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Mexico’s Language Academy Marks 150 Years With Reopened Home and New Dictionary Push

The sesquicentennial doubles as a reset, with leaders highlighting fresh lexicography projects alongside a fully restored Donceles headquarters.

Overview

  • The anniversary program concluded on September 11 with a closing event that featured UNAM rector Leonardo Lomelí Vagenas as guest of honor.
  • Director Gonzalo Celorio announced a Diccionario Escolar del Español already in press and work underway on a new dictionary of contemporary Spanish.
  • The rehabilitated 18th‑century headquarters at Donceles 66 is back in operation, including a library of about 50,000 volumes and a 100‑seat auditorium.
  • RAE director and ASALE president Santiago Muñoz Machado praised the AML’s role in pan‑Hispanic projects, noting a community of roughly 600 million Spanish speakers.
  • After an over 80% SEP subsidy cut in 2019 and pandemic pressures, the AML stabilized operations through asset sales and private support, then reinforced collaboration with UNAM.