Eligibility:
FASPE Business applicants must be actively pursuing a career in business and fit into one of the following three categories: 1) be enrolled in an MBA or related graduate program with a maximum of 5 years of prior experience at the time of their application; OR 2) have completed their MBA or related graduate degree and be working as a business professional with a maximum of 5 years of experience at the time of application; OR 3) have completed an undergraduate degree and be working as a business professional , with a maximum of 5 years of professional experience at the time of application.
FASPE seeks Business Fellows with diverse interests and backgrounds, including those pursuing careers in any business sector, at non- profits, at start-ups, in consulting, and in other business settings.
Description:
FASPE is an intensive two-week fellowship trip in professional ethics and ethical leadership taking place in Berlin, Krakow, and Oswiecim (the location of the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz). FASPE Business approaches the study of professional ethics by examining the actions and choices of German businesses and business professionals in designing, executing and/or enabling Nazi policies. FASPE then draws on this historical example to help Business Fellows grasp their role and responsibility as individuals with influence in their communities and to lead them to identify and confront the ethical issues currently facing businesses and business professionals.
FASPE Business has developed its own curriculum of small group discussions, case studies, and lectures that are connected to the history and historical sites the program explores. Faculty leadership is provided by recognized academics, practicing professionals, historians and ethicists.
Interdisciplinary work and exchanges are also a core component of the fellowship program and the FASPE alumni network. FASPE Business Fellows travel with FASPE Law and Design & Technology Fellows, allowing Fellows in each program to benefit from cross-disciplinary perspectives and discussions.
FASPE Business is neither a Holocaust studies course nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments, and issues that raise ethical concerns for individual lawyers in the contemporary settings in which they work.
FASPE seeks Fellows at a formative stage of their professional lives, who are open-minded and self-reflective, demonstrate leadership capabilities, and possess the potential of having influence in their fields. FASPE selects its Fellows on the basis of their academic background, personal and professional experiences, capacity for leadership, and ability to contribute to the Fellowship program and the alumni community. FASPE values and seeks to create inclusive environments, and welcomes applicants of all religious, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds as well as gender identities. FASPE seeks Fellows who are interested in engaging in discussions with their co-Fellows and faculty, and who have the intellectual and emotional maturity to discuss difficult and controversial issues responsibly and respectfully in small group settings. All applications are welcome and reviewed.
To learn more about FASPE Business, please visit the Business page under the Fellowships tab on the FASPE website.
Eligibility:
FASPE Law applicants must fit into one of the following three categories: 1) be enrolled in a JD program as a 2L or 3L at the time of their application; OR 2) be working in the legal profession (including a clerkship) at the time of their application and have received a JD degree no earlier than May 2021; OR 3) for applicants from education systems where law school training does not take place at the post-graduate level, applicants should have completed their requisite legal education in the applicable jurisdiction and be working as a trainee or associate (no more senior than a 4th year associate).
FASPE seeks Law Fellows with diverse interests and backgrounds, including those pursuing careers in law firms, internal law departments, public interest law, as prosecutors or public defenders, etc.
Description:
FASPE is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership taking place in Berlin, Krakow and Oswiecim (the location of the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz). FASPE Law approaches the study of professional ethics by examining the actions and choices of German lawyers and judges in designing, executing and/or enabling Nazi policies. FASPE then draws on this historical example to help Law Fellows grasp their role and responsibility as professionals in their communities and to lead them to identify and confront the ethical issues currently facing lawyers and the legal profession.
FASPE Law has developed its own curriculum of small group discussions, case studies, and lectures that are connected to the history and historical sites the program explores. Faculty leadership is provided by recognized academics, practicing professionals, historians and ethicists.
Interdisciplinary work and exchanges are also a core component of the fellowship program and the FASPE alumni network. FASPE Law Fellows travel with FASPE Business and Design & Technology Fellows, allowing Fellows in each program to benefit from cross-disciplinary perspectives and discussions.
FASPE Law is neither a Holocaust studies course nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments, and issues that raise ethical concerns for individual lawyers in the contemporary settings in which they work.
FASPE seeks Fellows at a formative stage of their professional lives, who are open-minded and self-reflective, demonstrate leadership capabilities, and possess the potential of having influence in their fields. FASPE selects its Fellows on the basis of their academic background, personal and professional experiences, capacity for leadership, and ability to contribute to the Fellowship program and the alumni community. FASPE values and seeks to create inclusive environments, and welcomes applicants of all religious, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds as well as gender identities. FASPE seeks Fellows who are interested in engaging in discussions with their co-Fellows and faculty, and who have the intellectual and emotional maturity to discuss difficult and controversial issues responsibly and respectfully in small group settings. All applications are welcome and reviewed.
To learn more about FASPE Law, please visit the Law page under the Fellowships tab on the FASPE website.
