Conferences

The annual conferences of the IIHA take place in various places in Germany, Europe, and around the world.

Next conference:

IIHA Annual Conference 2026:
2026 IIHA Annual Conference in cooperation with Georgetown University, 30 September – 2 October 2026, Washington D.C., USA (more information following soon)

Past Conferences

The International Intelligence History Association has held annual meetings since 1995.

30th 2025, 26-28 September, Tutzing, Germany: Power & Peril: Potentials and Limits of Intelligence

29th 2024, 14-16 October, Warsaw, Poland: joint IIHA and Need to Know: Intelligence in Central and Eastern Europe (Intermarium) and the Soviet (Russian) Factor

28th 2023, 17-19 October, Graz, Austria: joint IIHA and Need to Know: Intelligence and Security in border regions

27th 2022,1-3 July, Tutzing, Germany: Communicating Secret Intelligence

26th 2021, 19 June, Tutzing, Germany: online due to COVID: Human Intelligence: People, History, Organizations and Consequences

25th 2019, 10-12 May, 2019, Berlin: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and International Relations

24th 2018, 8-10 June, 2018, Graz: joint IIHA, ACIPSS, and CSEES conference: New Perspectives on the Role of Intelligence in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe

23rd 2017, 30 March-1 April, 2017, Washington D.C.: Creating and Challenging the Transatlantic Intelligence Community

22nd 2016, 15-17 April, 2016, Dresden: Military Intelligence

21st 2015, 8-10 May, 2015, Zagreb: Intelligence and Technology

20th 2014, 2-4 May, 2014, Tutzing: Intelligence, Democracy, Transparency

19th 2013, 21-23 June, Athens: Intelligence in the Mediterranean and the Balkans

18th 2012, 1-3 June, Paris: Intelligence Services of the European Powers

17th 2011, 17-19 June, Marburg: German Intelligence History from Bismarck to the Present

16th 2010, 23-25 April, Tutzing: Intelligence and Society

15th 2009, 18-19 October, Tel Aviv: Intelligence & Democracies in Conflict and Peace

14th 2008, 17-19 October, Hamburg: Intelligence and Dictatorships

13th 2007, 20-22 April, Weimar: Intelligence Clash: East vs. West During the Cold War

12th 2006, 7-9 April, Tutzing: Fifty Years of Bundesnachrichtendienst, 1956-2006: The BND in Its Historical Context

11th 2005, 17-19 June, Amsterdam, Joint IIHA-NISA Conference: German-Dutch Relations in the 20th Century. An International Intelligence Perspective

10th 2004, 4-6 June, Graz: The Eastern Dimension. Major Intelligence Issues in Central and Southeastern Europe since 1900

9th 2003, July 11-13, Wittenberg: Intelligence and Political Enemies – Intelligence and Terrorism in the 20th Century

8th 2002, 31 May – 2 June, Strausberg: Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation: Past and Future

7th 2001, 8-10 June, Hamburg: Intelligence – The Human Element

6th 2000, 23-25 June, Paderborn: Intelligence Process and Information Technologies in Historical Perspective

5th 1999, 18-20 June, Tutzing: Germany and Intelligence Organizations: The Last Fifty Years in Review

4th 1998, 24-26 April, Tutzing: Intelligence Services and the Significance of Espionage in World War I

3rd 1997, 2-4 May, Strausberg: Origins of Intelligence Operations

2nd 1996, 10-12 May, Hamburg: Intelligence in the 20th Century

1st 1995, 12-14 May, Tutzing: Intelligence in Germany during the Cold War

In addition to the annual conferences, in 2011 and 2012, the Network of Junior Researchers in Intelligence History organised four workshops and discussions focussed on connecting junior researchers in the field of intelligence history (see here for more information).