Christopher Dillon

Christopher Dillon is a Senior Lecturer in Modern German History at King's College London specializing in Bavaria during the Weimar and Nazi periods with particular interest in political culture, gender, and violence.

• Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Department of History
• PhD from Birkbeck, University of London
• Member of AHRC-funded project on pre-war National Socialist concentration camps

Dillon's research focuses on the socio-cultural aspects of historical events, particularly the German Revolution of 1918-19. His work emphasizes 'revolutionary culture and subjectivities' rather than high politics, seeking to historicize the revolution 'from within' as a lived experience. He is currently writing a socio-cultural history of the 1918-19 revolution in Bavaria.

His publications reveal a consistent focus on how ordinary citizens experienced and shaped political transformations. The 2023 edited volume shows his interest in diverse perspectives including 'sailors mobilizing in north German naval bases, women storming town halls in provincial Bavaria,' and 'factory workers savouring the new eight-hour day.'

• Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research (as co-author)
• Significant contributions to understanding revolutionary culture

Dillon maintains active research collaborations with scholars across European institutions. His current work continues to explore how revolutionary movements affected ordinary citizens and transformed social structures during critical historical junctures in German history.