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 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]
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. 5 (ed, with Andy Croll; 2013)
References
- ↑ "The Richard Burton Diaries ed by Chris Williams: review", The Telegraph, 28 October 2012. Accessed 10 November 2013
- ↑ Cardiff University: Cardiff School of History, Archaeology and Religion. Accessed 10 November 2013
- ↑ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. Accessed 10 November 2013
- ↑ 2012 Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative. Accessed 10 November 2013
- ↑ Yale University Press. Accessed 10 November 2013
- ↑ Swansea University School of Arts & Humanities. Accessed 10 November 2013
- ↑ "The truth behind the great Richard Burton myth?", Wales Online, 13 Oct 2010. Accessed 10 November 2013