colloquium

noun

col·lo·qui·um kə-ˈlō-kwē-əm

plural colloquiums or colloquia kə-ˈlō-kwē-ə

Synonyms of colloquium next

: a usually academic meeting at which specialists deliver addresses on a topic or on related topics and then answer questions relating to them

… a nine-session scholar-led colloquium to introduce teachers to literary texts by and about minorities …—

Bruce Fraser

Examples of colloquium in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Following the colloquium, the AHA will offer a limited-capacity listening tour of the Wallace House in Shelby County. —

Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2023 Lord began by outlining plans for an online colloquium series, which would be open to the public, and which would try to involve people in their research on topics ranging from racial scapegoating in previous pandemics to voting during national crises. —

Andrew Dickson, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2020 In this colloquium, Teddy Tzanetos, JPL’s assembly, test, operations lead and ground support designer will present the project’s inception, its operational goals and capabilities, and what its success may mean for space exploration. —

IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023 The first lecture was an overview at a colloquium level; i.e. meant for physicists, but not necessarily with any knowledge of cosmology. —

Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2011 Anand Kumar Sharma writes to urge scientists not to grill their junior colleagues at conferences: The most interesting part of a scientific seminar, colloquium or conference for me is the question and answer session. —

Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2018 Guillermo del Toro and Thierry Fremaux on Wednesday resumed their colloquium on the future of cinema with leading filmmakers. —

Patrick Frater, Variety, 25 May 2022 At the Princeton colloquium, in Stevenson Hall, Abbey sat in a large upholstered armchair, his long legs stretched out, his look dark and handsome, his cowboy boots showing wear. —

John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022 In addition to Cage, cut-up writer William Burroughs, experimental playwright Richard Foreman and underground filmmaker Jack Smith all attended the colloquium. —

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