Past Conferences
| Year | Annual | Conference location | Date | Symposium theme |
| 2011 | 61st | Hokkaido University of Education Sapporo | 22-23,Oct. | Examining What Social Studies will be for the Future. |
| 2010 | 60th | University of Tsukuba | 13-14,Nov. | What Social Studies can Do to Build a Sustainable Society |
| 2009 | 59th | Kagawa University | 22-23,Nov. | Examining the Competency of Social Studies Teachers |
| 2008 | 58th | Shiga University | 11-12,Oct. | Examining Social Studies in the Present Day |
| 2007 | 57th | Saitama University | 7-8,Oct. | Reexamining the Values and Possibilities of Social Studies Education |
| 2006 | 56th | Akita University | 14-15,Oct. | Utilizing Media and Developing Media Literacy |
| 2005 | 55th | Nihon University | 9-10,Oct. | Civil Society in the 21st Century and Social Studies Education |
| 2004 | 54th | Aichi University College of Education | 6-7, Nov. | Teachers and the Globalized Local Community, Nation, and World |
| 2003 | 53rd | Gunma University | 11-12, Oct. | Social Studies Education and “Publicness” in the New Era |
| 2002 | 52nd | Chiba University | 26-27, Oct. | Social Studies Learning and Children’s “Participation” in the Local Community |
| 2001 | 51st | Joetsu University College of Education | 22-23, Oct. | Social Studies Education in the Multicultural Coexistence Era |
| 2000 | 50th | University of Tsukuba | 14-15, Oct. | What Citizenship Should Educators Foster for 21st Century? |
| 1999 | 49th | Yokohama National University | 9-10, Oct. | Curriculum Reform and Social Studies for the Future |
| 1998 | 48th | Hiroshima University | 10-11, Oct. | The Succession and Innovation of Social Studies Lesson Theory |
| 1997 | 47th | Miyagi University of Education | 27-28, Sep. | In the 50 Years since the End of World War II ? To Examine New Conceptions for 21st Century Social Studies Education |
| 1996 | 46th | Ibaraki University | 28-29, Sep. | Considering How Japan and Korea should Understand Each Other |
| 1995 | 45th | Niigata University | 14-15, Oct. | Ways to Help Students Learn about War and Peace, and Oppression and Coexistence |
| 1994 | 44th | Kyoto University of Education | 8-9, Oct. | The Research of New Social Studies Education Required for 21st Century |
| 1993 | 43rd | Tokyo Gakugei University | 22-24, Oct. | Examining the Possibility of “Social Studies” in Unified Elementary and Secondary School Programs |
| 1992 | 42nd | Aichi University of Education | 26-27, Sep. | How to Create Social Studies Education in the Global Age |
| 1991 | 41st | Shinshu University | 12-13, Oct. | How to Tackle New Practical Issues in Social Studies Education |
| 1990 | 40th | University of Tsukuba | 27-29, Oct. | What is Expected of Social Studies Education |
| 1989 | 39th | Joetsu University of Education | 20-22, Aug. | Social Studies Education to Enrich Children’s International Understanding |
| 1988 | 38th | Fukushima University | 6-7, Oct. | The Generality and Consistency of Social Recognition |
| 1987 | 37th | Iwate University | 17, Oct. | The Achievements and Future Vision of Four Decades of Social Studies Education |
| 1986 | 36th | Ibaraki University / Tokiwa University | 25-27, Oct. | The Problems of Social Studies Education in Lifelong Education |
| 1985 | 35th | Chiba University | 5-6, Oct. | Human Development and Local Community in Internationalized Society |
| 1984 | 34th | Niigata University | 27-29, Aug. | Examining the Nowaday Significance of Social Studies Practices in the Early Postwar Period |
| 1983 | 33rd | Shizuoka University | 8-10, Oct. | Asia and Japan |
| 1982 | 32nd | Nagasaki University | 30, Jul.-1, Aug. | The Local Community, Japan, and World in Social Studies |
