The phrase "a lecture given to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a lecture that is presented to a specific audience or group.
Example: "The professor delivered a lecture given to the students of the advanced biology class."
Alternatives: "a lecture presented to" or "a lecture addressed to".
A lecture given to an undergraduate audience provides a disciplinary context for the topic under discussion.
1. Introduction to a lecture given to the Friday Club - a very brief historical sketch of China.
He was there to attend a lecture given to the International Friendship League; the speaker was Otto Neurath, and his subject was "Housing in Vienna".
Little wonder then that in a lecture given to the Royal Society of Edinburgh last week, the zoo's Chris West should pay tribute to Scotland's forbearing celebrities Tian Tian and Yang Guang.
A new impetus was provided through a lecture given to the RGS in 1893 by the oceanographer Professor John Murray, calling for "an expedition to resolve the outstanding questions still posed in the south".
In 2002, a questionnaire survey entitled Physicians' Clinical Ethics was carried out in a compulsory orientation lecture given to trainees before they started clinical practice in our hospital.
In 2002, a questionnaire survey entitled Physicians' Clinical Ethics was carried out in a compulsory orientation lecture given to trainees before they started clinical practice in our hospital (Appendix 1) [see Additional file 1].
His impassioned discussion of imagination, spirituality and the poverty of modern secularism chimed with the themes of a 65-minute lecture given to one of the festival's biggest audiences by the archbishop.
His lecture, given to an audience of about 90 people, first discussed the historical trends that have shaped urban growth.
The 50 students were from a cohort of 130 students but comprised the entire class present at a lecture given prior to the iPod demonstration.
A series of lectures given to the society by J. Arthur Thomson gave yet more momentum to the modern approach being spearheaded by Hagenbeck in Germany.
