As part of an international peace tour, Tadatoshi Akiba, the mayor of Hiroshima, Japan, will give a lecture at DePaul University on abolishing nuclear weaponry, April 27 at 7 p.m. in the Schmitt Academic Center, 2320 N. Kenmore Ave., Room 154.

Akiba, who is president of a nuclear disarmament group called “Mayors for Peace,” will participate in several activities while visiting DePaul, including a reception with a group of students who will visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki in June as part of the university’s Study Abroad program.

A 16-minute documentary entitled “Hiroshima and Nagasaki: August 1945” will be shown just prior to Akiba’s talk. The film, which features footage shot immediately following the bombings of both cities, was once banned in Japan and was considered classified information by the United States government for more than 20 years. A question and answer session will follow Akiba’s lecture.

The film, talk and Q-and-A session are free and open to the public.

Akiba received a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Tokyo before completing a doctoral degree in mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1970. He taught for five years at Tufts University before returning to Japan, where he served as a member of the House of Representatives for nine years. He assumed the office of mayor in 1999.

His international tour marks the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of his city, which occurred on August 6, 1945. The mayor of Hiroshima’s visit is sponsored by DePaul’s religious studies department. For more information, contact Yuki Miyamoto, visiting assistant professor, at 773/325-7385.