Debating in Moscow at the HSE OPEN 2012: Cold from the Outside, Warm on the Inside
On April 7th and April 8th the Higher School of Economics hosted their annual international tournament in British Parliamentary Style. Chief Adjudicated by Filip Dobranic, along with Mathias Hamann and Eugene Akulich, HSE Open 2012 combined the fun of debating, with plenty of workshops and an insight into Proctor & Gamble’s recruitment philosophy. Christoph and Rosie […]
VIV12 in numbers – 7 squirrels walk into 3 bars and…
Debaters often side with policies of restricting civil rights, freedom of expression and self-determination. That’s because they believe in whatever they have to believe in order to win the debate. Today, however, it’s up to you to decide what to believe or not. VIV12 OrgCom set its gray matter working to provide you with loads […]
Early birds – Vienna IV 2012
Read about the Vienna IV through the lenses of last year’s convener of the Vienna IV 2011, Leonhard Weese and what he has to say about the challenges of running a tournament. He also reveals how the orgcom turned a draconian punctuality into a real treat for the participants.
Budapest Open 2012
The Budapest Open from the 1. to the 4. March, 2013 was (almost) the first official British parliamentary debate tournament taking place in Hungary. As a cooperation between students and debate societies from the Central European University and Corvinus University of Budapest it attracted total of 48 teams debated in 4 preliminary rounds to break […]
Berlin wins the Vienna IV 2012
From March 9 to 11 Debattierklub Wien hosted the Vienna IV for the second time since it’s inception. 50 teams competed in 6 British Parliamentary rounds on Friday and Saturday. The tournament was chief adjudicated by Maja Cimerman, Mark Manson and Michael Shapira. The Semi and Final debates were held in the festive location of […]
Debattieren, Flanieren, Philosophieren – Die ZEIT Debatte Hamburg 2012
Vom 13.1.2012 bis 15.01.2012 fand in Hamburg die erste ZEIT DEBATTE des Jahres statt. Der Debattierclub Hamburg e.V. lud gemeinsam mit dem Debattierclub Kiel zum Turnier, das nach Regeln der Offenen Parlamentarischen Debatte (OPD) ausgetragen wurde. Für den Debattierklub Wien traten Philipp Deutsch, Andreas Prischl und Jakob Reiter als die „Wiener Gschichtldrucker“ und Karoline Lutz […]
