We are happy to announce that the 12th Annual Conference of the International Association for Comparative Mythology is to be held at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan on June 01-04, 2018. All members are warmly invited to give a paper and to participate in the discussions.

This year we have the following topics:

1. Myths of the Earth and Humankind: Ecology and the End of the World (Including eschatological myths; traditional concepts of the end of times; mythology related to climate and natural disaster; humanity and the Earth, etc.).

2. A “free topic”, i.e., any other topic you would like to propose/choose will be considered.

For more information, please see the call for papers.