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Past HAD Meetings with Links to Abstracts of Papers Presented
| 1981–1986 | 1987–1991 | 1992–1995 | 1996–2002 | 2003–2006 | 2007–2010 | 2011–2013 | 2014–2015 |
1981–1986
- 1. 1981 January, Albuquerque [with AAS Meeting #157]
- 2. 1982 January, Boulder [with AAS Meeting #159]
- 3. 1983 January, Boston [with AAS Meeting #161]
- 4. 1984 January, Las Vegas [with AAS Meeting #163]
- 5. 1984 June, Washington/Baltimore [with AAS Meeting #164]
- HAD I (14) [at the National Air & Space Museum]
- HAD II: Archaeoastronomy (7)
- HAD III: Archaeoastrophysics (4)
- HAD IV (6)
- Invited Lecture (D.E. Osterbrock)** (1)
- 6. 1985 January, Tucson [with AAS Meeting #165]
- 7. 1986 January, Houston [with AAS Meeting #167]
- HAD I: Modern Astronomy (9) [at Rice University]
- HAD II: 16th to 18th Centuries (4)
- Plenary Invited Lecture (M. Hoskin)** (1)
- HAD III: Ethnoastronomy and Classical Themes (8)
*Number of historical astronomy papers presented.
**other historical papers not presented in HAD session
1987–1991
- 8. 1987 January, Pasadena [with AAS Meeting #169]
- Ancient Historical Records and Archaeoastronomy (8*)
- Plenary Invited Lecture (K. Hufbauer) (1)
- Modern History (7)
- Classical and Early Modern History (6) [at the Clark Library]
- 9. 1988 January, Austin [with AAS Meeting #171]
- 10. 1989 January, Boston [with AAS Meeting #173]
- HAD/CFA Celebration: Harvard College Observatory Sesquicentennial and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Centennial [at Cambridge, MA]
HCO: The Early Years (3)
HCO: The Pickering Years (3)
HCO: The Shapley Years (3)
SAO: From Washington to Cambridge (3) - HAD V: Modern Astronomy (6) [in Provincetown]
- HAD VI: Ancient & Archaeoastronomy (6) [in Provincetown]
- HAD Display (5)
- Plenary Invited Lecture (B.L. Welther) (1)
- HAD/CFA Celebration: Harvard College Observatory Sesquicentennial and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Centennial [at Cambridge, MA]
- 11. 1989 June, Ann Arbor [with AAS Meeting #174]
- 12. 1991 January, Philadelphia [with AAS Meeting #177]
- HAD Display (1)
- HAD I (5)
- HAD II (5)
- HAD late (1)
- 13. 1991 May, Seattle [with AAS Meeting #178]
- HAD I (3)
- HAD II (5)
- HAD Display (1)
- HAD III (1)
- Plenary Invited Lecture (H.A. Abt) (1)
*Number of historical astronomy papers presented.
1992–1995
- 14. 1992 January, Atlanta [with AAS Meeting #179]
- Plenary Invited Lecture (R.W. Smith) (1*)
- HAD I (4)
- HAD II (5)
- 15. 1992 June, Chicago [with Division on Dynamical Astronomy]
- DDA Session 5 (1)
- HAD I (1)
- HAD II (3)
- HAD/DDA Joint 1 (4)
- HAD III (4)
- HAD/DDA Joint 2) (4)
- HAD/DDA Joint 3 (1)
- HAD/DDA Joint 4 (3)
- 16. 1993 January, Phoenix [with AAS Meeting #181]
- HAD I: Issues in Archeoastronomy (5)
- HAD II (6)
- HAD III (6)
- 17. 1993 June, Berkeley/San Marino [with AAS Meeting #182]
- HAD Display (1)
- HAD (3)
- HAD/Huntington I (5) [at the Huntington Library]
- HAD/Huntington II (5) [at the Huntington Library]
- HAD/Huntington III (6) [at the Huntington Library]
- 18. 1994 January, Washington [with AAS Meeting #183]
- Astronomy and the State (7)
- HAD (2)
- 19. 1995 January, Tucson [with AAS Meeting #185]
- Southwestern Archaeoastronomy (1)
- History in Astronomy Education I (5)
- History of Astronomy (5)
- History in Astronomy Education II (1)
- 20. 1995 June, Pittsburgh [with AAS Meeting #186]
*Number of historical astronomy papers presented.
