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A Chicago style citation for a lecture.
Here’s what’s needed if you attended a lecture and picked up choice morsels? Make sure you have:
Lecturer’s name
Lecture title
Date of lecture (month, day, year)
Class or where the lecture was given
Location of lecture
If you sat in on sublime jazz guitarist and New School (New York) teacher, Rory Stuart’s lecture, you would cite it like this adhering to the Chicago Humanities dictates.
Stuart, Rory. "Rhythmic Devices in a Harmonic Context." International Association of Jazz Educators International Conference. Hilton Hotel, New York. January 12, 2007.
The same facts are used in Chicago Scientific, but are arranged a little differently, as you can see below.
Stuart, Rory. 2007. "Rhythmic Devices in a Harmonic Context." International Association of Jazz Educators International Conference. Hilton Hotel, New York. January 12.
