The Romanian Academy ( ) is a cultural forum founded in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
,
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life.
According to its
bylaws, the academy's main goals are the cultivation of
Romanian language
Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; , or , ) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved fr ...
and
Romanian literature, the study of the
national history of Romania and research into major scientific domains. Some of the academy's fundamental projects are the Romanian language
dictionary
A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged Alphabetical order, alphabetically (or by Semitic root, consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical-and-stroke sorting, radical an ...
(''
Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române''), the dictionary of Romanian literature, and the treatise on the history of the Romanian people.
History
On the initiative of
C. A. Rosetti, the Academy was founded on April 1, 1866, as ''Societatea Literară Română''. The founding members were illustrious members of the Romanian society of the age.
The name changed to ''Societatea Academică Romînă'' in 1867, and finally to ''Academia Română'' in 1879, during the reign of
Carol I.
The founding members of the Academy:
The Presidents of the Academy:
Library
Established in 1867, the ''Bibilioteca Academiei Române'' has a collection of over seven million books and collections of drawings, engravings, maps, and coins.
a
IAP, Global Network of Science Academies
The Academy also operates its own publishing house.
See also
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List of members of the Romanian Academy
This is a list of members of the Romanian Academy.
References
* Academia RomânăMembrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent External links
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List of purged members of the Romanian Academy
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Romanian Academy of Sciences
References
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