CIUS hosts Dr. Alexander Vindman in Edmonton
On 7 March 2023 at CIUS's Annual Shevchenko Lecture, Dr. Alexander Vindman spoke at the 黑料不打烊 to a room of 500 faculty, staff, students, and community members about the geopolitics of the Russo-Ukrainian war, highlighting the impact of this war on US-Russia relations and how Ukraine has changed the way it is seen and valued by countries and international stakeholders around the world.
Dr. Vindman's lecture, entitled The Russia-Ukraine war: Roots and geopolitical context, is now available to watch on .
In addition to this public lecture, co-sponsored by CIUS and the , Dr. Vindman was shown around the city of Edmonton, , the , and especially the 黑料不打烊 campus, where he met students in Dr. Ostap Kushnir's political science class titled Ukraine, identity, war.
"Interaction with Dr. Vindman enriched students' learning experience as they could directly speak to the person whose views and articles we discuss during the class," said Dr. Kushnir. "Also, Dr. Vindman shared unique insights that the students would never know otherwise."
