Did you miss Larry’s visit? You can still listen to a recording of his timely and thoughtful 2024 Mazzocco Lecture and an exhibit of photos and archival documents illustrating LaRocco’s history on campus, as a politician, and as a dedicated environmentalist is on display in the cases outside Buckley Auditorium, thanks to the University Museum and the LaRocco archives at Boise State. (Read More).
Mazzocco Lecture
2024 Mazzocco Lecture on Distributive Justice (Mar. 12)
We are pleased to announce former Congressman and UP alum Larry LaRocco as the featured speaker for The Mazzocco Lecture on Distributive Justice on Tuesday, March 12 at 5:00 p.m. LaRocco will present: “Do Right, Risk Consequences: Perspective on politics and life during an era of increased threats to democracy.” (Read More).
2020 Mazzocco Lecture: “American Hate: Survivors Speak Out,” Feb. 6
The annual Mazzocco Lecture on Distributive Justice will take place on Thursday, February 6, at 5 p.m., in the Brian Doyle Lecture Hall (DB 004). This year’s lecture, “American Hate: Survivors Speak Out,” will be delivered by Arjun Sethi, a human rights lawyer, author, and law professor based in Washington, DC. He works closely with Muslim, Arab, […]
Mazzocco Lecture: The Black Struggle for Freedom, Feb. 4
William Chafe, emeritus professor of history at Duke University, presents this year’s Mazzocco Lecture on Distributive Justice on Monday, February 4, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. In his talk, “The Black Struggle for Freedom: What Black Protest Has Achieved, Yet How Much Remains to Be Done,” Chafe will shine a light on […]
Annual Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice: Robert S. Chang, March 8
The 2018 Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice will take place on Thursday, March 8, at 5 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. This year’s speaker will be Robert S. Chang, professor of law & executive director of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University School of Law. His lecture is […]
Annual Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice, Feb. 23: David Schmidtz
Philosopher David Schmidtz will deliver “Markets in Education,” as the 2017 Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice, on Thursday, February 23, at 5 p.m., in Shiley Hall 301. Schmidtz is Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and Eller Chair of Service-Dominant Logic at the University of Arizona, ranked as the top graduate program in the world in political philosophy. He is editor of Social […]
William J. Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice, Feb. 11
University of Notre Dame political science professor Christina Wolbrecht will present the 2016 William J. Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 6:30 p.m., in Shiley Hall Room 301. Her talk is free and open to all. Wolbrecht is associate professor and director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American […]
2015 Mazzocco Lecture, Feb. 2
Hassan Abbas will present the 2015 William J. Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice on Monday, February 2, at 7 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Theater. His talk, titled “The Idea of Justice in Islam: Traditional & Contemporary Debates within Islamic Communities,” is free and open to all. Abbas is professor and chair of the Department […]
2013 Mazzocco Lecture
The annual William James Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice will take place on Wednesday, February 20, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. Debra Satz (pictured left), the Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society at Stanford University, will present “Should Everything Be For Sale?” The lecture is free and open to all. […]