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Christopher Dillon

Dr Christopher Dillon

Senior Lecturer in Modern German History

Research interests

  • History

Biography

Prior to joining the department as a Lecturer in Modern European History in 2012, Christopher Dillon taught at the University of London's Birkbeck, Queen Mary, and Goldsmiths colleges. He studied for his PhD at Birkbeck (awarded in 2011) as part of an AHRC-funded project on the pre-war National Socialist concentration camps, having received his MA from Sussex and his BA from Exeter.

Research interests and PhD supervision

  • Fascism
  • Bavaria
  • Political violence
  • Masculinity
  • Social Psychology

Christopher Dillon's research focuses on modern Germany history, particularly the Weimar and Nazi periods. He was part of the AHRC-funded project "Before the Holocaust: Pre-War Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany" at Birkbeck College, where his doctoral research analysed the significance of Dachau concentration camp as a "school of violence" for the SS. A monograph with Oxford University Press, based on his thesis, is approaching publication. Christopher is now working on a project appraising the Bavarian experience of defeat, revolution, and counter-revolution in 1918/1919.

Christopher welcomes applications for PhD topics related to any of his research interests. 

For more details, please see his full research profile.

    Research

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    The Second World War Research Group

    Second World War Research Group

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    Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War

    The centre promotes the scholarly history of war in all it's dimensions, trains research students and hosts research projects and conferences

    CGTR
    Centre for German Transnational Relations

    The centre examines Germany's changing transnational role in the economic, political and cultural spheres. We study how the recent rise of Germany to a position as a 'reluctant hegemon' shapes European economies as well as the world economy.

    News

    Four Teaching Excellence Awards in the History department

    Members of History Department recognised with a Teaching Excellence Award.

    Graphic of teacher lecturing students.

      Research

      war-1172111_1920
      The Second World War Research Group

      Second World War Research Group

      SMHC newlogo 780x440
      Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War

      The centre promotes the scholarly history of war in all it's dimensions, trains research students and hosts research projects and conferences

      CGTR
      Centre for German Transnational Relations

      The centre examines Germany's changing transnational role in the economic, political and cultural spheres. We study how the recent rise of Germany to a position as a 'reluctant hegemon' shapes European economies as well as the world economy.

      News

      Four Teaching Excellence Awards in the History department

      Members of History Department recognised with a Teaching Excellence Award.

      Graphic of teacher lecturing students.