Eligibility:
FASPE defines these professionals as those who “build things.” Thus, Design & Technology applicants must be actively pursuing a career in architecture, design, computer science, data science, artificial intelligence, engineering, or any related profession. Applicants must fit into one of the following categories: 1) be enrolled in a graduate program in design, architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, computer science, artificial intelligence, statistics and applied math, electrical engineering, or a program in a related field at the time of their application; OR 2) have completed an undergraduate degree and be working in a related field, with a maximum of 5 years of professional experience at the time of application. OR 3) have completed a graduate degree and be working in a related field, with a maximum of 5 years of professional experience at the time of application.
Description:
FASPE is an intensive two-week fellowship trip in professional ethics and ethical leadership taking place in Berlin, Krakow, and Oswiecim (the location of the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz). FASPE begins by examining the actions and choices of technologists and designers in enabling and executing Nazi policies. FASPE then draws on this historical example to help Design and Technology Fellows grapple with their role and responsibilities as designers of built environments and to encourage them to identify and confront the ethical issues currently facing architects, engineers, designers, and other technologists today.
FASPE Design & Technology has developed its own curriculum of small group discussions, case studies, and lectures that are connected to the history and historical sites the program explores. Faculty leadership is provided by recognized academics, practicing professionals, historians and ethicists.
Interdisciplinary work and exchanges are also a core component of the fellowship program and the FASPE alumni network. FASPE Design & Technology Fellows travel with FASPE Law and Business Fellows, allowing Fellows in each program to benefit from cross-disciplinary perspectives and discussions.
FASPE Design & Technology is neither a Holocaust studies course nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments, and issues that raise ethical concerns for individual business professionals in the contemporary settings in which they work.
FASPE seeks Fellows at a formative stage of their professional lives, who are open-minded and self-reflective, demonstrate leadership capabilities, and possess the potential of having influence in their fields. FASPE selects its Fellows on the basis of their academic background, personal and professional experiences, capacity for leadership, and ability to contribute to the Fellowship program and the alumni community. FASPE values and seeks to create inclusive environments, and welcomes applicants of all religious, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds as well as gender identities. FASPE seeks Fellows who are interested in engaging in discussions with their co-Fellows and faculty, and who have the intellectual and emotional maturity to discuss difficult and controversial issues responsibly and respectfully in small group settings. All applications are welcome and reviewed.
To learn more about FASPE Design & Technology, please visit the Design & Technology page under the Fellowships tab on the FASPE website.
Eligibility:
FASPE Medical applicants must fit into one of following categories: 1) be enrolled in an MD or DO program (or equivalent) at the time of their application and anticipate completion of at least one clinical year prior to the start of the fellowship; OR 2) be enrolled in a residency program.
FASPE seeks Medical Fellows with diverse interests and backgrounds, including those pursuing careers practicing medicine, in research, or in public health.
Description
FASPE is an intensive two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership taking place in Berlin, Krakow and Oswiecim (the location of the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz). FASPE Medical approaches the study of professional ethics by examining the actions and choices of German physicians in designing, executing and/or enabling Nazi policies. FASPE then draws on this historical example to help Medical Fellows grasp their role and responsibility as individuals with influence in their communities and to lead them to identify and confront the ethical issues currently facing physicians and the medical profession at large.
FASPE Medicine has developed its own curriculum of small group discussions, case studies, and lectures that are connected to the history and historical sites the program explores. Faculty leadership is provided by recognized academics, practicing professionals, historians and ethicists.
Interdisciplinary work and exchanges are also a core component of the fellowship program and the FASPE alumni network. FASPE Medical Fellows travel with FASPE Seminary and Journalism Fellows, allowing Fellows in each program to benefit from cross-disciplinary perspectives and discussions.
FASPE Medical is neither a Holocaust studies course nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments and issues that raise ethical concerns for individual physicians in the contemporary settings in which they work.
FASPE seeks Fellows at a formative stage of their professional lives, who are open-minded and self-reflective, demonstrate leadership capabilities, and possess the potential of having influence in their fields. FASPE selects its Fellows on the basis of their academic background, personal and professional experiences, capacity for leadership, and ability to contribute to the Fellowship program and the alumni community. FASPE values and seeks to create inclusive environments, and welcomes applicants of all religious, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds as well as gender identities. FASPE seeks Fellows who are interested in engaging in discussions with their co-Fellows and faculty, and who have the intellectual and emotional maturity to discuss difficult and controversial issues responsibly and respectfully in small group settings. All applications are welcome and reviewed.
To learn more about FASPE Medical, please visit the Medical page under the Fellowships tab on the FASPE website.
Eligibility
FASPE Clergy applicants must either be enrolled in graduate school preparing for work as a religious leader at the time of application or they must be working as a religious leader with a relevant graduate degree received May 2020 or after. Those applying as students may be studying at a seminary, divinity school, rabbinical school, Muslim chaplaincy program or other graduate program related to religious OR theological training.
