noun
collection of essays; collection of treatises; collection of theses
Refers to a published volume compiling scholarly or critical writings, often on a specific topic or by a single author.
この論集には、彼の主要な論文がすべて収められている。
This collection contains all of his major essays.
来月、国際シンポジウムの論集が刊行される予定だ。
A collection of papers from the international symposium is scheduled to be published next month.
Compound of 論 (ron, 'argument, discourse') and 集 (shū, 'collection'). The reading is on'yomi, as expected for a Sino-Japanese compound.