On May 9th, the Academic Meeting “Borders, Slavery, and Identities: An Overview” took place, aiming to initiate a line of research into the ancient history of the Korean Peninsula in Spain. It focuses on borders as integral elements of ethnogenesis processes in the region, as well as on transition and domination processes related to them, such as slavery.

This line of work is approached from a perspective of the Korean Peninsula in the world, not as an isolated area or a unique phenomenon, but as part of world history and therefore resulting from regional and long-distance interactions, comparable to phenomena in other regions, such as the Mediterranean.

This dialogue questioned fundamental questions of historiographical research regarding aspects such as periodization, the organization of historical regions and their transformation, as well as the foundations for comparative history, and historical research from the perspective of world history.