Previous conferences
Since 1996 RaAM conferences have been held almost every second year. From 2020 onwards, a RaAM conference will be held each year. RaAM conferences took place in the following years and at the following locations:
| 2021 | Raam14, Vilnius, Lithuania (virtual) |
| 2020 | Raam13, Hamar, Norway (virtual) |
| 2018 | Raam12, Hong Kong |
| 2016 | Raam11, Berlin, Germany |
| 2014 | RaAM10, Cagliari, Italy |
| 2012 | RaAM9, Lancaster, UK |
| 2010 | RaAM8, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2008 | RaAM7, Cáceres, Spain |
| 2006 | RaAM6, Leeds, UK |
| 2003 | RaAM5, Paris, France |
| 2001 | RaAM4, Manouba, Tunisia |
| 1999 | RaAM3, Tilburg, The Netherlands |
| 1997 | RaAM2, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1996 | RaAM1, York, UK |
Previous specialised seminars
Between 2007 and 2019, every odd year has seen a RaAM specialised seminar. These were meetings in the form of workshops, symposia, or mini-conferences, gathering between 50 and 100 participants. The seminars usually lasted for two days and may be attached to a larger event.
| 2019 | Metaphor studies at the intersection of multiple disciplines, Liège, Belgium |
| 2017 | Ecological Cognition and Metaphor, Odense, Denmark |
| 2015 | Metaphors in/and/of translation, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| 2013 | Metaphor, metonymy & emotions, Poznan, Poland |
| 2011 | Metaphor across Time and Genre, Almagro, Spain |
| 2009 | Metaphor, metonymy & multimodality, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2007 | Issues in Researching Metaphor in Discourse , Ciudad Real, Spain |