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The group staged its first international conference in Tallahassee in 1989, then Kingston (1992), Minneapolis (1995), Calgary (1997), Pavia (1999), Denver (2001), Winnipeg (2003), Leeds (2005), Notre Dame University (2009), and Thessaloniki (2011).

The next conference will be held in Pittsburgh, PA from June 19-23, 2013. The Conference Chair is Dr. Michael Ford of the University of Pittsburgh. The conference website is located here.

The conferences are attended by about 200 researchers and teachers. On average about 25 countries are represented at each conference. Full Proceedings have been printed, or made available on CD Rom, for each conference.

A paper copy of the proceedings for the Minneapolis conference is available from editors of that volume for USD 90, postage included. (Please go here for details.) CDs of Calgary, Denver and Winnipeg conferences are available for USD15 (air mail included). Ordering details are available at our Publications page. Proceedings of the 2009 Notre Dame conference are available on the web at http://www.nd.edu/~ihpst09/