Mia Spiro
| Mia (Miriam) Spiro
| |
|---|---|
| Image |  Mia Spiro, from her University of Glasgow staff page |
| Occupation | Professor of Modern Jewish Literature and Culture, University of Glasgow |
| Known for | Chair, Jewish Student Chaplaincy Scotland |
| Education | PhD, York University, Toronto |
Mia Spiro is chair of Jewish Student Chaplaincy Scotland (JSCS). The chaplaincy's website names its chair as Dr Mia Spiro,[1] the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council's directory lists her as chair,[2] and she signed the chaplaincy's accounts for the year to 30 June 2025 as chair.[3] The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) register lists her as "Miriam Spiro" among the chaplaincy's trustees.[4]
The University of Glasgow lists Mia Spiro as Professor of Modern Jewish Literature and Culture. It says she took her PhD at York University, Toronto, is the author of Anti-Nazi Modernism (2013), was Glasgow principal investigator on the AHRC project Jewish Lives, Scottish Spaces with Hannah Holtschneider and the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, and worked as a freelance writer in Jerusalem from 1994 to 1999. Her listed research interests include "Modern Zionism and Jewish identity".[5]
Notes
- ↑ Jewish Student Chaplaincy Scotland, "About us" jscs.scot, accessed 29 October 2026.
- ↑ Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, "Jewish Student Chaplaincy Scotland" jewishglasgow.org, accessed 29 October 2026.
- ↑ Jewish Student Chaplaincy Scotland, Report and Financial Statements for the year to 30 June 2025 (scanned), via Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, accessed 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Jewish Student Chaplaincy Scotland (SC005999) Scottish Charity Register, accessed 29 October 2026.
- ↑ University of Glasgow, Professor Mia Spiro, staff page, accessed 29 October 2026.