Wayne State University's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies will host a lecture by Japanese Consul General Mitsuhiro Wada titled "Discovering Japan in the 21st Century: Reconciliation with the Past Project," Thursday, Sept. 24. The talk will take place in the Community Room located at the David Adamany Undergraduate Library, 5155 Gullen Mall, Detroit. 

The event, commemorating the 70th anniversary of peace, is the start of a year-long program offered by the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, and sponsored by the United States-Japan Foundation, to bring Detroit area teachers to Japan in order to develop new global curriculum for their classrooms. 

"We are excited about this project and grateful to the Japanese Consulate for its long standing support of Wayne State University including the language laboratory. He is very supportive of the new linkages between Michigan and Japan," said Frederic Pearson, director of WSU's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. 

The event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP, seats are limited. The lecture runs from 6 - 7:15 p.m. 

RSVP at ax3845@wayne.edu and aw1537@wayne.edu. 

For more information, contact Barbara L. Jones at 313-577-3518 or barbaraljones@wayne.edu.