Debattierclub München has made a choice in the general assembly on 23th February. Julian Priebe remains president, his deputy is Robert Bohle, the treasurer is Niklas Brüggemann. Congratulations and good luck with your work! tr

This will be the motion of the show debatte which is to be held on 7 February by the Debattierclub München. The debate starts at 19.30 hrs in room M 118 of the main building of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, admission is free. The professors Prof. Dr. Stephan Lorenz, Prof. Dr. Gebhard Rehm (both teaching Law at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität) and Prof. Dr. Ekkart Zimmermann (Political science, Hochschule für Politik München) are going to call for privatisation of universities. Almut Graebsch, Wladislaw Jachtchenko and Valerio Morelli are going to defend the state universites. The decision upon victory or defeat in the debate ...

Sorry, this article is not yet available in English. Please read the German version to learn more on how Andreas Lazar and his team mate from Debattierclub Stuttgart made it to ESL finals at WUDC 2011.

Please read the German version of this article on the adjudication workshop held in Wiesbaden from 26 to 28 November hosted by the Association of Debating Societies at Universities (VDCH).

The newspaper Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ)reports on the show debate that was staged by Kestnergesellschaft and Debattierclub Hannover. The article can be found online - in German. The debate was hosted by Alexander Johnston, president of DC Hannover, and Jasmin Mickein of Kestnergesellschaft and member of DDG, the alumni association on the German debating circuit. The motion was "Does art have a mission?" To read more on this, please see the German version of this article. xzy / glx / apf

“Manager in the morning, human being in the afternoon – we need part time working!” – This is the slogan of a show debate the Debattierclub München hosts on Monday, 25 October. Not a lecture hall is the venue of this debate, but the club Atomic Café in Munich. Lukas Windhager and Valerio Morelli are the speakers who are not too shy to compete rhetorically in front of an audience. Their counterparts are representatives from media and politics. Who wins is decided upon by the audience. The Atomic Café can be found in Neuturmstraße 5, Munich. The club is open ...

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Schobbe-Cup takes it second round hosted by the Frankfurt debating society Goethes Faust (DCGF). The tournament starts today well after lunch at 1 p.m., which lets the teams from all over Germany travel to Frankfurt conveniently. Fifteen teams of debaters from Berlin, Bonn, Dortmund, Jena, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Mainz, Munich, Münster, Paderborn, Potsdam, Stuttgart and Tübingen are going to compete for the Schobbe-Cup 2010. The style of debate is the well spread German format Offene Parlamentarische Debatte (OPD, open parliamentary debate). Today will see three preliminary rounds while tonight awaits the debaters with socials at Café KoZ and a midnight debate. Sunday is ...