STUDY ABROAD WITH SHA IN BERLIN!

Join us in Berlin on our next study abroad course! This adventure includes elements of cultural immersion and experiential field trips with Dr. Justin Lehmiller as our guide!

Update: We are sold out. For Amsterdam and/or Berlin 2024 - Click “Buy Tickets” below to save your spot for next year. Additionally, for the unlikely reason a spot opens this year, we will also give you that option. Thank you!

Sexual Health Alliance four day study abroad program in Berlin will be cutting edge, transformational and exceed your expectations of studying human sexuality in a different culture and country. If you’ve seen Dr. Justin Lehmiller before at our Sexceptional Weekends in person or online, you know this will be an incredible week learning from a Harvard Award Winning Educator and professor and his stellar guest speakers. This is an advanced program that includes elements of immersion, experiential and educational excursions.

Dr. Justin Lehmiller is a Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute, founder of the blog Sex and Psychology, and author of the bestselling book Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life. He has over a decade of experience teaching sexuality courses in prestigious colleges and universities and has led 10+ Sexceptional Weekend Conferences for the Sexual Health Alliance, as well as our 2021 Study Abroad Program in the Netherlands.

This course offers students the opportunity to perform a comparative analysis of sexual attitudes and behaviors in Germany and the United States. Germany provides an important contrast in many ways. For example, in the U.S., there is no federal requirement for sex education; however, sex ed has been mandatory in every German school since 1992. With a teen pregnancy rate three times lower than that of the U.S., the German approach appears to be working! Germany is also home to the first gay rights organization (established in 1897), the first “Institute for Sexual Science” in the world (1919-1933), and some of the most well-known kink establishments in the world. Germany also has a legal and government regulated system for sex work. We will explore the German model of sexuality in depth and the rich history of sex research in the country. Students will also have the opportunity to immerse themselves in German culture in order to enhance their cultural sensitivity and global perspective.

4 day program includes

Cultural immersion elements in regard to sexuality education

Guest Speakers from across Europe

One bigger cultural event each day (e.g., a bike tour of the city, a food tour)

Classroom sessions

Free time to explore the city

Welcome dinner and drinks on the first day of the program

Plus other adventures and group outings in the city!

This program also includes 15 AASECT CEs

May 2023 in Berlin, Germany!

Purchase tickets below for Berlin: April 30th - May 3rd , 2023

Each day includes group discussions in addition to one or more of the elements listed above. Topics include but are not limited to kink/BDSM, the history of sex research, sex work, sex education, and LGBTQ issues—all through a cross-cultural lens.

We recommend students arrive no later that the morning or early afternoon of April 30th. We will do group discussion and cultural immersion days on April 30th-May 3rd.

(Students can tack on extra days as they wish or add on Amsterdam with our study abroad the week before.)

COURSE EXCURSIONS AND ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE:

• Walking tour of the Berlin LGBTQ+ scene

• Organized outing to some of the biggest fetish and sex shops in the city

• Wonderful Bicycle tour of the city (note: for students who are not experienced with biking, an alternative walking or bus tour will be arranged)

• Three hour exceptional food tour

• Group discussions and other excursions

• We are working to secure a visit to a sex toy factory! (Not yet confirmed—if we are unable to arrange this, it will be replaced with another exciting event!)

Note: The “partner(s) ticket” is an add on ticket for your partner(s) that includes all the excursions and activities listed in this section. All of these activities are also already included in the overall course fees for the student participant.

Core topics to be addressed include:

• The history of sex research in Germany

• Kink, BDSM, and other sexual practices through a cross-cultural lens

• Legal models of sex work around the world

• Sex education, including different approaches and their effectiveness

• Sexual health, including how and why this varies cross-culturally

• LGBTQ+ history and psychology

Investment:

Course cost is $1,497 per student for early registration. We have VERY limited seats in this program, so we recommend securing your spot early.

This course fee includes:

All lectures/workshops with Dr. Justin Lehmiller (Half day of classroom time will be completed online on April 1st, 2023)

All events with guest speakers

All cultural excursions and adventures

Students are responsible for transportation, hotel accommodation and all meals:

Berlin has great public transportation so students may choose to stay a little further out in order to save money. We will also offer students the option of pairing up with other students to share rooms and save on hotel costs as the program gets closer.

Students will be responsible for booking their own flight and hotel accommodations. When booking flights/hotels, plan to be in Berlin no later than mid-afternoon on April 30th. Activities will begin at 5:00 PM that day. For departure, plan to leave May 4th or later. That said, feel free to extend your stay in Berlin before or after the course if you desire. We will provide an extensive list of optional activity suggestions should you wish to explore more of Berlin. All fees are non-refundable, but are transferable between SHA students, programs and events.