Deaf History International (DHI) Bibliography
Updated March 26, 2026
Deaf History International (DHI) Bibliography
Updated March 26, 2026
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First International Conference on Deaf History
Washington, D.C., USA
June 20 to 23, 1991
Publication
Cleve, John V. Van, ed. Deaf History Unveiled: Interpretations from the New Scholarship. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 1993. https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/D/Deaf-History-Unveiled.
Publication Reviews
Berkowitz, Edward D. Review of Deaf History Unveiled: Interpretations from the New Scholarship, ed. by John Vickrey Van Cleve. Journal of Social History 28, no. 3 (Spring 1995): 687–88. https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/28.3.687.
Longmore, Paul K. Review of Deaf History Unveiled: Interpretations from the New Scholarship, ed. by John Vickery Van Cleve. Gallaudet Today 24, no. 2 (Winter 1993-94): 30–31. https://ida.gallaudet.edu/gallaudet-today/97/.
Schein, Jerome D. “Book Review of Deaf History Unveiled, Edited by John V. Van Cleve.” Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 32, no. 1 (February 1995): 88.
Zenderland, Leila. Review of DEAF HISTORY UNVEILED: Interpretations from the New Scholarship, ed. by John Vickrey Van Cleve. American Studies 38, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 178–80. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40642878.
Videos
Abbott, Nancy L, and Tricia Leaky. Deaf History Selected Topics. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System), 75 min.
Adler, Edna P., and Sharon Carter. Deaf History Education and Rehabilitation. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System).
Barral, Christian, Renate Fischer, and Anne T. Quartararo. French Beginnings. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System).
Baynton, Douglas C, and Robert Buchanan. American Sign Language in the 19th Century. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System), 85 min.
Carbin, Clifton F. Canadian Deaf Heritage. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) and VHS (Video Home System), 60 min. http://store.signmedia.com/1824.html.
Dick, Janet, and Michael Reis. American Schools and the Depression Years. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System), 81 min.
Fischer, Lance J., and Thomas Jones. History Sources. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System).
Gannon, Jack R. The Impacted of Deaf History on Our Lives. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) and VHS (Video Home System), 37 min. http://store.signmedia.com/1825.html.
Jackson, Peter W. British Deaf Heritage. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) and VHS (Video Home System), 75 min. http://store.signmedia.com/1826.html.
Karacostas, Alexis, and Bernard Mottez. The French Deaf Movement. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System).
Lane, Harlan L. Medicalization of Cultural Deafness in Historical Perspective. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) and VHS (Video Home System), 80 min. http://store.signmedia.com/1823.html.
List, Gunter, John Hay, and Barry White. Deaf History Theory and Applications. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System).
McCagg, William O. East Europe and Deafness History of the First Hungarian School for Deaf Children of Jewish Descent from 1817-1836. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System).
Plann, Susan, and Miguel Albarran. Spanish Heritage. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System).
Teuber, Hartmut, and Elena Radutzky. Deaf History Germany & Italy. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System).
Truffaut, Bernard. The French Deaf Heritage. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) and VHS (Video Home System), 70 min. http://store.signmedia.com/1822.html.
Valentine, Phyllis Klein, and Margret A. Winzer. T. H. Gallaudet and A. G. Bell. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System), 75 min.
Williams, Howard G, and Igor A. Abramov. Russian Deaf Heritage. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System).
Young, Virginia, and Constantina Mitchell. The Church and Deaf Missions. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media Inc., 1992. VHS (Video Home System).
Second International Conference on Deaf History
Hamburg, Germany
October 1 to 4, 1994
Themes: Deaf Persons, Deaf Communities, Sign Languages, Deaf History as a Discipline, and Deaf Education
Publication
Fischer, Renate, and Tomas Vollhaber, eds. Collage: Works on International Deaf History. Vol. 33. International Studies on Sign Language and Communication of the Deaf. Hamburg: Signum, 1996. http://www.signum-verlag.de/BTitel/3-927731-59-5.html.
Conference Reviews
“2nd International Conference on Deaf History--Hamburg.” Deaf History International [Newsletter] 3, no. 1 [no.3] (Spring/Summer 1997): 1, 7.
“Benefits of an International Conference on Deaf History.” Deaf History International [Newsletter] 3, no. 1 [no. 3] (Spring/Summer 1997): 3–6.
Third International Conference on Deaf History
Trondheim, Norway
September 10 to 14, 1997
No Publication
Conference Review
Strassler, Barry. “Impressions from the 3rd International Conference on Deaf History.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 4 (January-June 1998): 3–4.
Fourth International Conference on Deaf History
Washington, D.C., USA
June 27 to 30, 2000
"Researching, Preserving, and Teaching Deaf People's History"
No Publication
Conference Review
Schuchman, John S. “Deaf History International, A Comparative View.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 9 (Fall 2000): 6.
