MLA 9 lecture citation format
Speaker Last, First. “Lecture or Speech Title.” Event Name, Venue, City, Day Month Year.
Example:
Chomsky, Noam. “Language and the Human Mind.” Linguistics Symposium, MIT, Cambridge, 12 Apr. 2019.
Online lecture / recorded talk
Speaker Last, First. “Talk Title.” Event or Platform, Day Month Year. URL.
Example:
Robinson, Ken. “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” TED, Feb. 2006, www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.
Class lecture / course material
Instructor Last, First. “Lecture Title.” Course Name, Institution, Day Month Year.
Example:
Williams, Patricia. “The History of Civil Rights Law.” Constitutional Law, Columbia Law School, 5 Mar. 2023.
Key rules
- Speaker — Last, First format
- Lecture title — in quotation marks
- Event — conference name, TED, course name, etc.
- Venue and city — for in-person lectures
- Date — Day Month Year
In-text citation
(Chomsky) or (Robinson)
For a recorded lecture you can add a timestamp: (Robinson 4:12)