FASPE Seminary 2017 Schedule and Syllabus June 19-June 30

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1 FASPE Seminary 2017 Schedule and Syllabus June 19-June 30 Background Reading: Doris L. Bergen, War & Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust Filip Müller, Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers John Roth, The Failure of Ethics, Chapter 5 Watch Son of Saul. Available on DVD or on Amazon or itunes. Saturday, June 17 Fellows in America depart U.S. Sunday, June 18 Arriving Fellows will be met at the airport and either share taxis or take private bus to hotel. For early arrivals and those in Berlin: 9:30 Meet at Suite Novotel (2 Anhalter Strasse) to drop luggage and breakfast 10:30 General introduction to Berlin at Suite Novotel lobby 11:00 Walking introduction to city 12:00-3:00 Free-time to explore Berlin For all: 3:00 Check in at Suite Novotel (2 Anhalter Strasse) 4:45 Meet in hotel lobby for dinner at Valmontone (Friedrichstrasse 50) at 5:00 PM Monday, June 19 (Berlin) 7:30-8:45 Breakfast at hotel 9:00-10:30 Welcome and Introduction (Relexa Hotel, 8 Anhalter Strasse, Room: Berlin Mitte): with David Goldman & Thorin Tritter 10:30-11:30 Session 1 (Berlin Mitte): Nazi Ethics, by Thorsten Wagner 11:30-1:00 Session 2 (Stuttgart): Introduction to FASPE Seminary by Kevin Spicer and Jim Ponet 1:00-2:00 Lunch (La Fenetre Restaurant) 2:00-3:30 Session 3 (Stuttgart): The Formation of a Religious Leaders Profession versus Call: Discussion 3:30-3:50 Session 3a (Berlin Mitte): Introduction to German History and Contemporary German Society (Interdisciplinary) 4:00-7:00 Walking Tour of Berlin 7:15 Dinner at Barcelona Tapas Bar and Restaurant (Friedrichstraße 211)

2 2 Tuesday, June 20 (Berlin) 7:30-9:15 Breakfast at hotel 9:30 Depart for Topography of Terror 9:45-11:00 Guided introduction to Topography of Terror 11:00-12:00 Free time in Topography of Terror 12:15 Depart for Lunch 12: Lunch at Sale e Tabacchi (Rudi-Dutschke-Straße 25) 1:45-5:00 Session 4 (1-by-1, Zimmerstraße 79-80): Christian Clergy and the Holocaust -Kevin P. Spicer, Catholics, in The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies, edited by Peter Hayes and John K. Roth (2011) -Kevin P. Spicer, Preface, in Hitler s Priests: Catholic Clergy and National Socialism -Kevin P. Spicer, For the Glory of the Fuhrer: Brown Priests, Resisting the Third Reich: The Catholic Clergy in Hitler s Berlin -Robert P. Ericksen, Protestants, in The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies 5:15-7:15 Session 5 (Gropius): Screening of Stanley Milgram s Obedience (Interdisciplinary) Required Reading: Stephen Reicher, Alexander Haslam, Joanne Smith, Working Toward the Experimenter: Reconceptualizing Obedience Within the Milgram Paradigm as Identification-Based Followership, Perspectives on Psychological Science, :15- Dinner on your own [ 19/$20] Wednesday, June 21 (Berlin) 7:30-9:00 Breakfast 9:00-12:45 Morning free. Lunch on your own [ 14/$15] 1:00-2:30 Session 6 (Gropius) Meeting with Holocaust Survivor 2:30 Depart for Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe 4:00-5:30 Session 7 (Memorial): Interpreting Difficult Religious Texts about Outsiders Handouts Provided 5:45-8:00 Session 8 (Memorial): Screen and discuss the film Conspiracy 8:15 Dinner at Ristorante Viale (Wilhelmstrasse 75)

3 Thursday, June 22 (Berlin) 3 7:00-8:30 Breakfast at hotel 8:30 Board bus for Brandenburg 10:00-11:00 Guided visit of Euthanasia Museum in Brandenburg an der Havel (Nicolaiplatz 28) 11:00-11:30 Self-guided time 11:30 Bus departs for Wannsee 12:30 Arrive at Wannsee 12:30-1:30 Lunch at Wannsee 1:30-2:30 Session 9 (Wannsee): Introduction and guided visit at Wannsee Wannsee Protocols 2:30-3:30 Self-guided time 3:30-5:00 Session 10 (Wannsee): The Question of Evil (interdisciplinary) -Christopher Browning, Ordinary Men, excerpt from Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (1992) -Quotes on Evil and Good -Rudolph Hoess, edited by Jurg Amann, The Commandant 5:00 Depart Wannsee 5:15-6:00 Visit to Grunewald Track 17 7:00 Dinner (Rundum, Stresemannstr. 37) Friday, June 23 (Berlin-Krakow) 6:45 Board Bus for airport 7:15 Arrive at airport to catch AirBerlin flight 8202 departing at 8:45 AM, arriving Krakow 10:10 10:40 Meet bus to drop bags at Campanile Hotel (ul. Św. Tomasza 34, ) 11:30-12:00 Session 10a(Hotel): Introduction to Polish History and Contemporary Polish Society (Interdisciplinary) 12:00 Depart for lunch 12:15-1:30 Lunch Sukiennice (Rynek Glowny 3) 1:45-4:15 Walking tour introduction to Krakow 4:30 Check-in at hotel 6:30 Dinner on your own [55 PLN/$15]. For those who reserved, the dinner at the Jewish Community Center of Krakow is at 6:30. It precedes Jewish Friday night services at either of two synagogues: an orthodox service at the Remuh Synagogue (Szeroka 40) or a reform service at the Izaak Synagogue (Kupa 18).

