Chris Williams (academic)

For other people named Chris Williams, see Chris Williams (disambiguation).

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 the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University.[2]

Williams is a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, and obtained his doctorate from Cardiff University before becoming a lecturer there.[3] 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 Royal Commissioner with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and is Chairman of the Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative.[4] In 2013 he took up his present appointment at Cardiff University.

Williams' edition of the Burton diaries was published by Yale University Press.[5] The diaries were donated to Swansea University by Burton's widow, Sally Burton, in 2006.[6][7]

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