The Society of Early Americanists (SEA) was founded in 1990 as an interdisciplinary association of scholars who study the literature and culture of America to approximately 1800. The non-profit Society promotes the exchange of ideas and information among its members through a newsletter, which serves as the primary forum for members' concerns, through an electronic bulletin board and a Website, and through conferences and joint research projects. The SEA is also the Early Americanist affiliate of both the American Literature Association and the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.