Leos Müller
Contact
Name and title: Leos Müller
ORCID0000-0001-5779-7688 Länk till annan webbplats.
Workplace: Department of History Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Room D 944
Postal address Historiska institutionen106 91 Stockholm
About me
I am Professor of History, Maritime History and Director of the Centre for Maritime Studies,
I have being studying Sweden's place in global history during the early modern period and I became interested in global history as a new international field of history research.
I have published about Sweden's foreign trade, shipping and the East India Company. Most recently, I have been interested in the long history of neutrality and its role in the development of international law, from the early modern period to the present day. The results of this research are books Neutrality in World History (2019) and 200 Years of Peace, written and edited together with Nevra Biltekin & Magnus Petersson (2022).
In another project (2019-2023) I have studied Sweden's and Denmark's neutral shipping through British prize cases in the archival collection called Prize Papers. From 2021, I lead a big interdisciplinary research program on the Swedish sailing fleet, c. 1450-1850, funded by the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. The program is a collaboration between Stockholm University, the State Maritime and Transport History Museums, and the Finnish Heritage Agency.
Research Areas:
- Maritime history
- Global history
- Economic and diplomatic history
- 18th-century studies
Ongoing research:
In my ongoing research I study Swedish shipping and trade in the 18th century. In the focus is the complicated relationship between foreign policy and economic development. Sweden was neutral in many 18th-century conflicts and Swedish shipping and trade prospered. As the director of the Centre for Maritime Studies I stay for an open understanding of maritime history, from 16th-century naval warfare to the present container revolution. I am one of editors of the new textbook on Sweden’ maritime history Sjövägen till Sverige. Från 1500-talet till våra dagar (Seaway to Sweden. From the 16th Century to Present, 2016). I am also deeply interested in the field of global history.