Der Debattierclub Freiburg e.V. richtet dieses Jahr bereits zum dritten Mal den Schwarzwaldcup aus. Das Turnier im Süden Deutschlands wird vom 29. bis zum 30. November stattfinden. Wie in den vergangenen Jahren ist es Teil der Freien Debattierliga (FDL). Es ist das dritte Turnier der Saison, nachdem die Bielefelder Religions- und Glaubensdebatten bereits ausgetragen wurden und im September der Cup der Göttinger Sieben folgen wird. Das Turnier werde im British Parliament Style (BPS) debattiert, schrieb Clubpräsidentin Tanja Strukelj in einer Email an alle Debattierclubs. Den Teilnehmerbeitrag schätzen die Organisatoren auf 15 Euro. Weitere Infos sollen folgen, wenn die Anmeldephase eröffnet wird. Fragen ...

On the 18th and 19th of October, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Debating Society at the University of London will hold their annual SOAS IV in London, England. The first Chief Adjudicator (CA) who has already been announced is Andrew Ford. Remaining CAs are yet to be announced. Equity officer will be Leah Wright. The tournament features five preliminary rounds with seven minute speeches, a break to quarter-finals as well as a break to semi-finals for teams in the category English as a Second Language (ESL), provided there are enough ESL teams for an ESL semi-final. From the 25th ...

The Roosevelt Debating Society will host the third Roosevelt Open on October 17th and 18th in Middleburg in the South-West of the Netherlands. The conveners will be Sarah Rust and Jordy van Rijsingen. According to the information on the Roosevelt Open facebook page, the tournament is supported by the European Commission, Province of Zeeland and the municipality of Goes. This promotion video has been published by the conveners: The Roosevelt Open will feature five preliminary rounds with seven minute speeches, semi-finals, a final as well as a novice final. The team cap is 40 and the n-1 rule will apply for ...

On Sunday November 23rd 2014, the first Cambridge Women’s Open will take place right after the Cambridge IV 2014 on the weekend before. It is a one day tournament featuring four rounds with seven minute speeches, semi-finals, and a final as well as a Novice final. During lunchtime, there will be open discussions on women in debating. Chief Adjudicators Chief Adjudicators (CAs) will be Emilia Carlqvist, winner of the European Universities Debating Championship (EUDC) 2013 in Manchester in the category English as a Second Language (ESL) and Deputy Chief Adjudicator of the Vienna EUDC 2015, and Srishti Krishnamoorthy, breaking judge and speaker ...

The Cambridge IV 2014 will take place on the 21st and 22nd November in Cambridge, England. The tournament features five preliminary rounds with seven minute speeches, quarter finals, semi finals, and a final, as well as semi finals and a final for teams in the category English as a Second Language (ESL). It will start at 3 o'clock on Friday with team registration and will end with a Black Tie Social on Saturday night. On Sunday, the first Cambridge Women's Open 2014 will take place. Chief Adjudicators (CAs) of the tournament will be Madeline Schultz, Deputy Chief Adjudicator (DCA) of the World Universities ...

From October 31st  to November 2nd, the Ρητορική Εταιρεία - Debating Society of Greece invites the debate community to the Thessaloniki Open 2014. As the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) 2016 takes place in Thessaloniki as well, the Thessaloniki Open will give a first impression of what Worlds could feel like in Greece. According to the Debating Society of Greece, the tournament is an official event of the European Youth Capital 2014 programme and is supported by the Centre for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe and the Association for Democracy in the Balkans. The Thessaloniki Open will feature five preliminary ...

Editor's note: International registration is now open and can be accessed through the registration form on the Oxford IV homepage. From the 14th to the 15th November 2014, Molly McParland and Jamie Jackson of the Oxford Union will organise the annual Oxford IV in England. For international participants, the tournament offers a program already starting on Thursday the 13th November. The program comprises the Oxford Union Debate and an International Social on Thursday evening as well as a tour of Oxford and debating workshops on Friday. The tournament will feature five preliminary rounds with seven minute speeches, quarter- and semi-finals and a ...