1996–2002
- 21. 1996 January, San Antonio [with AAS Meeting #187]
- Applied History of Astronomy I (3*)
- Applied History of Astronomy II (7)
- Astronomies and Cultures (4)
- The Western Tradition (5)
- 22. 1997 January, Toronto [with AAS Meeting #189]
- 23. 1998 January, Washington [with AAS Meeting #191]
- HAD I: LeRoy E. Doggett Memorial Session, including Doggett lecture by C.A. Wilson (7)
- HAD II: Modern Astronomical History (6)
- HAD III: From Hamlet to Crop Circles (6)
- HAD IV: Demographics, Alignments & Outreach (4)
- 24. 1998 June, San Diego [with AAS Meeting #192]
- HAD I: Special Palomar Session (4) [at Palomar Mountain Observatory]
- HAD II: New Telescopes and New Tools (4)
- HAD III: Astronomical Journal Sesquicentennial (5)
- 25. 1999 May/June, Chicago [with AAS Meeting #194]
- Plenary Invited Lecture (D.H. DeVorkin) (1)
- HAD I: Exhibiting the History of Astronomy (8) [at the Adler Planetarium]
- HAD II: Celebrating Other Centennials (4)
- HAD III: Gender, Observatories, Planetariums (6)
- HAD IV Display: Women, Alignments, Biography (6)
- A Centennial Celebration of the Life and Work of George Ellery Hale (3) [with the Solar Physics Division]
- My Most Memorable AAS Meeting (5)
- 26. 2000 January, Atlanta [with AAS Meeting #195]
- HAD 1: Doggett, Copernicus and the Documentation of Astronomy, including Doggett Prize lecture by O. Gingerich (3)
- HAD 2 Special: The Papers of the Century (7)
- 27. 2001 January, San Diego [with AAS Meeting #197]
- HAD I Special: Boners of the Century (6) [at the Zinner Collection, San Diego State University]
- HAD II Special (4)
- 28. 2002 January, Washington [with AAS Meeting #199]
- HAD I Special: New Views of Historical Research in the 21st Century (7)
- HAD II: The Development of American Astrophysics: Ideas, Instruments, Observatories and Astronomers, including Doggett Prize lecture by D.E. Osterbrock (3)
- HAD III Special: Some Controversies in the History of Astronomy (6)
- HAD IV Display: New Views of Historical Topics (3)
*Number of historical astronomy papers presented.
2003–2006
- 29. 2003 January, Seattle [with AAS Meeting #201]
- HAD I: Special Topics in the History of Astronomy (7*)
- HAD II: History of Ideas on Extraterrestrial Life (4)
- HAD III: Biography of 19th and 20th Century Astronomers (6)
- 30. 2004 January, Atlanta [with AAS Meeting #203]
- HAD I Special: Transit of Venus (6)
- HAD II (6)
- Plenary Session: Doggett Prize Lecture by M.A. Hoskin (1)
- HAD III (7)
- 31. 2005 January, San Diego [with AAS Meeting #205]
- HAD I Special: Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Mount Wilson Observatory (6)
- HAD Poster Session I (1)
- HAD Poster Session II (4)
- HAD II: Observatories, Toys and Genesis (5)
- HAD III: Catalogs, Surveys, and Ancient Observations (4)
- 32. 2005 September, Cambridge, UK [with Division for Planetary Sciences]
- HAD & DPS Invited: Cassini-Huygens (1)
- HAD Posters (3)
- HAD: Cosmology (2)
- HAD: Motions of The Planets, Eclipses and Transits (3)
- HAD Invited: From Arago and Aratus to Zeiss (3)
- HAD & DPS Oral: Mars I (1)
- HAD: Planetary Sciences I (3)
- HAD: Planetary Sciences II (3)
- HAD & DPS Invited Deep Impact I (1)
- HAD: Radio Astronomy I (3)
- HAD: Radio Astronomy II (3)
- HAD & DPS Invited: SMART-1 (1)
- HAD: Recording Star Events (3)
- 33. 2006 January, Washington (with AAS Meeting #207)
*Number of historical astronomy papers presented.
2007–2010
- 34. 2007 January, Seattle [with AAS Meeting #209]
- HAD I Special (4*)
- HAD II Special: Case Studies in How 20th Century Observatory Directors Got Chosen (5)
- HAD III (4)
- HAD IV Display (6)
- 35. 2008 January, Austin [with AAS Meeting #211]
- HAD I Special: The International Geophysical Year and the Dawn of Space-Based Astronomy (4)
- HAD II Special: Astronomy at the Time of Jamestown and Its Role in the Exploration of America (6)
- Plenary Session: Doggett Prize Lecture by D.H. DeVorkin (1)
- HAD III Mostly 20th Century (6)
- HAD IV History Potpourri (5)
- HAD V History Poster Session (1)
- 36. 2009 January, Long Beach [with AAS Meeting #213]
- HAD I Special: History of the Telescope (11) (photo)
- HAD II Special: Photometry: Past and Present (3)
- HAD III Special: Photometry: Past and Present (continued) (3)
- Plenary Session: Donald E. Osterbrock Memorial Lecture by D.W. Olson (1) (photo)
- HAD IV History–Modern (6)
- HAD V History Poster Papers (3)
- 37. 2009 June, Pasadena [at AAS Meeting #214]
- History of Astronomy at the Huntington Library** (video) (1)
- 38. 2010 January, Washington [with AAS Meeting #215]
*Number of historical astronomy papers presented.