Fifth International Conference on Deaf History
Paris, France
June 30 to July 4, 2003
"Deaf History: Past Accomplishments and Future Visions"
No Publication
Conference Reviews
Parsons, Frances M. “5th DHI-2003 in Gay Paree.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 16 (Fall 2003): 11–12.
Zaurov, Mark. “My View of DHI-Paris 2003.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 17 (Winter 2003): 11.
Sixth Deaf History International Conference
Berlin, Germany
July 31 to August 4, 2006
Publication
Zaurov, Mark, and Klaus-B. Günther, eds. Overcoming the Past, Determining Its Consequences and Finding Solutions for the Present: A Contribution for Deaf Studies and Sign Language Education. Seedorf, Germany: Signum-Verl, 2009. http://www.signum-verlag.de/BTitel/978-3-936675-28-3.html.
Publication Reviews
Murray, Joseph J. “Insights into Deaf History.” Review of Overcoming the Past, Determining Its Consequences and Finding Solutions for the Present: A Contribution for Deaf Studies and Sign Language Education, ed. by Mark Zaurov and Klaus-B. Günther. Sign Language Studies 14, no. 1 (Fall 2013): 125–29. https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2013.0020.
Stein, Leon. “Overcoming The Past, Determining Its Consequences and Finding Solutions for the Present: A Contribution for Deaf Studies and Sign Language Education, Edited by Mark Zaurov and Klaus-B. Günther (Seedorf: Signum Verlag, 2009), Xvii + 325 Pp. Paperback €40.00.” Holocaust and Genocide Studies 26, no. 2 (Fall 2012): 318–20. https://doi.org/10.1093/hgs/dcs045.
Conference Reviews
Bragg, Lois. “The 6th Deaf History International Conference.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 27 (Summer 2006): 4–6.
Vogel, Helmut. “Deaf History International Conference in Berlin.” Deaf History International Newsletter, nos. 28 and 29 (Fall/Winter 2006): 4–5.
Seventh Deaf History International Conference
Stockholm, Sweden
August 4 to 8, 2009
"No History, No Future"
Publication
Hedberg, Tomas, ed. No History, No Future: Proceedings of the 7th DHI International Conference, Stockholm 2009. Örebro, Sweden: Swedish Deaf History Society, 2011.
Videos
KuGG - Kultur und Geschichte Gehöerloser e.V. “Bericht Vom Deaf History International Kongress." ["Report from the Deaf History International Congress."] 2009. http://archiv.kugg.de/history/history.htm#DHI09.
Ahonen, Outi, and Ulla-Maija Haapanen. Die Entwicklung Der Identitäten von Gehörlosen Kindern Und Jugendlichen Vor Und Während Der Kriegszeit in Finnland. [The Development of the Identities of Deaf Children and Adolescents Before and During the War in Finland.] 2009. http://archiv.kugg.de/history/video_dhi-09_06.htm.
Andersson, Yerker. Status, Definition Und Beitrag von Studien Zur Gehörlosen-Geschichte. [Status, Definition and Contribution of Studies on Deaf History.] 2009. http://archiv.kugg.de/history/video_dhi-09_07.htm.
Belozovsky, Arkady. Ein Blick Auf Die Situation Gehörloser Einwanderer Aus Der Perspektive Gehörloser: Vergangenheit, Gegenwart Und Zukunft. [A Look at the Situation of Deaf Immigrants from a Deaf Perspective: Past, Present, and Future.] 2009. http://archiv.kugg.de/history/video_dhi-09_10.htm.
Kurzfilm Über DHI-Kongress. [Short film about the DHI Congress.] 2009. http://archiv.kugg.de/history/video_dhi-09_01.htm.
Muhs, Jochen. Eduard Fürstenberg - Eine Vergessene Große Taube Persönlichkeit. [A Forgotten Great Pigeon Personality.] 2009. http://archiv.kugg.de/history/video_dhi-09_03.htm.
Nielsen, Jörgen. Kindheit Und Geschichten Über Die Gemeinde Des Clerk Carl Beckers Aus Dänemark. [Childhood and Stories about the Community of Clerk Carl Becker from Denmark.] 2009. http://archiv.kugg.de/history/video_dhi-09_05.htm.
Quartararo, Anne T. Verhandlungen Oder Konfrontation: Der Internationale Pariser Kongress von 1900 Und Die Frage Nach Den Rechten Der Gehörlosen. [Negotiation or Confrontation: The International Paris Congress of 1900 and the Question of Deaf Rights.] 2009. http://archiv.kugg.de/history/video_dhi-09_09.htm.
