The series of biennial MOLEC meetings started in 1976, when the first conference was held in Trento. MOLEC 2022, the XXIII edition, will take place in Hamburg, Germany. The previous meetings have been held in:

1. Trento (Italy), 1976.
2. Brandbjerg Hojskole (Denmark), 1978.
3. Oxford (UK), 1980.
4. Nijmegen (The Netherlands), 1982.
5. Jerusalem (Israel), 1984.
6. Aussois (France), 1986.
7. Assisi (Italy), 1988.
8. Bernkastel-Kues (Germany), 1990.
9. Prague (Czech Republic), 1992.
10. Salamanca (Spain), 1994.
11. Nyborg Strand (Denmark), 1996.
12. Bristol (UK), 1998.
13. Jerusalem (Israel), 2000.
14. Istanbul (Turkey), 2002.
15. Nunspeet (The Netherlands), 2004.
16. Trento (Italy), 2006.
17. St. Petersburg (Russia), 2008.
18. Curia (Portugal), 2010.
19. Oxford (UK), 2012.
20. Gothenburg (Sweden), 2014.
21. Toledo (Spain), 2016.
22. Dinard (France), 2018.