Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon History

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1 September 4-7, 1970 Claremont, California
2 September 3-6, 1971 Santa Barbara, California
3 June 30-July 4, 1972 Long Beach, California
4 August 17-20, 1973 Santa Barbara, California
5 August 23-26, 1974 Claremont, California
The MabinogiCon: Celtic and Welsh Influence in Mythopoeic Literature
6 August 15-18, 1975 Claremont, California
The Fictional Worlds of C.S. Lewis
7 August 13-16, 1976 Sacramento, California
Arthurian Elements in Williams, Lewis, and Tolkien
8 August 26-29, 1977 La Jolla, California
The “Lesser” Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
9 August 11-13, 1978 West Sacramento, California
DeryniCon
10 July 12-15, 1979 San Jose, California
The Silmarillicon
11 July 25-28, 1980 Reno, Nevada
Joy in the Great Dance
12 August 7-10, 1981 Oakland, California
A Festival in Faerie
13 August 13-16, 1982 Orange, California
“Celtic Con”: The Celtic Influence on Fantasy Literature
14 August 12-15, 1983 Claremont, California
Mythic Structures in Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams
15 August 10-13, 1984 Oakland, California
The Wood Between the Worlds
16 July 26-29, 1985 Wheaton, Illinois
A Kinship of Dancers: Interplay in the Lives and Works of Lewis, Tolkien, and Williams
17 August 8-11, 1986 Long Beach, California
The Daughters of Beatrice: Women in Fantasy
18 July 24-27, 1987 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Looking Back From Weathertop: A Fifty Years’ Retrospective on The Hobbit
19 July 29-August 1, 1988 Berkeley, California
Legends for a New Land: Fantasy in America
20 July 28-31, 1989 Vancouver, British Columbia
Mythic Elements in Fantasy
21 August 3-6, 1990 Long Beach, California
Aspects of Love in Fantasy
22 July 26-29, 1991 San Diego, California
The Hero Cycle: Archetypes in Fantasy Literature
23 August 17-24, 1992 Oxford, England
The J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference
24 July 30-August 2, 1993 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Down the Hobbit-hole & Through the Wardrobe: Fantasy in Children’s Literature
25 August 5-8, 1994 Washington, D.C.
The Language of Myth
26 August 4-7, 1995 Berkeley, California
Fairies in the Garden, Monsters at the Mall: Fantasy in the World Around Us
27 July 26-29, 1996 Boulder, Colorado
The Inklings and Nature: Magic in the Mountains, Wonder in the Woods
28 August 8-11,1997 Malibu, California
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Achievement of His Literary Life
29 July 15-20, 1998 Wheaton, Illinois
C.S. Lewis: A Centenary Celebration
30 July 30-August 2, 1999 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bree & Beyond: Exploring the Fantasy Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien and His Fellow Travelers
31 August 18-21, 2000 Volcano, Island of Hawai’i, Hawai’i
Myth and Legend of the Pacific
32 August 3-6, 2001 Berkeley, California
Many Dimensions: Modern Supernatural Fiction
33 July 26-29, 2002 Boulder, Colorado
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare and Fantasy
34 July 25-28, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee
From Athena to Galadriel: The Image of the Wise Woman in Mythopoeic Fiction
35 July 30-August 2, 2004 Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bridges to Other Worlds: Thirty-five Years of Mythopoeic Scholarship
36 August 11-15, 2005 Birmingham, England
50 Years of The Lord of the Rings
37 August 4-7, 2006 Norman, Oklahoma
The Map & The Territory: Maps and Landscapes in Fantasy
38 August 3-6, 2007 Berkeley, California
Becoming Adept: The Journey to Mastery
39 August 15-18, 2008 New Britain, Connecticut
The Valkyrie and the Goddess: The Warrior Woman in Fantasy
40 July 17‐20, 2009 Los Angeles, California
Sailing the Seas of Imagination