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 […]
Achille Mbembe
Achille Mbembe (b. 1957, Cameroon) will be awarded the 2025 Spinozalens Prize in November, jury chairman Prof. Huub Dijstelbloem (UvA) announced this evening during a meeting of Filosofie in Den Haag (philosophy in The Hague). The jury praised the rigorous, innovative and comprehensive way in which Mbembe’s oeuvre addresses the theme ‘future-proof solidarity’. In its […]
Solidarity is new theme Spinozalens 2025
The theme for the next edition of the Spinozalens prize has been announced: future-proof solidarity. From 9th September 2024 onwards, the new jury, chaired by Prof. Dr. Huub Dijstelbloem (UvA), will meet to decide upon a laureate who best fits this theme. The winner of the Spinozalens prize 2025 will be announced in late November […]
Toekomsbestendige solidariteit wordt thema Spinozalens 2025
Het thema van de volgende editie van de Spinozalens is inmiddels bekend. Dat wordt ‘toekomstbestendige solidariteit’. Vanaf 9 september 2024 komt een nieuwe jury, onder voorzitterschap van prof.dr. Huub Dijstelbloem (UvA), bijeen om een laureaat te kiezen die het beste bij dit thema past. Eind november zal de winnaar van de Spinozalens 2025 bekend worden […]
Bruno Latour dies aged 75
The evening of 8th to 9th October saw the passing of Bruno Latour, Spinozaprijs Laureate 2020. The board of the Stichting Internationale Spinozaprijs mourns the death of this eminent thinker and commends his commitment during the run-up to the ceremony in November 2020. In spite of his illness, he inspired 800 viewers with his online […]
Award Ceremony 2022
On 17th November the Deputy Mayor of The Hague, Robert van Asten, will present the Spinozalens 2022 to Professor Martha C. Nussbaum at an event at Leiden University Campus The Hague (Wijnhaven). Professor Nussbaum will not be able to attend in person but will be awarded the prize and interviewed via video link. The evening […]
Lecture ‘Justice for animals’ by Martha C. Nussbaum at KU Leuven
On 14 november 2022, laureate prof. dr. Martha Nussbaum gives the digital lecture ‘Justice For Animals: Practical Progress through Philosophical Theory’ in the program Lessons for the XXI Century at the KU Leuven. Start 7:30 PM. For more information, see here.
Lecture ‘Justice for Animal’ by Martha Nussbaum at Radboud University
On 8 November 2022, laureate prof. dr. Martha Nussbaum gives the digital lecture ‘Justice For Animals’ for Radboud Reflects at the Radboud University Nijmegen. Start 7:00 PM. For more information, see here.
Ceremony Spinozalens Award 2020
On 24 November 2020, the French philosopher was awarded the Spinozalens 2020 by the Mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema. The evening was organized by the International Spinoza Award Foundation, the Embassy of the North Sea and Felix Meritis.
Martha Nussbaum laureate Spinozalens 2022
Michel Foucault laureate of 2021
Next year, the American philosopher Martha Nussbaum will be honored with the Spinozalens 2022. This was announced on 24 November 2021 by Prof. Jet Bussemaker, chairwoman of the jury and former Dutch Minister of Education, Culture, and Science. Nussbaum will be honored for her contribution to ethical reflections on the theme of health, risk, and society. As always, the members of the Spinozalens jury also chose to honor a historical thinker as a laureate for 2021: the French philosopher Michel Foucault. He will be honored with educational material, which will be released at the beginning of 2022.