| 1981 | 31st | Kanazawa University | 8-9, Oct. | What the Present Conditions of Children and Youth Inquire to Social Studies |
| 1980 | 30th | University of Tsukuba / Ibaraki University | 28-30, Nov. | The Achievements of Three Decades of Japanese Association for the Social Studies and Problems of Social Studies Education |
| 1979 | 29th | Akita University | 5-7, Oct. | The Theoretical and Practical Examination of Educational Guidance for Social Studies in the Revised Course of Study |
| 1978 | 28th | Yokohama National University | 9-10, Sep. | How to Treat “Local Community” in Social Studies Education |
| 1977 | 27th | Tokyo Gakugei University | 1-2, Oct. | Fundamentally Examining Revised Social Studies |
| 1976 | 26th | Hiroshima University | 13-14, Nov. | The Examination of Integration Principles in Social Studies |
| 1975 | 25th | Tokyo University of Education | 26-27, Aug. | The Examination of Careful Selection Principles of Educational Materials |
| 1974 | 24th | Saga University | 7-9, Aug. | A Retrospective Look and the Future Vision of Social Studies Education |
| 1973 | 23rd | Mie University | 23-24, Aug. | The Problems in Modern Society and Social Studies Education |
| 1972 | 22nd | Niigata University | 19-21, Aug. | The Present Conditions and Future Problems of Social Studies Education |
| 1971 | 21st | Ibaraki University | 22-24, Aug. | About the Nurturing of Social Recognition Ability |
| 1970 | 20th | Nagasaki University | 22-23, Aug. | The Problems and Improvement Plan in Social Studies Education Assessment |
| 1969 | 19th | Kobe University | 28-30, Aug. | The Future Problems of Social Studies Education Research |
| 1968 | 18th | Elementary School attached to Utsunomiya University | 22-24, Aug. | Social Studies in the Revised Course of Study |
| 1967 | 17th | Shimane University | 27-29, Aug. | The Future of Social Studies Education |
| 1966 | 16th | Wakagiri, Elementary School attached to Tokyo University of Education | 2-4, Aug. | The Problems of Social Studies Education Curriculum |
| 1965 | 15th | University of Tokushima | 28-30, Oct. | The Academic Positioning of Social Studies Education |
| 1964 | 14th | Elementary and junior high school attached to Gunma University | 19-21, Nov. | The Problems Related to Structurization of Social Studies Learning |
| 1963 | 13th | Sapporo Branch School, Hokkaido Gakugei University | 9-10, Aug. | The Examinations of Theories and Practical Researches in Social Studies Education |
| 1962 | 12th | Tokyo University of Education | 25-26, May | The Domain and Methodologies of Social Studies Education Research |
| 1961 | 11th | Junior High School attached to Saitama University | 10-11, Jun. | How to Utilize the Characteristics of the Local Community in Social Studies Education |
| 1960 | 10th | Fukuoka Gakugei University | 9-10, Sep. | Basic Academic Ability of Elementary Social Studies which Develops to Junior High School |
| 1959 | 9th | Setagaya Branch School, Tokyo Gakugei University | 5-6, Jun. | How to Deal with Geographic Education in Social Studies Systematic ways of History Education in Social Studies |
| 1958 | 8th | Tohoku University | 31, May-1, Jun. | How to Utilize the Materials from the Local Community in Social Studies Learning |
| 1957 | 7th | Tokyo University of Education | 1-2, Jun. | The Debates about Moral Education |
| 1956 | 6th | Aichi Gakugei University | 2-4, Jun. | |
| 1955 | 5th | Tokyo University of Education | 27-28, Apr. | |
| 1954 | 4th | Hiroshima University | 30, Apr.-1, May | |
| 1953 | 3rd | Tokyo Gakugei University | 18-20, Jun. | The Contents of Social Studies Education in Unified Elementary and Secondary School Programs |
| 1952 | 2nd | Tennoji Branch School, Osaka Gakugei University | 24-25, Oct. | |
| 1951 | 1st | Tokyo University of Education | 16, Feb. |