"The Influence of Memory on the Study of History, Language and Truth" is the theme of the Humanities Center's Faculty Fellows Conference from 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in the McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University.

Tilden Edelstein, vice president for academic affairs, will give opening remarks at 8:45 a.m., followed at 9 a.m. by keynote speaker Lucius Outlaw, professor of philosophy at Haverford College and author of On Race and Philosophy.

Moderating the three sessions will be Professors Renata Wasserman, English; Daphne Ntiri, lifelong learning; and Sandra Van Burkleo, history.

Speakers will include the Humanities Center 1996 Faculty Fellows: Ronald Brown, political science; Martha Ratliff and Kathryne Lindberg, English; Gordon Neavill, library and information science; John Eipper, Jorgelina Corbatta and Michael Giordano, Romance languages; Christopher Johnson, Osumaka Likaka and Mel Small, history; and Michael Goldfield, urban, labor and metropolitan affairs.

A reception will be held from 4-30-5:30 p.m. For more information call the center at (313) 577-5216.