Applicants do not need to be ordained or planning to pursue ordination to be eligible. Applicants from all faith traditions are encouraged.
FASPE seeks Clergy Fellows with diverse interests and backgrounds, including those pursuing careers as religious leaders of congregations, as chaplains, at universities, hospitals, prisons, corporations, in the armed services, and in other settings.
Description
FASPE is an intensive two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership taking place in Berlin, Krakow, and Oswiecim (the location of the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz). FASPE Clergy & Religious Leaders approaches the study of professional ethics by examining the actions and choices of German and international clergy in supporting and/or enabling Nazi policies. FASPE then draws on this historical example to help Clergy Fellows grasp their role and responsibility as individuals with influence in their communities and to lead them to identify and confront the ethical issues currently facing clergy of all faiths.
FASPE Clergy & Religious Leaders has developed its own curriculum of small group discussions, case studies, and lectures that are connected to the history and historical sites the program explores. Interfaith dialogue also factors into the curriculum. Faculty leadership is provided by recognized academics, active clergy leading faith communities, historians, and ethicists. Interdisciplinary work and exchanges are also a core component of the Fellowship program and the FASPE alumni network. FASPE Clergy Fellows travel with FASPE Medical and Journalism Fellows, allowing Fellows in each program to benefit from cross-disciplinary perspectives and discussions.
FASPE Clergy & Religious Leaders is neither a Holocaust studies course nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments and issues that raise ethical concerns for religious leaders in the contemporary settings in which they work.
FASPE seeks Fellows at a formative stage of their professional lives, who are open-minded and self-reflective, demonstrate leadership capabilities, and possess the potential of having influence in their fields. FASPE selects its Fellows on the basis of their academic background, personal and professional experiences, capacity for leadership, and ability to contribute to the Fellowship program and the alumni community. FASPE values and seeks to create inclusive environments, and welcomes applicants of all religious, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds as well as gender identities. FASPE seeks Fellows who are interested in engaging in discussions with their co-Fellows and faculty, and who have the intellectual and emotional maturity to discuss difficult and controversial issues responsibly and respectfully in small group settings. All applications are welcome and reviewed.
To learn more about FASPE Clergy & Religious Leaders, please visit the Clergy & Religious Leaders page under the Fellowships tab on the FASPE website.
Eligibility:
FASPE Journalism applicants must fit into one of the following three categories: 1) have some, but not more than 5 years, journalistic experience (whether in a college newsroom or otherwise[) and be enrolled in a graduate program of any kind and planning to work as a journalist; OR 2) have completed an undergraduate degree and be working as a journalist with a maximum of 5 years of professional experience at the time of application; OR 3) have completed a graduate degree and be working as a journalist with a maximum of 5 years of professional experience at the time of application.
Preference will be given to candidates who have journalistic work that has been published or aired by a recognized news organization.
FASPE seeks Journalism Fellows with diverse interests and backgrounds, including those pursuing careers as reporters, editors, photojournalists or documentarians or other forms of storytelling, in local, national, or international contexts.
Description:
FASPE is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership taking place in Berlin, Krakow, and Oswiecim (the location of the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz). FASPE Journalism approaches the study of professional ethics by examining the actions and choices of German and international journalists in executing and/or enabling Nazi policies. FASPE then draws on this historical example to help Journalism Fellows grasp their role and responsibility as individuals with influence in their communities and to lead them to identify and confront the ethical issues currently facing journalists and media institutions at large.
FASPE Journalism has developed its own curriculum of small group discussions, case studies, and lectures that are connected to the history and historical sites the program explores. Faculty leadership is provided by recognized academics, practicing professionals, historians and ethicists.
Interdisciplinary work and exchanges are also a core component of the fellowship program and the FASPE alumni network. FASPE Journalism Fellows travel with FASPE Medical and FASPE Seminary Fellows, allowing Fellows in each program to benefit from cross-disciplinary perspectives and discussions.
FASPE Journalism is neither a Holocaust studies course nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments, and issues that raise ethical concerns for individual journalists in the contemporary settings in which they work.
FASPE seeks Fellows at a formative stage of their professional lives, who are open-minded and self-reflective, demonstrate leadership capabilities, and possess the potential of having influence in their fields. FASPE selects its Fellows on the basis of their academic background, personal and professional experiences, capacity for leadership, and ability to contribute to the Fellowship program and the alumni community. FASPE values and seeks to create inclusive environments, and welcomes applicants of all religious, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds as well as gender identities. FASPE seeks Fellows who are interested in engaging in discussions with their co-Fellows and faculty, and who have the intellectual and emotional maturity to discuss difficult and controversial issues responsibly and respectfully in small group settings. All applications are welcome and reviewed.
To learn more about FASPE Journalism, please visit the Journalism page under the Fellowships tab on the FASPE website.