DAHS Conferences
A central part of the Danish American Heritage Society mission is organizing scholarly conferences that showcase the many ways in which Danish and American culture have shaped each other.
Banquet after 2013 DAHS conference (courtesy of Joel Mortensen)
Past Danish American Heritage Society Conferences
Beginning in Omaha in 2002, the DAHS sponsored four past conferences. Conference themes covered aspects of Danish American and Danish heritage and history. These conferences are listed below.
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 to be published in upcoming issues of The Bridge.
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 to be published in upcoming issues of The Bridge.