Der Debattierclub Georgia Augusta e.V. in Göttingen richtet am 20./21. September ein Turnier mit dem Namen „Cup der Göttinger Sieben" aus. Das teilte David Coenen-Staß, Vizepräsident des Clubs, in einer Email an die anderen Clubvorstände mit. Das Turnier wird im Format British Parliamentary Style (BPS) ausgetragen und ist Teil der Freien Debattierliga (FDL). Das zweitägige Turnier soll sechs Vorrunden, Halbfinale und Finale umfassen. Die Chefjuroren sind Clemens Lechner, Nicolas Friebe und Michael Saliba. Mindestens 24 Teamplätze werden angeboten, bei Bedarf könne das Teamcap aber auf 32 Teams erweitert werden, schreibt David. Die Unterbringung ist Crash und steht auch für die Nacht ...

From the 24th to the 26th October 2014, conveners Khanh Van Le and Beenish Waris from the Jacobs University Bremen Debating Society will host the annual Jacobs Open in Bremen, Germany. Henrik Maedler, whom Chief Adjudicator Niels Schröter called the "007 of debating", will also be part of the organisation team.  The tournament features four Chief Adjudicators (CAs) and three Independent Adjudicators. The CA-team consists of the following: Peer Klüßendorf, European Universities Debating Championship (EUDC) winner in the category English as a Second Language (ESL); Niels Schröter, EUDC ESL finalist; Cerys Bradley, EUDC semi-finalist; and Bionda Merckens, CA of the ...

From the 9th to the 10th of August, the Westminster IV will take place in London and gives debaters another opportunity to prepare for the European Universities Debating Championships (EUDC) in Zagreb. Only participants from the same university are allowed to compete at Westminster IV. The tournament features five rounds, an open final as well as an ESL final, if at least 12 ESL teams register. Chief Adjudicators (CAs) are Matt Handley, EUDC finalist and a two time semi-finalist of the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC), and Amanda Moorghen, designated Deputy Chief Adjudicator of the EUDC 2015 in Vienna. Becki Howarth, winner ...

From the 2nd to the 3rd of August, the Imperial IV will be hosted by the Imperial College Union Debating Society in London. The tournament features five preliminary rounds with seven minute speeches, a break to semi-finals and a final. The two out of three Chief Adjudicators (CAs) already announced are Ruairidh Macintosh and Daniel Bramble. Registration costs £45 and does not include accommodation. For all those who need accommodation, the organisers can provide contact details of hostels in the vicinity. Everybody who goes to the Imperial IV as well as the Westminster IV one week later will receive a 20 ...

From the 22nd to the 30th of November, the 12th International Debate Academy Slovenia (IDAS) will be held in Kranjska Gora and in Ljubljana. In the year before, over a hundred students from four different continents attended the Debate Academy, according to the organisers. The first part of IDAS consists of a training program taking place in Kranjska Gora. The second part from the 28th on will be a tournament in Ljubljana, Slovenia's capital. [caption id="attachment_23644" align="alignright" width="280"] Ljubljana[/caption] Videos of past debates and training sessions can be found in the Academy's vimeo channel. During the first days, debaters will listen to lectures ...

Hoch im Nordosten kommt als Saisonabschluss 2013/14 der Freien Debattierliga (FDL) der Boddencup. Vom 25. bis 27. Juli findet in Greifswald das Turnier im Format British Parliamentary Style (BPS) statt. Ein Trio aus Barbara Schunicht, Marc-André Schulz und Sarah Jaglitz wird das Turnier chefjurieren. Cheforganisatoren sind Oliver Gladrow und Reinhard Müller. Der Boddencup findet schon zum sechsten Mal statt, er ist seit der Gründung der FDL stets ihr Abschlussturnier. Als letztes Turnier der FDL-Saison wird es für den Ausgang wahrscheinlich von großer Bedeutung sein: Derzeit streiten Tübingen und Marburg um den Sieg, wobei Marburg noch einen knappen Vorsprung vorzuweisen hat. Zwei ...

Die Rederei e.V. aus Heidelberg veranstaltet erstmals seit über zehn Jahren wieder ein Turnier. Am 19. Juli findet das HeidelBÄM statt, das Teil der Freien Debattierliga (FDL) sein wird. Damit ist die Rederei nach Bonn und Bayreuth bereits der dritte Club, der als neuer FDL-Ausrichter in Erscheinung tritt. „Das Turnier heißt HeidelBÄM, weil wir uns über schlagkräftige Redner*innen freuen“, erklärt Peter Giertzuch, Schatzmeister der Rederei und Organisator des Turniers. [caption id="attachment_23600" align="alignleft" width="400"] Logo Heidelbäm 2014 Die Rederei e.V.[/caption] Für die Themen in drei Vorrunden und einem Finale werden die Chefjuroren Alexander Labinsky (Dresden Debating Union), Philipp Schmidtke (Debattierclub Münster) und Sascha ...

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 ...

Ein neuartiges Turnier erwartet die Freie Debattierliga (FDL). Am Wochenende des 2./3. August 2014 richtet die Debattiergesellschaft Bielefeld die Bielefelder Religions- und Glaubensdebatten aus. Vergangenen März hatte der Brüder Grimm Debattierclub e.V. (BGDC) Marburg bereits mit dem Geschichtsturnier ein Turnier mit spezifischer inhaltlicher Ausrichtung veranstaltet. Daran wollen die Bielefelder anknüpfen. „Es stellen sich Fragen von weltweiter Bedeutung, von der Religionswissenschaft bis hin zu Ethik und Moral“, beschreibt es Jan-Phillip Niediek, Vorsitzender des Bielefelder Clubs, in einer E-Mail an alle Debattierclubs. „Es ist uns wichtig, dass es nicht um bloße ‚Christen-Themen' gehen soll, sondern um Fragen, die einen religiösen Kontext betreffen“, betont ...

Die Debattiersaison 2014/2015 wird erneut mit dem Saison-Kick-Off des Verbandes der Debattierclubs an Hochschulen e.V. (VDCH) beginnen. Das hat Tobias Kube, Vizepräsident des VDCH für Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, am Montag in einer E-Mail bekanntgegeben. Der Saison-Kick-Off fand im Oktober 2013 zum ersten Mal statt und hatte zum Ziel, die Clubvorstände bei ihrer Arbeit zu unterstützen. Es wurden Workshops etwa zur Organisation von Showdebatten und Turnieren, Mitgliederwerbung und -bindung sowie Einsteigertrainings gegeben. Daneben hatten die Vorstände die Möglichkeit, untereinander ihre Erfahrungen auszutauschen. Durch den Termin im Herbst sollen die Vorstände neugewonnene Erkenntnisse direkt für ihre Arbeit im Wintersemester 2014/15 nutzen können. „Für ...

From the 9th to the  12th of August, the Riječka Debatna Unija will organise the RiOpen 2014 in Rijeka, Croatia. The tournament offers debaters heading for the European Universities Debating Championship (EUDC) in Zagreb another possibility to prepare and train. There will be five Chief Adjudicators (CAs) for the tournament: Viktor Prlja, best speaker at the European Universities Debating Championship (EUDC) 2013 in Manchester in the category English as a Second Language (ESL) and CA for the Cork EUDC 2016 bid; Tijana Mijalković, ESL quarter finalist at the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) 2013 in Berlin and Deputy Chief Adjudicator (DCA) at the ...

From August 29th to August 31st, the third Athens Open will be hosted by the Deree College Debating Club. The tournament takes place merely one week after the European Universities Debating Championship in Zagreb and welcomes all debaters who want to extend their holiday stay in the South East of Europe. The Athens Open will be held in British Parliamentary Style and features 5 preliminary rounds with 7 minute speeches, Semi-Finals and a Final. Chief Adjudicators (CAs) will be Christine Simpson, CA of Zagreb EUDC 2014, and Michael Shapira, CA of Vienna EUDC 2015. Registration is open. Registration Fee is 60 Euros ...

From the 21st until the 25th of July, the Erasmus Debate Society (EDS) invites debaters from all over the World to join DAPDI 2014, the annual debate training camp held in Rotterdam. The training week is meant to give beginners as well as advanced debaters training for the European Debating Championship 2014 in Zagreb an opportunity to improve their skills. Like in the previous years, trainers from the Oxford Debating Union will offer trainings to participants according to their specific skill levels from beginners to advanced debaters. After a three day training period, there will be a two day tournament, ...

From June 21st to June 22nd the Durham Debating Society will host the Durham Open 2014. The tournament in the North of England features 5 rounds with 7 minute speeches, semi-finals and a finals. As a special feature, all motions debated will be open motions. The policy on motions will soon be announced. Chief adjudicators (CAs) will be Rosie Unwin, finals judge at the European Universities Debating Championship (EUDC) and CA of, amongst others, the Oxford Women's tournament, and Steven Rajavinothan, breaking speaker at the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) and the EUDC and finals judge of many tournaments, Sam Block, ...

From May 30th to June 1st, the SSE Riga Debate Society and the non-governmental organisation QUO tu domā? will host the third Debate Academy. The Debate Academy aims at debaters from different countries who want to learn more about debating and improve their skills. It consists of seven workshops given in four rooms simultaneously to account for different levels of debating proficiency of the participants. Afterwards, a tournament with four rounds and a final will be organsised so that the debaters can apply what they have learned. The trainers for the workshops will be Michael Shapira, Chief Adjudicator (CA) of the ...

Am 12. und 13. Juli 2014 findet in Bonn der erste Methusalem-Cup statt. Das Turnier richtet sich vor allem, aber nicht ausschließlich an Alumni. Initiator des Turniers ist Lennart Lokstein, Vorsitzender der Streitkultur e.V. Tübingen. „Die Idee kam bei der Vorbereitung für den letzten Streitkultur-Cup auf, bei dem nur ein Teammitglied Alumnus/Alumna sein durfte. Aus den Rückmeldungen wurde ersichtlich, dass der Wunsch nach einem kompetitiven Alumniturnier besteht“, erklärt er. „Den Gedanken, alle früheren Generationen einmal aufeinandertreffen zu sehen, finde ich ziemlich spannend.“ Gemeinsam mit Betty Braun, Präsidentin des Debattierclubs Bonn e.V., organisiert er das Turnier. Da Tübingen nicht sehr zentral ...

Die Debattiergesellschaft Jena e.V. (DGJ) veranstaltet am 14./15. Juni ein Frauenturnier. Es ist das zweite Turnier, von dem männliche Redner ausgeschlossen sind, nach 2011. Das Original war damals mit 121 Kommentaren auf der Achten Minute umstritten. Auf Grund seiner Exklusivität kann das Frauenturnier nicht Teil der Freien Debattierliga (FDL) sein. „Die Teilnahme männlicher Juroren ist aber durchaus erlaubt und erwünscht“, schrieb Organisatorin Tina Rudolph in einer E-Mail über den VDCH-Verteiler. Das Turnier wird im Format British Parliamentary Style (BPS) ausgetragen und umfasst vier Vorrunden am Samstag. Eine Anreise ist bereits am Freitag möglich. Die vier besten Teams breaken direkt ins Finale, ...

On May 31st the Tilbury House Novice will take place in Cologne, Germany. After the Magdeburg Novice Tournament it is the second English Fresher's tournament in Germany this season. It aims to encourage all those who want to make their first experiences with English Debating without having to fly to a foreign country and compete with experienced native speakers. Accordingly, speakers should not have debated for more than 1 year and should not have broken at an international tournament. The tournament will be held in BP and features 4 preliminary rounds and a final. Chief Adjudicator (CA) is Leo Münstermann, Semi-Finalist ...

From May 2nd to May 3rd the first international tournament in the history of Danish Debating will take place in Copenhagen. The Copenhagen Open 2014 will be hosted by the CBS Debating Society, Convenors are Erik Thompson (Convenor) and Jeen Chun (Deputy Convenor). It features 5 preliminary rounds with 7 minute speeches, Semi-Finals and a Final. “The tournament is designed to help foster the small debate circuit in Scandinavia”, the convenor explains on facebook. Therefore at least one of the speakers in every team has to be in their first year of university debating. The Chief Adjudicators (CAs) of the Copenhagen Open ...