In Person Lecture or Speech
When documenting a lecture or speech you attended in person for your MLA Works Cited page, the container is simply the details of the event. Include the location, date, and a brief description of the event.
Foucault, Michel. "The Culture of the Self." U of California at Berkeley, 12 May 1983. Lecture.
Online Lecture or Speech
When documenting an online lecture or speech, your container will be the place where you accessed the material.
Sometimes the same interview can be found in more than one place. See the citation examples below as a reference. When formatting your citation, list the source you used to watch the lecture or speech.
Brown, Brené. ″The Power of Vulnerability.″ TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, June 2010, www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability.
Brown, Brené. ″The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown.″ YouTube, uploaded by TED, 3 Jan. 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o.
Online College Lecture
In the event that you need to cite a lecture from one of your classes on your MLA Works Cited page, use the format below:
Galvez, Lourdes. Lecture on cybersecurity. Blackboard, Online U, 9 Dec. 2020, blackboard.online.edu. Video recording.