PhD Cultural Heritage (ongoing)
MA Museum Anthropology
BA History
"Women have been written out of history, so we will have to write it ourselves."

My story
As a Fulbright Scholar, she earned an MA in Museum Anthropology from Columbia University in 2016. She holds a BA in History from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a PhD in Cultural Heritage from the University of Birmingham (2024).
Her research focuses on memory, identity, and heritage, with a particular interest in the experiences of migrant communities, women, and the construction of historical narratives through museums and other spaces of cultural representation. Her work has drawn on oral history as a tool for exploring collective memory and the ways in which individuals and communities construct, transmit, and reinterpret their past.
Historiadicta Podcast can be found on Spotify and Apple Podcast
My Publications
"Cuando conocí a Nemesio" Book
Vial, Ximena. 2019. Cuando conocí a Nemesio… Biografía oral sobre la vida de Nemesio Antúnez. Santiago: Ediciones Taller 99.
Tesis en Cultura
Gobierno de Chile
Vial, Ximena. “Silencios y voces que configuran la memoria del pueblo mapuche en el Museo Histórico Nacional.” Observatorio Cultural, Haz tu Tesis en Cultura gobierno de Chile 2017.
Diosas de lo Íntimo
Book
Vial, Ximena. Book published in 2021 about the lives of 10 women in Chile

Cuatro Crímenes de Mujeres que Estremecieron Chile
Vial, Ximena. Book published in 2025.
Cuatro mujeres. Cuatro asesinatos. Una misma historia.
Contact me
Contact me if you are looking to develop projects related to history, memory and the diffusion of culture through different media.
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