Deaf History International

Past DHI Conferences

The cover of the book Deaf History Unveiled shows a teacher giving speech lessons.
A green tinged book cover featuring an old paintaing of a woman.
A flyer for the 3rd DHI conference, in Norway.

1st DHI Conference
Washington DC 🇺🇸
20-23 June 1991

2nd DHI Conference
Hamburg 🇩🇪
8-11 October 1994

3rd DHI Conference
Trondheim 🇳🇴
10-14 September 1997

A blue book cover about the 4th conference in DC.
Logo for the 5th conference with a map of France.
Two hands photographed in black and white on the cover of a book.

4th DHI Conference
Washington DC 🇺🇸
27-30 June 2000

5th DHI Conference
Paris 🇫🇷
30 June – July 4 2003

6th DHI Conference
Berlin 🇩🇪
31 July – 4 August 2006

A book titled "No History, No Future" with many small photographs on the cover.
The cover of a book called "Telling Deaf Lives: Agents of Change."
A flyer for the 9th DHI Conference, depicting deaf athletes.

7th DHI Conference
Stockholm 🇸🇪
4-8 August 2009

8th DHI Conference
Toronto 🇨🇦
24-29 July 2012

9th DHI Conference
Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
14-18 July 2015

The cover of the 10th conference book, about colonialism in deaf history.
A flyer for the 11th conference with images of both cities.
Poster for the 11th conference, Deaf Youth in History theme.

10th DHI Conference
Sydney 🇦🇺
17-21 July 2018

11th DHI Conference
Ljubljana 🇸🇮 / Zagreb 🇭🇷
7-13 August 2022

12th DHI Conference
Ghent 🇧🇪
6-10 August 2025