PhD student appointed at Universidad Iberoamericana (IBERO)

Mireia (Mia) Vidal i Quintero is a PhD student with us at the School of Divinity who has currently finished her studies with us in New Testament and Christian Origins. She started at New College back in 2018, where she began working on her thesis 'The Empty Tomb Tradition. Its Origins and Early Development in Light of Ritual Lamentation and Cultural Trauma Theory' under supervision of Professor Helen Bond and Dr Suzanna Millar. Flash forward to 2024 and Mia is now completed her final year and will be graduating from the school in July where she will then move on to her position as a Professor of Bible (New Testament) at the Universidad Iberoamericana (IBERO).

Find out more about Mia's journey at New College on her Alumni Stories page.

Universidad Iberoamericana (IBERO), in its Mexico-City campus, is acknowledged as one of Mexico’s top private educational institutions, widely known both in Mexico and abroad for the high quality of its study programs.

IBERO's underlying aim is to safeguard, disseminate and improve higher education by training the professionals, teachers, researchers and technicians our society needs. At present it offers:

• 34 bachelor’s-degree and 39 graduate-degree programs (27 master degrees, 10 doctorates and 2 specializations), most of which are certified either in Mexico or abroad, including several granted by Mexico’s National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT);
• Over 200 diplomas and other courses that provide training to companies, government institutions and individuals.

Underpinned by the Jesuit educational tradition, which has flourished worldwide for close to five centuries, our institution blends science and humanism in all its academic endeavors.