SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA – MAY 30TH 2025
“Maritime Pasts and Presents from a Humanities Perspective“
Place: 14F, Anyang University HK+ Project 311, Anyang-ro, Manan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Time: 9:00 a.m.
On May 30, 2025, the Seoul Maritime Forum was held at Anyang University in South Korea, hosted with the support of the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea. The forum offered a rich interdisciplinary dialogue exploring the cultural, historical, and legal dimensions of the maritime world.
The conference delved into the multifaceted role of the sea in shaping human history—from traditional trade networks and transoceanic encounters to the evolving legal frameworks and geopolitical tensions of maritime space. Presentations covered a wide temporal and geographic scope. Central to the forum was the idea that the maritime realm is not merely an economic or logistic domain, but a cultural and symbolic space through which identities, beliefs, and knowledge systems have been transported, contested, and reinvented. The sea was examined as both a historical actor and a contemporary stage where globalization, ecological change, and technological transformation intersect.
The speakers included: