<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4">"Evidence: The Use and Misuse of Data"</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4">A Virtual Symposium hosted by The American Philosophical Society </font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4">June 8-12, 2020</font></b></div><div><br></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-1e7d5bab-7fff-b272-7ecb-c30ad30fb657"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Inspired by its 2021 exhibition, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.amphilsoc.org/museum/exhibitions/dr-franklin-citizen-scientist">Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, the American Philosophical Society Library & Museum is hosting a weeklong symposium </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Evidence: The Use and Misuse of Data</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. This international symposium is deeply interdisciplinary and features papers that consider the ways evidence is used in the history of science, literary analysis, digital humanities, the social sciences, and more. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The symposium will be held June 8-12, 2020 via Zoom. Sessions will take place daily at 1:00pm EDT or 3:00pm EDT. Each session will include brief presentations by the conference participants, comments by a moderator, and a live Q&A session. Pre-circulated papers will also be available for download to registered participants. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The event will kick off on Monday, June 8, at 1:00pm EDT with an opening discussion with Drs. <b>Richard Shiffrin </b>(Indiana University, Bloomington), <b>Stephen Stigler</b> (The University of Chicago), and <b>Kathleen Hall Jamieson</b> (The University of Pennsylvania) on their paper, “The Weighing of Evidence Requires Expert Judgment and Consensus.” The discussion will be moderated by <b>Linda Greenhouse </b>(Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law, Senior Research Scholar in Law, and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale University and President of the American Philosophical Society). </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The symposium will conclude on Friday, June 12 at 3:00pm EDT with a final discussion featuring Drs. <b>John R. McNeill </b>(Georgetown University) and <b>Robert M. Hauser </b>(Executive Officer, American Philosophical Society), in conversation with Dr. Patrick Spero (Librarian & Director, American Philosophical Society Library & Museum).</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The symposium is free of charge and open to the public, though registration is required to attend and to access the papers. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);backg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