Annual Conference

Each year, the AGLSP Annual Conference brings together representatives of the Association’s member programs and students to share ideas and discuss the latest issues in Graduate Liberal Studies. Each conference features paper presentations and panel discussions, as well as invited speakers with scholarly and real-world expertise. Recent themes have included: BiblioTECHa - Reading the Past, Performing the Present, Writing the Future, Unmute Yourself: Voice, Representation, Power, History, Heritage, and Identity, The Commons: Exploring Common Ground in Uncommon Times, and Borders and Migrations; recent venues have included San Antonio, TX, Washington, D.C., and Tempe, AZ.

Perhaps one of the greatest benefits of attending the conference is the opportunity to participate in the Pre-Conference workshop. This day-long workshop focuses on the practical issues of administering GLS programs, including curriculum, marketing to potential students, recruiting faculty, relations with campus administrators, alumni relations, and issues of accreditation. 

PLEASE NOTE: The Pre-Conference Workshop is open to Directors, Administrators, and Faculty only.

Upcoming conferences

2025 - The AGLSP’s 50th anniversary - At the Crossroads: Interdisciplinary Approaches in a Changing World - Memphis, TN - October 9-11

2026 - Date TBD - The conference will be held virtually


Past conferences

2024 - [AI]GLSP: Putting the “I” in AI in the Age of Digital Cultures

Conference held in a virtual format

2023 - #WONDERlust: Interdisciplinary Encounters with Awe

San Diego, California

2022 – BiblioTECHa - Reading the Past, Performing the Present, Writing the Future

San Antonio, Texas

2021 – Unmute Yourself: Voice, Representation, Power

Conference held in a virtual format

2020 – History, Heritage, and Identity

Conference held in a virtual format.

2019 - The Commons: Exploring Common Ground in Uncommon Times

Washington, D.C.

2018 – Borders and Migration

Tempe, Arizona

2017 – Practice and Theory

Due to a variety of circumstances, the 2017 Annual Conference was canceled.

2016 – Tradition and Transformation: Embracing the Future

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2015 – Place Matters

San Jose, California

2014 – Revolutions: Past, Present, and Future

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2013 – Urban Gateways: Immigration and the Global City

Chicago, Illinois

2012 – The Crisis of the Book: Worlds of Opportunity, Worlds of Change

Portland, Oregon

Please click HERE to view AGLSP Conference information prior to 2012.