Achille Mbembe on restitution of heritage – Antwerp, 29 November 25
Achille Mbembe will lecture on the restitution of (stolen) heritage in the MAS (Antwerp) in the afternoon of 29 November 2025. Click here for more information about the lecture and tickets. The lecture will be in French.
Achille Mbembe on La Communauté Terrestre – Bruxelles, 28 november 2025
On 28 November 2025 at 16h, Achille Mbembe will lecture on ‘La Communauté Terrestre’ at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. The lecture will be in French. For more information, click here.
Achillle Mbembe on The Earthly Community – Leuven, 27 november 2025
The KU Leuven is organising a public lecture of Achille Mbembe on The Earthly Community, the theme of de Spinozalens 2025. Mbembe will lecture at 4 PM on 27 November 2025. For more information, click here.
Achille Mbembe on the future of solidarity – Amsterdam, 26 November 2025
During this Brainwash Special, Wayne Modest (content Director of the Wereldmuseum) will interview Achille Mbembe. In collaboration with journalist Clarice Gargard, human rights lawyer Nani Jansen Reventlow and social scientist Shivant Jhagroe. For more information and tickets, click here.
Achille Mbembe on Future-Proof Solidarity – Utrecht, 25 november 2025
Op 25 november 2025, Achille Mbembe will lecture on future-proof solidarity, the them of the Spinozalens 2025, in the Openbare bibliotheek of Utrecht. This event is organised by Institutions for Open Society (Gender Diversity and Global Justice Platform), Network van Enviromental Humanities, Netherlands School for Gender Studies, Pathway to Sustainability (Critical Pathways) and OSL (Netherlands Research School of Literary […]
Award Ceremony Spinozalens 2025 – The Hague, 24 november 2025
Award Ceremony Spinozalens 2025 – The Hague, 24 november 2025 Jan van Zanen, mayor of the Hague, will honour Achille Mbembe with Spinozalens 2025 on 24 November in the Kunstmuseum. During this public ceremony the mayor will also honour the winning teams of the Achille Mbembe Challenge. After the ceremony Magriet Schavemaker, director of the […]
Laureaat 2025
Achille Mbembe
Achille Mbembe (b. 1957, Cameroon) is awarded the 2025 Spinozalens Prize in November 2025 in the Kunstmuseum, The Hague. The jury, chaired by prof. Huub Dijstelbloem (UvA) praised the rigorous, innovative and comprehensive way in which Mbembe’s oeuvre addresses the theme ‘future-proof solidarity’. In its report, the jury described Mbembe’s oeuvre as ‘powerful’ and ‘constantly evolving’. […]
Finalists Challenge present their designs
On 15 November 2025, seven teams presented their designs for the Achille Mbembe Challenge to the competition jury. The jury consisted of Martine Gosselink, historian and director of the Mauritshuis (chair); Daphina Miesidjan, assistant professor of human rights & environment at the International Institute of Social Sciences; Katleen Gabriels, associate professor of philosophy of technology, […]
Designing the Digital Good
Part of the run-up to the Spinozalens 2022 ceremony includes the organisation of the Designing the Digital Good design contest. The competition has been designed for senior secondary school students across both the Netherlands and Flanders, with 22 classes taking part. The central design question of the contest is: design a tool that can contribute […]
Achille Mbembe Challenge, a design competition on burning hot issues
Young people from the Netherlands, Flanders and beyond are challenged to think creatively about burning issues They can now apply for the ‘Achille Mbembe Challenge’. This design competition is open to students from mbo, hbo, universities in the Netherlands and Flanders. Foreign students are also invited to participate. The competition focuses not only on intellectual […]
