Training im Sommersemester/Training during the summer semester

British Parliamentary System (BPS) Layout

Training sessions for the summer semester have started! Training takes place every Monday and Wednesday at 7 p.m. at WU Wien (U2 Krieau), in room TC.4.14. Debates will be held in both English and German both on Mondays and Wednesdays, however, our focus lies on German training on Mondays and English training on Wednesdays. Everyone […]

DKWien Team wins the Leiden Open Novice Final 2016

With great pleasure we announce that Anna Neuber & Kata Sebők are the champions of the Leiden Open Novice Final 2016. Competing as the team “The Wien Machine”, they broke after five preliminary rounds into the Novice Final together with three other teams from England, including a team from Oxford,  and the Netherlands.  Kata and Anna, […]

OWL-Cup der Debating Society Paderborn

Kaum war das neue Jahr angebrochen, unternahm der Debattierklub Wien schon die erste Reise für das Jahr 2016 und organisierte einen Roadtrip nach Paderborn, um am 16. & 17. Jänner am OWL-Cup der Debating Society Paderborn teilzunehmen. Mit von der Partie waren zwei Teams – „Meine persönlichen Favoriten“, bestehend aus Anna und Walter aus dem […]

An Obituary on Alfred Snider

Today we had to sadly learn that Professor Alfred Snider passed away. We send our condolences to his family and friends and grieve Tuna, who was a constant force for good in the debating community and in the world. As a professor for Forensics at the University of Vermont, Alfred Snider spread debating all over […]

Der 5. Baker & McKenzie Debate Club

Ouvertüre „Reden lernt man durch reden“ lautet ein Aphorismus des berühmten Cicero. Und nicht zufällig auch das Motto des Baker & McKenzie Debate Clubs, den die Wirtschaftskanzlei und Namensgeberin Baker & McKenzie gemeinsam mit dem Debattierklub Wien diesen November bereits zum fünften Mal ihren Kanzleiräumlichkeiten am Wiener Schottenring austrug. Nicht zufällig auch deswegen, weil als […]

DKWien wins the SOAS IV 2015!

The SOAS IV, held annually by the SOAS Debating Society, is one of the largest and most well-known tournaments in Europe. This year’s event, CAd by Joe Dyer, Helena Ivanov, Michael DG and Jamie Batchelor became especially appealing to us after the announcement that there would be no registration fees for international teams. As with […]