**other historical papers not presented by HAD
2011–2013
- 34. 2011 January, Seattle [with AAS Meeting #217]
- HAD I Special: The Astronomical Contributions of the Herschel Family (7*) (photo)
- HAD II Special: Neptune after One Orbit: Reflections on the Discovery of a Planet (5) (photo)
- HAD III History of Astronomy Poster Papers (12)
- HAD IV History of Astronomy (5) (photo)
- HAD V History of Astronomy, including Osterbrock Prize Lecture by N. Sivin (4) (photo)
- HAD VI History of Astronomy (5) (photo)
- 35. 2011 May, Boston [with AAS Meeting #218 and AAVSO]
- HAD I Special: Women in the History of Variable Star Astronomy (4)
- HAD II Special: Variable Star Astronomy in Theory and Practice (6)
- Contributed historical paper: poster (1)
- Contributed historical paper: oral (1)
- 36. 2012 January, Austin [with AAS Meeting #219]
- HAD I Special: Transits of Venus: Looking Forward, Looking Back (4) (photo)
- HAD II Special: Funding Astronomy in the Post-World War II Era (4) (photo)
- HAD III History of Astronomy Poster Papers (3)
- HAD IV History of Astronomy (6) (photo)
- HAD V History of Astronomy (6) (photo)
- Plenary Session: Doggett Prize Lecture by W.T. Sullivan, III (1) (photo)
- 37. 2013 January, Long Beach [with AAS Meeting #221]
- HAD I Special: Making Astronomy Public, Los Angeles Style (6) (photo)
- HAD II Special: Preservation of Astronomical Heritage and Archival Data (4) (photo)
- HAD III Special: Fifty Years of Celestial X-ray Astronomy [with HEAD] (17) (photo; videos)
- HAD IV History of Astronomy Poster Papers (2)
- HAD V History of Astronomy, including Osterbrock Prize Lecture by H.M. & V.R. Bricker (4) (photo)
- HAD VI History of Astronomy (6)
- 38. 2013 October, Denver [with DPS Meeting #45]
- HAD Invited Talks (3) (photo)
- HAD Oral Contributed Papers (5) (photo)
- HAD Poster Papers (1)
*Number of historical astronomy papers presented.
2014–2015
- 39. 2014 January, Washington, DC [with AAS Meeting #223] (AAS photos)
- HAD I Special: Origin of Structure and the Expanding Universe (6) (photo)
- HAD II Special: From Barnard's Star to the Kepler Mission: Searching for Low Mass Companions to Stars (6) (photo)
- HAD III History of Astronomy Poster Papers (2)
- HAD IV History of Astronomy (5) (photo)
- HAD V History of Astronomy (6) (photo)
- Plenary Session: Doggett Prize Lecture by F.R. Stephenson (1) (photo; more photos; video)
- HAD VI History of Astronomy (7) (photo)
- HAD VII Oral History Project (1) (photo)
- HAD Workshop: Oral History Interviewing Techniques (photo)
- 40. 2014 June, Boston [with AAS Meeting #224 and SPD and LAD]
- HAD I Special: History of Solar Physics (Joint with Solar Physics Division) (7) (photo)
- HAD II History of Astronomy Poster Papers (1)
- HAD III History of Astronomy (3) (photo)
- 41. 2014 November, Tucson [with DPS]
- 42. 2015 January, Seattle [with AAS Meeting #225]
- HAD I Special: The Impact of the Great War on Astronomy and Other Sciences (6)
- HAD II Special: Ideas of Evolution Inside and Outside of Astronomy during the Long 19th Century (4)
- HAD III History of Astronomy Poster Papers (2)
- HAD IV Special: Preserving the Material Legacy of the American Observatory Movement (4)
- HAD V History of Astronomy, including Osterbrock Prize Lecture by B.J. Becker (4)
- HAD VI History of Astronomy (7)
*Number of historical astronomy papers presented.