Past HAD Meetings with Links to Abstracts of Papers Presented

1981–1986

• 1. 1981 January, Albuquerque [with AAS Meeting #157]
  • HAD I (8*)
  • HAD II (11)
• 2. 1982 January, Boulder [with AAS Meeting #159]
  • HAD I: Archaeostronomy (7)
  • HAD II: Modern History (7)
  • HAD III: General History (8)
• 3. 1983 January, Boston [with AAS Meeting #161]
  • HAD I: Native American Astronomy (9)
  • HAD II: Ancient and Medieval Astronomy (8)
  • HAD III: History of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (10)
  • 24.18: One additional historical talk** (1)
• 4. 1984 January, Las Vegas [with AAS Meeting #163]
  • Microcomputers, Education** (3)
• 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]
  • HAD I: History of Astronomy (7)
  • HAD II: Archaeoastronomy (8)
  • HAD III: History of Astronomy (8)
• 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]
  • Biography & Classical Astronomy (7)
  • Modern History (5)
  • Ancient and Archaeoastronomy (6)
  • Panel Presentation: Lick Observatory: The First Century (1)
  • Instruments, Teaching & History of Astronomy (2)
• 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)
• 11. 1989 June, Ann Arbor [with AAS Meeting #174]
  • HAD: The History of Astronomy at Michigan (5)
  • History and Education (2)
• 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]
• The ApJ and the Rise of American Astrophysics (3)

*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]
• HAD I: North of the Border: The Development of Canadian Astronomy (6)
• HAD II (6)
• 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)
• HAD Special: Preservation of Historical Archives (5)
• HAD Special: History of Space Science (6)
• HAD Special: Doggett Lecture by S.J. Dick (1)
• HAD: History Potpourri (4)
• HAD: Stellar Personalities (9)

*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]
• HAD I Special: The First Century of Astronomical Spectroscopy (7) (photo)
• HAD II History Poster Papers (4)
• HAD III History of Astronomy (6) (photo)
• Plenary Session: Doggett Prize Lecture by M.J. Crowe (1) (photo)
• HAD IV History of Astronomy (6) (photo)
• HAD V Archaeoastronomy (3) (photo)

*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]
• History of Planetary Astronomy (Joint with Division for Planetary Sciences) (6) (photo)
• 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.