Chair, Assistant Professor

E-Mail: daniel.johnson@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (312) 290 1646
Office: G-119

Full CV

Daniel Johnson is a historian of early America and the early modern Atlantic world. He received his Ph.D. in History from Binghamton University-SUNY in 2011.

Dr. Johnson’s research explores the relationship between social change and cultural formation in the Atlantic world between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. He is particularly interested in the various ways ordinary people experienced and shaped the English colonial project in the Americas. Johnson’s first book, Making the Early Modern Metropolis: Culture and Power in Pre-Revolutionary Philadelphia (UVA, 2022), examines power struggles in early Philadelphia within a broader context of urban transformation beginning in late medieval Europe and extending to the Americas. Johnson’s academic articles have appeared in the journals Social History, Early American Studies, Cultural and Social History, Pennsylvania History, and Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies. He has also written many essays and reviews for non-academic publications, and is a frequent contributor to Against the Current and New Politics. Dr. Johnson teaches introductory courses in American history and literature as well as electives in early modern Atlantic history, social movements in the U.S., and gothic literature and film.

In addition to working on two new book projects, Dan enjoys spending time with his family, making music, and hanging out with his cats.