CONFERENCES

Beginning in Omaha in 2002, the DAHS sponsored seven international conferences. Conference themes covered aspects of Danish American and Danish heritage and history. These conferences are listed below.

The Society is looking forward to celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding at a May 13-15, 2027, conference at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa.

Danish – North American Relations since World War II (Omaha, Nebraska, 2002)

Conference proceedings appear in The Bridge, Volume 27, Numbers 1 & 2, 2004.

Danish Culture, Past and Present – the Last Two Hundred Years (Des Moines, Iowa, 2005)

Conference proceedings appear in The Bridge, Volume 29, Number 2, 2006.

Innovation – The Danish Way (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2009)

Conference proceedings were not published.

Innovation – The Danish Way Revisited (Des Moines, Iowa, 2013)

Selected conference proceedings were published in a special issue of The Bridge, Volume 37, Number 2, 2014.

​Danish American Fusion: A Blending of Cultures (Schaumburg, Illinois, 2017)

Conference proceedings appear in The Bridge, Volume 41, Number 2, 2018.

Traditions & Transitions: Ways of Being Danish (Virtual Conference, 2021)

Replays were made available to members through December 2021.

Ecologies and Ethnicity (Elk Horn, Iowa, 2023)

Held in partnership with the Museum of Danish America, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2023. The DAHS played a seminal role in the founding of the museum in 1983.

Bridges (50th anniversary celebration at Grand View University)

Join us May 13-15, 2027, in Des Moines, Iowa, for a festival of all things Danish American. Registration information and details about speakers, presenters, activities, tours, and lodging will be forthcoming.