Lecture – Russia’s War in Ukraine

Last night was the Crescent Grange’s first lecture of the 2023 Season. The lecture was specifically about the Russian war in Ukraine and the current analysis of the conflict presented by Gerry Hudson Ph.D.

George E. (Gerry) Hudson (Ph.D. in Political Science, Indiana University; Certificate, Russian and East European Institute, Indiana University; B.A. in Russian Language and Literature and M.A in Political Science, University of Colorado) is retired as Professor of Political Science and Director and founder of the Russian and Central Eurasian Studies Program at Wittenberg University, where he taught from 1972 to 2012. He served as Chair of Wittenberg’s Department of Political Science for fifteen years.  From 2013 to 2019, he taught as a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at The Ohio State University and, from 1974 to 2019, was a Faculty Affiliate of OSU’s Mershon Center for International Security Studies.  Hudson served on the advisory board of the Center for Slavic and East European Studies at OSU.  He specializes in Russian security issues and Russian-American relations.  During his career, Hudson made approximately two dozen separate trips to the Soviet Union and Russia. Here are some of the picture highlights from the Lecture.