The American Portuguese Studies Association hosts a conference every two years. The next conference will be held at Princeton University on October 22–24, 2026. Previous conferences (and their institutional hosts) are listed below:
- 2024: Brown University
- 2022: Brigham Young University
- 2020: Brigham Young University (a few virtual events were sponsored by APSA and BYU; the in-person conference was postponed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2018: University of Michigan
- 2016: Stanford University
- 2014: University of New Mexico
- 2012: University of Iowa
- 2010: Brown University
- 2008: Yale University
- 2006: University of Minnesota
- 2004: University of Maryland
- 2002: University of Massachusetts Amherst
- 2000: University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 1998: Yale University