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.
2025, 26-28 September, Tutzing, Germany: Power & Peril: Potentials and Limits of Intelligence
2024, 14-16 October, Warsaw, Poland: joint IIHA and Need to Know: Intelligence in Central and Eastern Europe (Intermarium) and the Soviet (Russian) Factor
2023, 17-19 October, Graz, Austria: joint IIHA and Need to Know: Intelligence and Security in border regions
2022,1-3 July, Tutzing, Germany: Communicating Secret Intelligence
2021, 19 June, Tutzing, Germany: online due to COVID: Human Intelligence: People, History, Organizations and Consequences
2019, 10-12 May, 2019, Berlin: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and International Relations
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
2017, 30 March-1 April, 2017, Washington D.C.: Creating and Challenging the Transatlantic Intelligence Community
2016, 15-17 April, 2016, Dresden: Military Intelligence
2015, 8-10 May, 2015, Zagreb: Intelligence and Technology
2014, 2-4 May, 2014, Tutzing: Intelligence, Democracy, Transparency
2013, 21-23 June, Athens: Intelligence in the Mediterranean and the Balkans
2012, 1-3 June, Paris: Intelligence Services of the European Powers
2011, 17-19 June, Marburg: German Intelligence History from Bismarck to the Present
2010, 23-25 April, Tutzing: Intelligence and Society
2009, 18-19 October, Tel Aviv: Intelligence & Democracies in Conflict and Peace
2008, 17-19 October, Hamburg: Intelligence and Dictatorships
2007, 20-22 April, Weimar: Intelligence Clash: East vs. West During the Cold War
2006, 7-9 April, Tutzing: Fifty Years of Bundesnachrichtendienst, 1956-2006: The BND in Its Historical Context
2005, 17-19 June, Amsterdam, Joint IIHA-NISA Conference: German-Dutch Relations in the 20th Century. An International Intelligence Perspective
2004, 4-6 June, Graz: The Eastern Dimension. Major Intelligence Issues in Central and Southeastern Europe since 1900
2003, July 11-13, Wittenberg: Intelligence and Political Enemies – Intelligence and Terrorism in the 20th Century
2002, 31 May – 2 June, Strausberg: Transatlantic Intelligence Cooperation: Past and Future
2001, 8-10 June, Hamburg: Intelligence – The Human Element
2000, 23-25 June, Paderborn: Intelligence Process and Information Technologies in Historical Perspective
1999, 18-20 June, Tutzing: Germany and Intelligence Organizations: The Last Fifty Years in Review
1998, 24-26 April, Tutzing: Intelligence Services and the Significance of Espionage in World War I
1997, 2-4 May, Strausberg: Origins of Intelligence Operations
1996, 10-12 May, Hamburg: Intelligence in the 20th Century
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 link for more information).