Die englischsprachige Weltmeisterschaft im Hochschuldebattieren (World Universities Debating Championship - WUDC) 2018 in Mexiko, die vom 28.12.17-04.01.18 ausgetragen wurde, ist vorüber und die Gewinner der drei Sprachkategorien stehen fest. Open Champion ist Harvard, ESL-Champion ist Oxford und EFL-Champion ist Comillas. Die Finals fanden im historischen Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris im Zentrum Mexiko-Stadts statt. [caption id="attachment_33275" align="alignright" width="400"] Das Open Final - © Jacky Hsinghsien Chang Chow[/caption] Das Team Harvard A (Danny DeBois, Archie Hall) gewann das Open Final als eröffenende Regierung zum Thema "This house would rather save the life of a single child, over extending the life of 5 ...

Wie jedes Jahr fand zum Jahreswechsel die englischsprachige Weltmeisterschaft im Debattieren (World Universities Debating Championship - WUDC) statt. Der Austragungsort war Mexiko-Stadt. Das Turnier begann am 27.12.17 und endete am 04.01.18. Nach neun Vorrunden standen am Silvesterabend die in die KO-Runden breakenden Teams fest. Auf der WUDC treten Teams in drei Sprachkategorien an, EPL (English as a Proficient Language), ESL (English as a Second Language) und EFL (English as a Foreign Language). EPL-klassifizierende Teams können lediglich im offenen Break weiterkommen, ESL-Teams je nach Ranking im offenen Break oder im ESL-Break und EFL-Teams je nach Ranking in einem der drei Breaks. ...

Von Freitag, dem 9. Dezember, bis Sonntag, dem 11. Dezember, findet in Paris das Centrale Open 2016 statt. Da es sich um ein internationales Turnier handelt, werden die Debatten im British Parliament Style und auf Englisch gehalten. Nach fünf Vorrunden folgen Halbfinals und Finale sowie ein ESL-Finale. Die Chefjury besteht aus Sella Nevo, Harish Natarajan und Sharmila Parmanand. Fragen können an ecpdebating@gmail.com gerichtet werden. Die bisher bekannten Informationen im Überblick: Datum: 9. bis 11. Dezember, 2016 Unterbringung: Crash auf dem Campus Anmeldung: Onlineformular Anmeldegebühr: Redner 55 € Jurorenregel: n-1 Format: BPS Runden: 5 Vorrunden, Halbfinals und Finale, ESL-Finale Chefjuroren: Sella Nevo, Harish Natarajan, Sharmila ...

Von heute bis kommenden Samstag (14.-20.08.) findet in Warschau die European University Debating Championship (EUDC) 2016 statt. Es ist nach der Weltmeisterschaft das größte Debattierturnier der Welt und wird in diesem Jahr von der Foundation Poland Debates (Fundacja Polska Debatuje), dem University of Warsaw Debate Club (Klub Debat) und dem Warsaw School of Economics Debate Club (SKN KLUB DEBAT SGH) organisiert. Der Zeitplan beinhaltet neun Vorrunden, sowie Auscheidungsrunden in den zwei Sprachkategorien "Open" und "English as a Second Language (ESL)". Wie üblich stehen auch einige Partys, offizielle Abendessen und ein Treffen des EUDC-Council auf dem Programm. Das leitende Jurorenteam besteht neben ...

The World Universities Debating Championship 2015 in Malaysia has its champions:And the winners are...The Open CategorySydney A (Edward Miller, Nick Chung) won the final in the Open Category. They debated the motion "This House believes that humanitarian organisations should, and should be allowed to, give funding, resources or services to illegal armed groups when this is made a condition for access to vulnerable civilians." and won against Oxford A (Patrick Bateman, Natasha Rachman) in Opening Government, BPP A  (Steven Rajavinothan, Michael O'Dwyer) in Opening Opposition and Harvard A (Bo Seo, Fanelesibonge Mashwama) in Closing Opposition. The final was adjudicated by Shafiq Bazari (chair), Dominic ...

The break of the European Universities Debating Championship 2014 in Zagreb has been announced. The following teams will compete in the out-rounds on the 22nd of August (data might be inaccurate): Open Break 23: Cambridge C 22: Oxford B 21: Cambridge B 21: Oxford A 21: GUU A 20: Cambridge A 20: Oxford C 19: Edinburgh A 19: LSE A 19: Sheffield A 19: Durham B 19: KCL A 19: Hebrew A 19: Nottingham A 19: Durham C 18: BPP A ESL Break 19: Hebrew A 18; Belgrade B 18: Lund A 18: Tartu A 18: Berlin A 17: Tel Aviv B 17: Leiden A 17: Bucharest A 17: BBU A 17: Tilbury House A 17: Mannheim A 17: ELTE A 17 BGU A 16: Belgrade A 16: Tel Aviv A 16: tie of ...

