Overview
- El Colegio Nacional hosted the presentation of Soy mi memoria, co-published with UNAM and Universidad Iberoamericana, featuring Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Javier Garciadiego, Elisa Speckman and Ascensión Hernández Triviño.
- Organizers said the event begins a schedule of homages at the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, UNAM’s Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas and the Palacio de Bellas Artes, with an exhibition at El Colegio Nacional planned for June–July.
- Speakers emphasized how León‑Portilla’s 1956 thesis, La filosofía náhuatl estudiada en sus fuentes, and later works such as La visión de los vencidos established indigenous thought as a primary source of knowledge and challenged eurocentrism.
- The centenary revives his public dispute with Edmundo O’Gorman after he promoted reframing the 1492 observance as an “Encuentro de dos mundos” while coordinating Mexico’s Fifth Centenary commission.
- Coverage also recalls his support for the San Andrés Larráinzar accords on indigenous autonomy and notes his wide recognition, including designation by the U.S. Library of Congress as a “Living Legend.”