Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting

The Society organizes an annual academic conference at varying locations throughout the United States. The conference generally takes place in late April or early May. Membership in the Society is required of all attendees and presenters. Each year the conference draws hundreds of presenters from various parts of the world, particularly the Nordic region, Europe, Canada, and the United States.

Upcoming Meeting

SASS 2025: Minneapolis

THEME
Location

DATES
April 24-26, 2025

DEADLINES
Call for Streams: September 10, 2024
Call for Papers: December 1, 2024
Registration: April 1, 2025

COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Benjamin Bigelow (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Rosemary Erickson Johnsen (University of Minnesota, Crookston)
Dag Blanck (Uppsala University/Augustana College)
Natalie Van Deusen  (University of Alberta)
Jordan Barger (University of Iowa)

VENUE
Minneapolis Marriott City Center

ACCOMODATIONS
BOOK NOW – Minneapolis Marriott City Center

Single $209 | Double $209

Future Meeting

SASS 2026: Brooklyn

THEME
TBA

DATES
April 23-25, 2026

DEADLINES
Call for Streams: September 12, 2025
Call for Papers: January 5, 2026
Registration: April 1, 2026

COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Joan Templeton (Long Island University)
Colin Levin (Long Island University)
Brad Harmon (Johns Hopkins University)
Rachel Bott  (University of Wisconsin)
Kelsey Fuller-Shafer (Fairfield University)

VENUE
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge

ACCOMODATIONS
BOOKING LINK COMING FALL 2025

Standard Room | $289

Past Meetings

2024: Seattle 

May 9-11, 2024 

Hosted by the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington

2023 : Austin

April 20-22, 2023

Hosted by the University of Texas at Austin

2022 : Rio Mar, Puerto Rico
April 27-30

2021: Virtual
May 6,7, 13, and 14

2020: Postponed

2019 : UW Madison  |  Madison, WI
May 2-4

2018 : UCLA  |  Los Angeles, CA
May 2-5

2017 : UMN-Twin Cities  |  Minneapolis, MN
May 11-13

2016 : New Orleans, LA
April 28-May 30, 2016  (Program)

2015 : UI Urbana-Champaign  |  Columbus, OH
May 7–9
Sponsored by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Ohio State University

2014 : New Haven, CT
March 13–15

Joint conference with AABS

2013 : UC Berkeley  |  San Francisco, CA
May 2–4

2012 : Brigham Young  |  Salt Lake City, UT
May 3–5