In social networks the death of the prestigious academic Jorge Luján Muñoz was announced on Thursday, March 6, 2025. The historian was born the March 31, 1938 And he was 86 years old. The prestigious academic was a lawyer and notary of the University of San Carlos de Guatemala, and had a magister from Harvard University. He was a titular professor and director of the Chair of Culture at the USAC.
Guillermo Monsanto, actor, theater director, playwright, art historian comments that this is a great loss for the Guatemalan intellectuality, “he was a man with an impressive capacity,” he says.
Luján Muñoz represented Guatemala as cultural attaché and Guatemala ambassador to Spain. The Portal of the University of Valle de Guatemala, (UVG) He emphasizes that since 1968 he published more than 15 history books in Guatemala, he presented more than 115 presentations at academic and professional congresses. Among the titles it is mentioned The Poqomanes of Petapa, the tragedy of the Embassy of Spain, January 31, 1980, and Atlacas Historical de Guatemala, to mention some.
Among the awards and scholarships he has received is the National Order of the Cultural Heritage of Guatemala and the Gold Quetzal for the Book Brief history of Guatemala.
He also published more than 222 articles and made more than 124 reviews in magazines and volumes edited. Had more than 14 affiliations to foreign academic and cultural associations, including the Latin American Studies Associationthe Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and the Spanish Academy of History.
The Academy of Geography and History of Guatemala has a library that bears his name.
In addition to his legacy as a teacher. Maestro Luján was the first director of the Department of History and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences in UVG. From 1995 to 2018 he was the head of the José Joaquín Pardo Chair of Research in History.
He was a member of the Regional Research Center of Mesoamerica, coordinator of the Interuniversity Commission of Commemoration of the Fifth Centenary of the Discovery of America, Fiduciary of the Educational Foundation of Guatemala and director of the Guatemalan Commission of Cooperation with UNESCO, among others.
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In 2020, the International Book Fair, Filgua, dedicated that edition to Master Luján Muñoz. We shared a video where the historian participated in a conversation.