Birgit Tremml-Werner

Birgit Tremml-Werner is a researcher and lecturer in Global History at Linnaeus University, Sweden, where she contributes to the Master Programme in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies. Her work focuses on diplomatic practices in early modern Southeast Asia, recentering agency of local polities in global interactions. She holds a PhD from the University of Vienna and has held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Tokyo and University of Zurich.

• Educations: Mag. phil. and Dr. phil. (History & Japanese Studies), University of Vienna
• Key Projects: H2020 MSCA EcoDip SEA (2020–2023), co-founder of the Global Diplomacy Network
• Teaching: Global history methodologies, pre-modern economic history, Japanese diplomatic history

Her research challenges Eurocentric narratives by analyzing negotiations in maritime Southeast Asia (17th–18th centuries). Notable works include Spain, China, and Japan in Manila (2015) and co-edited volumes on global diplomacy.

Recent publications highlight treaty-making processes in Sulu Sultanate and re-evaluate archival biases in diplomatic historiography.