colloquium

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The first recorded Scottish Parliament in 1235 was known as a colloquium, a place of conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

“A new role we will see is Chief Longevity Officer,” Waterhouse said at the University of Maine Center on Aging’s colloquium, “Work & Wellness for Older Adults.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

Abu Sitta had been invited by France’s left-wing Ecologists group in the Senate to speak at a colloquium Saturday about the situation in Gaza, according to the Senate press service.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024

It was October 2017 and they were in Paris for a two-day history-of-medicine colloquium on the subject of the French royal court.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021

The give-and-take of scientific discussion was fostered by another Lawrence innovation: the Journal Club, a weekly colloquium to which all the Rad Lab staff and visitors from other departments were invited.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik