The Academia Mexicana de la Historia (''Mexican Academy of History'', also known by the acronym AMH) is a

national academy A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the hu ...

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, whose purpose is to promote and propagate historical studies within Mexico, conduct research into all aspects of the

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, and to contribute towards the preservation of the national

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. It is a correspondent academy to the ''

Real Academia de la Historia The Real Academia de la Historia (RAH, 'Royal Academy of History') is a Spanish institution in Madrid that studies history " ancient and modern, political, civil, ecclesiastical, military, scientific, of letters and arts, that is to say, the dif ...

'' in

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, the equivalent national academy of history in

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. The AMH was formally constituted on September 12, 1919, after several previous attempts to form such a body had not come to fruition. Originally the AMH was established with 24 positions or numbered chairs (''sillones de número'') for full members (''académicos de número''). In 1990 this number was increased to 30, made up of 22 members resident in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

(''miembros residentes'') and 8 external members from the

Mexican states The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate en ...

(''miembros foráneos''). In addition, there are a number of correspondent members (''corresponsales'') from both within Mexico (''corresponsales nacionales'') and from other countries (''corresponsales extranjeros'').

Members

Josefina Muriel Josefina Muriel de la Torre (February 2, 1918 in Mexico City – January 30, 2008) was a Mexican writer, historian, researcher, bibliophile, and academic. She specialized in the history of the feminine and religious world of the time of New Spa ...

, 1993 (seat 27) *

Leonardo López Luján Leonardo Náuhmitl López Luján (born 31 March 1964 in Mexico City) is an archaeologist and one of the leading researchers of pre-Hispanic Central Mexican societies and the history of archaeology in Mexico. He is director of the Templo Mayor Pro ...

, 2010 (seat 27)

References

External links

Academia Mexicana de la Historia
official website

History institutes Mesoamerican studies History organizations based in Mexico Historic center of Mexico City Organizations established in 1919 1919 establishments in Mexico {{area-studies-stub