Chris Williams (academic)


Chris Williams is a Welsh academic, best known for his work on editing the diaries of Richard Burton. 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. 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. 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. The diaries were donated to Swansea University by Burton's widow, Sally Burton, in 2006.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, University College Cork are facing tasks like social distancing. As soon as Leo Varadkar announced the restrictions in Ireland, UCC was closed. The senior management team at UCC have been regularly interacting through online video calls. The problems that they face are mostly financial, however they also need to find a solution to the leaving certificate situation in Ireland.

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