Chris Williams (academic)

Chris Williams is a Welsh academic, best known for his work on editing the diaries of Richard Burton.[1] Williams is currently Professor of History and Head of College in Cork, Ireland.

Williams is a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, and obtained his doctorate from Cardiff University before becoming a lecturer there.[2] He subsequently worked at the University of Glamorgan and in 2005 became Professor of Welsh History and Director of the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities at Swansea University. He is a Former Royal Commissioner with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and was Chairman of the Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative.[3] In 2013 he took up his appointment at Cardiff University. He took up his job in Cork in August, 2017.

Williams' edition of the Burton diaries was published by Yale University Press.[4] The diaries were donated to Swansea University by Burton's widow, Sally Burton, in 2006.[5][6]

Works

  • B. L. Coombes (Writers of Wales series) (with William D. Jones; 1999)
  • With Dust Still in His Throat: A B.L.Coombes Anthology (with Bill Jones; 1999)
  • Postcolonial Wales (ed, with Jane Aaron; 2005)
  • Robert Owen and his Legacy (ed., with Noel Thompson; 2011)
  • The Richard Burton Diaries (ed; 2012)
  • The Gwent County History, vol. 4 (ed, with Sian Rhiannon Williams; 2011)
  • The Gwent County History, vol. 5 (ed, with Andy Croll; 2013)

References

  1. ↑ "The Richard Burton Diaries ed by Chris Williams: review", The Telegraph, 28 October 2012. Accessed 10 November 2013
  2. ↑ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. Accessed 10 November 2013
  3. ↑ 2012 Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative. Accessed 10 November 2013
  4. ↑ Yale University Press. Accessed 10 November 2013
  5. ↑ Swansea University School of Arts & Humanities. Accessed 10 November 2013
  6. ↑ "The truth behind the great Richard Burton myth?", Wales Online, 13 Oct 2010. Accessed 10 November 2013
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