Lecture or presentation


You may need to consult more than one section of Re:cite to accurately represent the source used. Your citation may look different depending on the number of authors it has. Check the About Chicago B page for further advice.


In-text citation example

... an important role in the history of art practice (Henson 2017).

OR

In her conference paper, Carmichael (2019) argued that ....

Reference list

Reference list template

Presenter (Surname, First name). Year. "Title of lecture." Type of presentation, Place, Month date. URL if relevant.

Reference list example

Henson, Bill. 2014. "Bill Henson on Piranesi." Lecture, University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC, February 27.

OR

Carmichael, Lynne. 2019. "Music Libraries in an Art World." Paper presented at the IAML Australia Conference 2019, Melbourne VIC, October 5. http://www.iamlaustralia.org.au/conferences/melbourne-2019-presentations/.

OR

Selentisch, Nick. 2020. "The Northern Renaissance: Unintentional Revolutions." Virtual lecture, University of Melbourne, May 17.

Selentisch, Nick. 2020. "The Northern Renaissance: Unintentional Revolutions." Lecture, University of Melbourne (virtual), 17 May.

Tips for this reference type

  • For more examples see Manual 14.115
  • If accessed virtually or online, there is no need to indicate the platform (e.g. Zoom) however if relevant to the discussion mention it in the body of your work.
  • If the paper is included in published proceedings, it may be treated like a chapter in a book or published in a journal, it is treated as a journal article.  See also Conference paper citation.
  • If you watched or listened to the presentation online,  you can also treat it as you would an online resource (see video and audio for examples).
  • If the information is available online, include the URL as the final part of the citation.
  • For recorded lectures and talks, see 14.164, 14.167.
  • Informal description of the item can go in Parentheses after the Place or incorporated into the Type of presentation information.
  • Author-date reference list entries that include a month and day (as for a newspaper article) do not need to repeat the year with the month and day. The year of publication follows the author’s name; the month and day are placed as normal (14.89).

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