This event is part of the Levan Institute for the Humanities' “On Writing” series, conversations aiming to answer questions about how writing matters, now. This conversation will feature Daniel Immerwahr (Northwestern University) and Antonio Coronel Elefano (USC), hosted by Sarah Mesle (USC). Organized in partnership with the Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Public Culture. Registration is required. REGISTER

Description: We’re writing in a moment when clear standards of evidence are more important than ever. But knowing that evidence matters doesn’t mean it’s easy for writers to understand how to use it — especially when political and technological changes pit different kinds of arguments and evidence against each other. So, it’s more important than ever to ask: how do you know that a claim is true? How do you prove it? This event brings together writers with training in different fields — legal studies, history, creative writing, journalism, and literary studies — to ask: for you, what kinds of evidence count as proof? How do you make your case in a courtroom, in literary criticism, in history scholarship, in a book review, in a novel? We’ll talk about our own experiences of finding, arranging, and evaluating evidence — and we’ll share our ideas about explaining different forms of evidence to students.

Open to attendants outside of USC. Registration before the event is required. To see more events in this series, including recordings of past events, visit https://dornsife.usc.edu/levan-institute/programs/on-writing/.