colloquium

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col·lo·qui·um | \ kə-ˈlō-kwē-əm

plural colloquiums or colloquia\ kə-ˈlō-kwē-ə

Definition of colloquium

: 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

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Recent Examples on the Web 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. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021 According to data compiled by CUNY professor Michael Yarbrough and undergraduates in his research colloquium, sixteen of these deaths were caused by COVID-19. — Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 7 May 2020 During the NKC Economics colloquium, held in Cape Town in 2019, experts gave their suggested solutions for government to put the country on the mend. — Norma Young, Quartz Africa, 25 Feb. 2020 Cascone writes that DiQuinzio used this money to organize a three-day colloquium for female curators and museum leaders in April 2018. — Nina Kravinsky, Smithsonian, 6 Nov. 2019 Anne Ellegood, a colloquium participant and director of the Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, says to artnet News. — Nina Kravinsky, Smithsonian, 6 Nov. 2019 He was permitted to return to CWRU in 2009 for a colloquium. — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 26 Feb. 2018 PhD candidate Christine Nittrouer and a team did a survey of 50 top U.S. universities and analyzed the colloquium speakers from the biology, bioengineering, political science, history, psychology, and sociology departments. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2017 See More

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