Each spring, the engaging and sociable SEA conference focuses on a single theme, with opportunities to present on additional topics at the conference’s poster session. The SEA conference has a long tradition of providing scholars considerable support to papers in development. The conference’s small size – with just one, or at most two, speakers in any given time slot – means presentations receive considerable attention. Attendees follow a single conversation over the course of three days, with a culminating, open discussion that never fails to inspire. For junior scholars and practitioners, especially, the meetings are a welcoming place that offers formal mentoring activities and lots of opportunity for informal connecting.
Papers presented at the meetings are eligible for publication in a special, peer-reviewed, issue of Economic Anthropology organized around the conference theme.
Follow the links below to learn about past meetings, their themes, and conference programs.
- 2024 SEA 44th Annual Meeting
- 2023 SEA 43rd Annual Meeting
- Past meetings
- 2022 SEA 42nd Annual Meeting
- 2021 SEA 41st Annual Meeting
- 2020 SEA Virtual Annual Meeting
- 2019 SEA Annual Meeting
- 2018 SEA Annual Meeting
- 2017 SEA Annual meeting
- 2016 SEA Annual Meeting
- 2015 SEA Annual Meeting
- 2014 Annual meeting
- 2013 SEA Annual Meeting
- 2012 SEA Annual Meeting
- 2011 Meeting Abstracts
- 2010 Meeting Abstracts