Romanian Academy
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| founding | April 1, 1866 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Bucharest , Romania |
| president | Ioan Aurel Pop |
| Website | www.academiaromana.ro |
The Romanian Academy ( Romanian Academia Română ) is the highest forum of science and culture in Romania . The academy was founded in 1866 and currently has its headquarters in Bucharest and three branches in Iași (Jassy) , Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) and Timișoara (Timisoara) .
According to the statute of the Academy, it can consist of a maximum of 181 full members and correspondents, and 135 honorary members, of which no more than 40 members are from Romania. The Academy currently has 74 members, 86 corresponding members (a total of 160), 37 honorary members from the country and 91 foreign honorary members (a total of 128).
The aims of the academy are the promotion of Romanian culture , language and literature, the maintenance of the dictionary of the Romanian language (Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române DEX for short ) and the promotion of the sciences.
history
On the initiative of Constantin Alexandru Rosetti (1816–1885) the academy was founded on April 1, 1866 under the name Societatea Literară Română (Romanian Society of Literature).
The founding members were Vasile Alecsandri , Vincenţiu Babeş , George Barit , Ioan D. Caragiani , Timotei Cipariu , Dimitrie Cozacovici , Ambrosius Dimitrovici , Ştefan Gonata , Alexandru Hâjdău , ion heliade rădulescu (first president), Iosif Hodoşiu , Alexandru Hurmuzaki , Nicolae C. Ionescu , August Treboniu Laurian , Titu Maiorescu , IC Massim , Andrei Mocioni , Gavriil Munteanu , Costache Negruzzi , Alexandru Roman , CA Rosetti, Ion G. Sbiera , Constantin Stamati , Ioan Străjescu and VA Urechia . The name was changed to Societatea Academică Romînă in 1867 and Academia Română in 1879 .
President
- Ion Heliade-Rădulescu 1867–1870
- August Treboniu Laurian 1870–1872
- Nicolae Crețulescu 1872–1873
- August Treboniu Laurian 1873–1876
- Ion Ghica 1876-1882
- Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza 1882–1884
- Ion Ghica 1884-1887
- Mihail Kogălniceanu 1887–1890
- Ion Ghica 1890-1893
- George Bariț 1893
- Iacob C. Negruzzi 1893-1894
- Ion Ghica 1894-1895
- Nicolae Crețulescu 1895–1898
- Petru Poni 1898-1901
- Petre S. Aurelian 1901-1904
- Ioan Kalinderu 1904-1907
- Anghel Saligny 1907-1910
- Iacob C. Negruzzi 1910-1913
- Constantin I. Istrati 1913-1916
- Petru Poni 1916-1920
- Dimitrie Onciul 1920-1923
- Iacob C. Negruzzi 1923-1926
- Emil Racoviță 1926–1929
- Ioan Bianu 1929-1932
- Ludovic Mrazec 1932-1935
- Alexandru Lăpedatu 1935–1938
- Constantin Rădulescu-Motru 1938–1941
- Ion Th. Simionescu 1941-1944
- Dimitrie Gusti 1944-1946
- Andrei Rădulescu 1946–1948
- Traian Săvulescu 1948–1959
- Athanase Joja 1959-1963
- Ilie G. Murgulescu 1963-1966
- Miron Nicolescu 1966-1975
- Theodor Burghele 1976–1977
- Gheorghe Mihoc 1980-1981
- Radu Voinea 1984-1990
- Mihai Corneliu Drăgănescu 1990–1994
- Virgiliu Niculae Constantinescu 1994-1998
- Ioan Eugen Simion 1998-2006
- Ionel Haiduc 2006-2014
- Ionel Valentin Vlad 2014–2017
- Ioan Aurel Pop, from 2018
Institutes
The Romanian Academy is divided into 14 technical, socio-economic and humanities research departments with a total of 65 research institutes. The most important are:
- Astronomical Institute
- Biochemical Institute
- Biological Institute
- Mathematical Institute
Web links
- Official website (English)