Smith, Adonia, and E. Lynn Jacobowitz. Ohne Gehörlosen-Geschichte Keine Guten Zukunftsaussichten Für Gehörlose Lernende. [Without a Deaf History, There Are No Good Futures for Deaf Learners.] 2009. http://archiv.kugg.de/history/video_dhi-09_02.htm.
Toura, Outi, and Anu Savolainen. Interview Über Vortrag “Diskursiver Wandel Im Schreiben Gehörloser Lehrer von 1892 Bis 2005.” [Interview about the lecture “Discursive Change in the Writing of Deaf Teachers from 1892 to 2005.”] 2009. http://archiv.kugg.de/history/video_dhi-09_04.htm.
Zaurov, Mark. Interview Mit Mark Zaurov, Hamburg, Über Sein Vortrag “Postkoloniale Theorien in Deaf History Am Beispiel Der Doppelten Kulturellen Minderheit Der Gehörlosen Juden.” [Interview with Mark Zaurov, Hamburg, about his lecture “Postcolonial Theories in Deaf History: The Example of the Double Cultural Minority of Deaf Jews.”] 2009. http://archiv.kugg.de/history/video_dhi-09_08.htm.
Conference Reviews
Andersson, Yerker. “The First (1991) and Seventh (2009) DHI Conferences.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 40 (Fall 2009): 9.
Carty, Breda. “Review of the 7th DHI Conference.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 40 (Fall 2009): 4–5.
Jacobowitz, E. Lynn, and Adonia K. Smith. “Our Eyes and Minds at the 2009 DHI Conference in Sweden.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 39 (Summer 2009): 6–7.
Tijsseling, Corrie. “New Perspectives in Researching Deaf History.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 39 (Summer 2009): 8.
Eighth Deaf History International Conference
Toronto, Canada
July 24 to 29, 2012
"Telling Deaf Lives: Biographies and Autobiographies"
Publication
Snoddon, Kristin, ed. Telling Deaf Lives: Agents of Change. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2014. https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/T/Telling-Deaf-Lives.
Publication Review
Robinson, Octavian. Review of Telling Deaf Lives: Agents of Change, ed. by Kristin Snoddon. CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 53, no. 3 (November 2015): 462.
Conference Review
Lang, Harry G. “8th Deaf History International Conference in Toronto: The Essence of Deaf History.” Deaf History International Newsletter, nos. 48 and 49 (Summer/Fall 2012): 5–6, 8–9.
Ninth Deaf History International Conference
Edinburgh, Scotland
July 14 to 18, 2015
"Deaf Sporting Heritage"
Hay, Gordon, and Tomas Gerrard, eds. Deaf Sporting Heritage. Winsford, England: British Deaf History Society Publications, 2025. https://www.bdhs.org.uk/product/deaf-sporting-heritage/.
Conference Review
Hay, John A. “Deaf History International 2015: Conference Report.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 56 (March 2016): 6–8.
Tenth Deaf History International Conference
Sydney, Australia
July 17 to 21, 2018
"Colonialism in Deaf History"
Forthcoming Publication
Conference Review
Carty, Breda. “Conference Review.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 62 (July 2019).
Eleventh Deaf History International Conference
Ljubljana, Slovenia and Zagreb, Croatia
August 7 to 13, 2022
"Deaf People in the Shadow of the Breaks and Ruptures of the 20th Century: 1917-2000"
Forthcoming Publication
Conference Reviews
Eickman, Jordan. “Secretary-Treasurer’s Column.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 69 (October 2023).
Greenwald, Brian H. “President’s Column.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 69 (October 2023).
Johnston, Brian. “11th Deaf History International Conference 2022.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 69 (October 2023).
Twelfth Deaf History International Conference
Ghent, Belgium
August 6 to 10, 2025
"Deaf Youth in History"
Forthcoming Publication
Conference Review
Peruzzi, Meredith. “Deaf History International Conference 2025 - Ghent, Belgium.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 75 (October 2025).
“Birth of Deaf History International.” Deaf History International Newsletter 1, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 1993): 1.
Carbin, Clifton F. “A Short Account of the Origins of Deaf History International.” Deaf History International Newsletter, no. 39 (Summer 2009): 4–5.
Fischer, Renate, and Harlan Lane, eds. Looking Back: A Reader on the History of Deaf Communities and Their Sign Languages. Vol. 20. International Studies on Sign Language and Communication of the Deaf. Hamburg: Signum-Verl, 1993. http://www.signum-verlag.de/BTitel/3-927731-32-3.html
“International Deaf History Event Provides New Look at Deaf Community.” On The Green 21, no. 34 (July 1, 1991): 1. https://ida.gallaudet.edu/onthegreen_1991-2000/24/.
Smits, Ausma. “International Deaf History Conference: What’s Next?” In Deaf Studies: What’s Up? Conference Proceedings, October 24-25, 1991, edited by Juanita Cebe. Gallaudet University College for Continuing Education, 1992.