Henry Y. Zhao, founding president
Xiaomei Chen
1990, Duke University--president Kang Liu
1992, UCLA--president Sheldon Lu
1993, Indiana University (joint conference with ACLA)
1994, Princeton University--president Yingjin Zhang [In memoriam: Zhang Yingjin]
1996, University of Georgia--president Gloria Shen
1997, Puerto Valleta, Mexico (joint conference with ACLA)
1998, University of Texas, Austin (joint conference with ACLA)
1999, University of Vienna & University of Salzburg, Austria--president Yvonne Chang
2001, Fudan University--president Michelle Yeh
2003, SOAS--president Michel Hockx
2005, Nanjing University--president Nanxiu Qian
2007, Sichuan University--president Yomi Braester
2009, Tsinghua University--president Charles Laughlin
2012, Academia Sinica, Taiwan--president Christopher Lupke
2015, Fudan University--president Shengqing Wu
2017, Chinese University of Hong Kong--president Carlos Rojas
2019, Hunan Normal University--president Daniel Fried
​2022, National Taiwan University--president Nicolai Volland
2024, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology--president Mingwei Song