of Technology, Christopher Clark (PC), Richard Newman (LAC)

2011 SHEAR Philadelphia, John Larson (PC), Michelle McDonald (LAC)

2012 University of Baltimore, Amy Greenberg (PC), Tom Carney (LAC)

2013 St. Louis University, Stacey Roberston (PC), Lorri Glover (LAC)

2014 SHEAR Philadelphia, Charlene Boyer Lewis (PC), Michelle McDonald (LAC)

2015 NC State University, Seth Rockman (PC), Craig Friend (LAC)

2016 Yale University, Seth Cotlar and Carolyn Eastman (PC), Joanne Freeman and Edward Rugemer (LAC)

2017 SHEAR Philadelphia, Douglas Egerton and Leigh Fought (PC), Jessica Roney (LAC)

2018 John Carroll University, Lorri Glover and Ami Pflugrad-Jackisch (PC), Rodney Hessinger and Daniel Kilbride (LAC)

2019 Harvard Law School, Frank Cogliano and Sarah Pearsall, (PC), Katheryn P. Viens (LAC)

2021 Virtual SHEAR, Online. Emily Conroy-Krutz an Vanessa Holden (PC)

2022 SHEAR New Orleans, Christopher Bonner and Caitlin Fitz (PC), Jonathan Earle (LAC)

2023 SHEAR Philadelphia, Eliga Gould and Manisha Sinha (PC), Amy Baxter-Bellamy (LAC)

2024 SHEAR Philadelphia, Honor Sachs and Christina Snyder (PC), Jen Manion (LAC)