Johnson, Christopher (born 1981 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a cultural historian specializing in the rituals of power and social life under stress. He studied history at the University of St Andrews and earned his PhD from the University of Edinburgh with a dissertation on leisure in wartime Britain. He has taught at King's College London and the University of York, curated archives for the V&A's performance collections, and consults on museum exhibitions about music and memory. His previous book, Under Blackout Skies, examined dance halls and public morale during the Blitz.