Yael Bell and Dan Lahav have won the first BBU Open that took place from the 11th to the 13th July 2014 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The team from Tel Aviv won from Closing Opposition in a debate with the motion: You are a scientist. You have discovered absolute conclusive proof that God does not exist. This house would destroy the information. [caption id="attachment_23996" align="alignleft" width="320"] Yael Bell and Dan Lahav(c) BBU DS[/caption] In Opening Government, Belgrade with Helena Ivanov and Stefan Siridžansky competed against Lund with Michael Saliba and Peer Klüßendorf in Opening Opposition and a Mixed team with Georgiana Mihut and AJ ...

From the 17th to the 19th of October, the University of Turku Debating Club hosts the Turku Open for the second time in Finland. The tournament features 5 preliminary rounds of BPS debating with a break to semi-finals and a final. Speeches will be 7 minutes in length, the team cap is 32 teams. The Chief Adjudicators (CAs) are Harish Natarajan, CA of the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC) 2014 in Chennai, Peer Klüßendorf, European Champion in the category English as a second Language (ESL) and ESL finalist at WUDC 2014, and Helena Ivanov, ESL Finalist as well as Best EFL ...

Ashish Kumar and Michael Dunn Goekjian have won the Paris Open 2014. The final jury unanimously decided that the team from Cambridge prevailed as Opening Opposition to the following motion: This House supports the unlimited use of war-time propaganda which aims to dehumanise the enemy. The Top of the tab team Pascal A (Alon van Dam, Harish Natarajan) was in Opening Government, Belgrade A (Helena Ivanov, Stefan Siridžansky) spoke in Closing Government, and Matthew Willmore and Scott Ralston from the team Wigglypuf in Closing Opposition. [caption id="attachment_22946" align="alignright" width="400"] Michael Dunn Goekjian offers a POI while his team partner Ashish Kumar ...

Budapest Open is the perfect tournament for many reasons. It's perfect for a good early Euros prep, for an amazing weekend, or even as Chapter One of the Austro-Hungarian Debate Week, since Vienna IV is precisely the following weekend. Registration fee is 50 EUR for debaters and judges alike.  For this, you get almost everything you can wish for during these few days, including meals, accommodation in a three-star hotel for two nights, debate and socials venues and drinks coupons so you only have to spend a minimum amount on all your self-destruction needs. An additional night's stay is available at ...

There is not much to report from the Patras Open International Debate Championship, that took place in Greece from July 26th to July 29th. But we can give you some impressions: The motion of the Grand Final that took place in the Theater by the Sea in Patras was "TH as Socrates wouldn't have drunk the hemlock". The winning teams came from Turkey: Congratulations to Melda Eren and Ali Avci as well as the best speaker of the Open, Kallina Basli. The CA team consisted of Manos Moschopoulos, Harish Natarajan and Milan Vignjevic. The Motions: R1: THW ban Golden Dawn. R2: THBT the state should not give ...

This year's Cambridge Inter-Varsity will be held on November 15th-16th 2013. The organizers state: „The Cambridge IV is one of the largest and most prestigious debating events on the calendar. Hosted and run by the Cambridge Union Society, the IV attracts some of the best teams from universities all over the world. Over three hundred students will be attending and we hope you'll be one of them.“ The Cambridge Union dates from 1815, and has a long history of hosting Presidents, Prime Ministers, Statesmen, Celebrities and Sports Stars. The Unions weekly debates serve to engage and to challenge presumptions and prejudices. ...

The Lund Debate Society invites all debaters to the Lund IV 2013. As a perfect preparation for Chennai Worlds, they will provide you with a great CA team, 5 rounds, 7 minutes speeches, break to Quarterfinals, Novice Finals, Swedish sittning and fika and a tour of Lund and Copenhagen, if you like! After the Finals on Saturday evening, there will a traditional Sittning dinner which is a three course gourmet dinner, with dancing and booze! Team cap: 40 teams (n-1 rule for adjudicators) Co-CA: Pam Cohn (Worlds 2012 Best Speaker), Harish Natarajan (Chief Adjudicator of Chennai Worlds 2014) Crash can be provided with ...

Die Belgrad Open 2013 werden vom 17. bis 19 Mai in der serbischen Hauptstadt stattfinden. Das CA Team besteht aus CA Harish Natarajan, DCAs Seena Maatoug und Manos Moschopoulos, Regional DCA Črt Podlogar und Local DCA Goran Jankuloski. Die elfte Ausgabe des Turniers hat fünf Runden, eine Break ins Halbfinale. Der Teilnehmerbeitrag sind 50 Euro pro Person, das Team-Cap liegt bei 64. Die Anmeldung startet am 1. April (kein Scherz). Mehr Infos gibt es auf der Website. fpu