4 Saturday, June 24 (Krakow) 4 7:30-8:15 Breakfast at hotel 8:30-10:00 Session 11 (Hotel): Polish Identity in the 20 th Century guest lecture by Prof. Zdzislaw Mach, Professor of the Humanities and Dean of the Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University 10:00-1:30 Morning free for religious observance. Lunch on your own. [36 PLN/$10] 1:30 Depart Hotel Lobby for Seminar Rooms 1:45-3:45 Session 12 (Coll. Maius Upstairs): The Challenge of the Infinite: Ethical Dilemmas in Theory -Richard Cohen, Emmanuel Levinas: Judaism and the Primacy of the Ethical, The Cambridge Companion to Modern Jewish Philosophy -Richard Kearney, Dialogue with Levinas, in Richard Cohen, editor, Face to Face with Levinas 4:00-6:00 Session 13 (Coll. Maius Upstairs): Ethical Dilemmas in Practice Handouts of case studies 6:30 Dinner at Spaghetti (Rynek Główny 17) Sunday, June 25 (Krakow/Oświęcim) 7:00-9:00 Breakfast at hotel. 9:15-12:15 Free morning for religious observance. Lunch on your own. [36 PLN/$10] 12:30 Board bus for Oświęcim 1:30-2:30 Guided walk though Oswiecim 2:30-3:15 Visit to Auschwitz Jewish Center 3:15 Board bus for Auschwitz I 3:30-7:00 Guided tour of Auschwitz 7:15 Board bus for Hotel Galicja 7:30-8:30 Check-in at Hotel Galicja and Dinner 8:30-9:30 Session 14 (Hotel): Reflection (interdisciplinary) Monday, June 26 (Oświęcim) 7:00-7:55 Breakfast at hotel 8:00 Board bus for Auschwitz-Birkenau 8:30-12:30 Guided tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau 1:00 Board bus for Center for Dialogue and Prayer 1:15-2:00 Lunch at Center for Dialogue and Prayer 2:00-3:45 Session 15 (Center for Dialogue and Prayer): Where Was God? Required Reading: "To Marry a Baker," "Puff" and "The Grip of the Holy Letters, in Yaffa Eliach, Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust 3:45 Board bus for optional time at Auschwitz I or Birkenau 4:00-7:00 Optional time at Auschwitz I or Birkenau 7:00 Board bus to hotel 7:30-8:30 Dinner at Hotel Galicja

5 Tuesday, June 27 (Oświęcim/Krakow) 5 7:30-8:30 Breakfast at hotel 8:00-8:45 (Optional) Visit to Jewish Cemetery in Oswiecim 9:00-11:30 Session 16 (Hotel) End of Life Decision-Making (interdisciplinary) Case Studies 12:00 Check-out and store bags in lobby 12:00-1:30 Lunch at Hotel Galicja 1:30 Board bus for Krakow 3:00 Check into Campanile Hotel (ul. Św. Tomasza 34; ) Late afternoon and evening free. Dinner on your own [55 PLN/$15] Wednesday, June 28 (Krakow) 8:00-9:00 Breakfast at hotel 9:00-12:30 Free morning. Lunch on your own [36 PLN/$10] 12:30 Leave from Hotel Lobby for Seminar Rooms 1:00-2:15 Session 17 (Collegium Maius Upstairs): Discussion of Son of Saul and Filip Müller, Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers 2:30-5:15 Session 18 (Collegium Maius Upstairs): Strategies of Resistance in Theory and Practice Readings: -Richard Gregg, Further Political Aspects, The Power of Non-Violence (1934) -Eric Martin, At Standing Rock and Beyond, What Is to Be Done?, New York Times, Nov. 25, :30-7:30 Session 19 (TBA): Reading of W;t followed by discussion and dinner Thursday, June 29 (Krakow/NYC) 7:00-9:00 Breakfast at hotel 9:00: Depart Hotel for seminar rooms 9:15-12:00 Session 20 (Collegium Maius Upstairs): What Leads Clergy to Deviate/Lose Their Way 12:15-2:00 Lunch at Chimera (św. Anny 3) 2:00-4:00 Session 21 (Collegium Maius Upstairs): Thinking about the Future 6:15 Depart hotel for final dinner 6:30 Final dinner at Kawaleria (Gołębia 4) Friday, June 30 (Krakow/USA) Breakfast at hotel 6:30-10:00 Morning airline departures. Hotel checkout by noon. FASPE will provide taxis to the airport.