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 Meetings
SASS 2026: Brooklyn
THEME
BRIDGES
DATES
May 23-25, 2026
DEADLINES
Call for Streams: September 15, 2025
Call for Papers: December 15, 2025
Registration: April 1, 2026
HOSTED BY:
Joan Templeton | 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
SASS 2027: San Francisco
THEME
TBA
DATES
May 4-9, 2027
DEADLINES
Call for Streams: September 15, 2026
Call for Papers: December 15, 2026
Registration: April 1, 2027
HOSTED BY:
Department of Scandinavian, UC Berkeley
VENUE
Hilton San Francisco Financial District
ACCOMODATIONS
BOOKING LINK COMING FALL 2026
Standard Room | $189
Past Meetings
May 9-11, 2024
Hosted by the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington
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