--- title: Understanding the Conflict in Ukraine - Hammond Hall description: Yesterday afternoon, the university's Economics, History and Political Science Department; the Office of Student Development, and the Student Government Association sponsored a forum on Russia’s war in Ukraine and its impact on Euro-Atlantic security. Professor Joshua Spero, of the university’s Economics, History and Political Science Department, and student Oscar Burgos Pimentel traveled to Poland last month and saw the impact of the invasion. The trip was part of a faculty-student research project on Transatlantic Relations and Euro-Atlantic security. image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_002B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-44-90-PM.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # Understanding the Conflict in Ukraine - Hammond Hall Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on April 6, 2022 at 9:08 AM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Yesterday afternoon, the university's [Economics, History and Political Science Department](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/academic-schools/school-arts-and-sciences/economics-history-and-political-science-department); the[ Office of Student Development](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/campus-life/office-student-development), and the Student Government Association sponsored this forum on Russia’s war in Ukraine and its impact on Euro-Atlantic security. Professor [Joshua Spero](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/faculty-profiles/joshua-spero), of the university’s [Economics, History and Political Science Department](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/academic-schools/school-arts-and-sciences/economics-history-and-political-science-department), and student Oscar Burgos Pimentel traveled to Poland last month and saw the impact of the invasion. The trip was part of a faculty-student research project on Transatlantic Relations and Euro-Atlantic security. ![Image_002B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-44-90-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_002B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-44-90-PM.jpg?width=2463&name=Image_002B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-44-90-PM.jpg) ![Image_025B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-04-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_025B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-04-PM.jpg?width=1997&name=Image_025B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-04-PM.jpg) ![Image_009B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-21-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_009B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-21-PM.jpg?width=2783&name=Image_009B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-21-PM.jpg) ![Image_035B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-01-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_035B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-01-PM.jpg?width=2404&name=Image_035B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-01-PM.jpg) ![Image_013B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-17-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_013B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-17-PM.jpg?width=2343&name=Image_013B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-17-PM.jpg) ![Image_024B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-21-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_024B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-21-PM.jpg?width=2437&name=Image_024B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-21-PM.jpg) ![Image_042B-2](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_042B-2.jpg?width=2463&name=Image_042B-2.jpg) ![Image_021B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-03-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_021B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-03-PM.jpg?width=2347&name=Image_021B-Apr-06-2022-01-05-45-03-PM.jpg) Topics: [Faculty](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/faculty), [Information Session](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/information-session), [Community](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/community), [Humanities](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/humanities) ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic A-Z - 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