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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3>The Program on Science, Technology and
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3>Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of
Government presents:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=5><STRONG><EM>Beyond the
Creation-Evolution Controversy: <BR>Science and Religion in Public
Life</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=3>Janet Browne, History of Science,
Harvard<BR>Cornelia Dean, New York Times<BR>John H. Evans, Sociology, UC San
Diego<BR>Eric Rothschild, Pepper Hamilton LLP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Monday, April
28</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>4:30-6:30 pm<BR>Thompson
Room</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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Humanities</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>The public school systems of the United States have
experienced more than 80 years of corrosive conflict over teaching evolution in
biology classes. During this time, actors and strategies have changed,
legal arguments have been sharpened or redefined, and even the name used to
characterize the religious position has shifted, from creationism to intelligent
design. What remains constant is the framing of the dispute as being
between regressive religion and progressive science or, more dramatically,
between faith and the Enlightenment. Positions have polarized around two
major arguments, neither yielding significant hope of reframing or
compromise. The pro-religion position denies the factual status of
Darwinian evolution, and claims that—since it is only a theory—other theories
concerning the origins of life on Earth are entitled to equal respect. The
pro-science position claims that religious opposition to evolution is grounded
in ignorance of the scientific method, and support for doctrines like
intelligent design in the schools constitutes an impermissible establishment of
religion. Attempts to make peace between these irreconcilable positions by
designating spaces as clearly scientific or clearly religious have repeatedly
foundered. The biology classroom is the most visible site of a broader
struggle.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>In an effort to break through this impasse, this panel brings
together an impressive, interdisciplinary group of experts from law, sociology,
history of science, and journalism. Speakers will describe from their
professional perspectives and personal experience, what is at stake—socially,
politically, and epistemically—in the debate over evolution, and how a more
nuanced understanding of this phenomenon might lead to more productive
conversations between science and religion. The panel will consider how
claims about the superiority of one form of knowledge over another are wrapped
up in the American politics of cultural authority and with concerns regarding
the freedom of thought and belief.<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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