Dr Christopher
Dillon
My research focuses on Weimar and Nazi Germany. I analyse power, culture, gender and authority in democracy and dictatorship.
Senior Lecturer in Modern German History at King’s College London.
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Co-host with Katja Hoyer of the German history podcast 'Reichs and Republics' 01 / About
My research explores political culture, gender and violence in modern Germany, with a particular focus on the Weimar and Nazi periods.
I am interested in how people experienced political upheaval and helped shape its outcome. My work on the German Revolution of 1918–19 places ordinary citizens, local conflicts and the possibilities of democracy at the centre of the story.
King’s College London profile ↗02 / Selected work
Books & writing
The Weimar Republic: A Democracy ↗
A new history of Germany’s first democracy, its political cultures and its legacies.
Living the German Revolution, 1918–19 ↗
Essays on the expectations, experiences and responses of people living through revolution.
The German Revolution of 1918/19 ↗
In The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic.
Dachau and the SS: A Schooling in Violence ↗
A study of the early Dachau SS and the formation of its culture of violence.
For a fuller list of publications, visit my research profile.