lecture tour
Academic road show
A lecture tour is a series of public speaking engagements at different venues, typically by an author, academic, or public figure traveling to promote a book or share expertise.
The format dates to an era before mass media, when audiences gathered to hear notable speakers in person: She's on a lecture tour for her new memoir.
The term now applies to any scheduled sequence of talks across multiple locations.
- public speakingAddressing a live audience
- speakingOral expression of language
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- standing ovationApplause while risen
circuit · itinerary · keynote · microphone · auditorium · applause · academic · professor · booking · engagements · roadshow · seminar · presentation · cities · honorarium · Q&A · town hall · stage
- academic travelconference, symposium, workshop, seminar, sabbatical
- traveling showstraveling troupe, roadshow, road show, circus, vaudeville
- Mark TwainSamuel Clemens, pen name, pseudonym, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn
- promotional toursproduct launch, roadshow
lecture tourresidency
State of dwelling somewhere
one-night stand · home stand · home base · permanent position · keynote address
lecture tourresearch trip
Travel for investigation purposes
fact-finding mission · study tour · study abroad · field study · silent retreat
lecture toursabbatical
Extended leave from work
retreat · hiatus · private study · seclusion · desk job
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