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 […]
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.
