Debating Club Aachen
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| legal form | non-profit registered association |
| founding | April 2, 2008 |
| Seat | Aachen |
| Website | www.debatte.rwth-aachen.de |
The Debattierclub Aachen e. V. is the German and English speaking debating club in Aachen . Founded on April 2, 2008, it has been a member of the Association of Debating Clubs at Universities since September 25, 2008 . V. (VDCH). It is financed through support from the university and donations.
According to tradition among German debating clubs, the association is primarily aimed at students, but is generally open to any interested citizen. During the last few years he has gained prominence through active and successful participation in national and international debating events (see below). Currently - as of May 2016 - the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) rates it as the eighth best German debating club worldwide.
Goal of the association
The aim of the association according to the statutes is to promote and maintain the culture of debate . This is achieved by holding argumentative debates on a regular basis in accordance with the rules of the Open Parliamentary Debate (OPD) or the British Parliamentary Style (BPS) that are customary in academic debates .
These debates are held several times a week in both German and English on various topics from politics, science and philosophy.
development
The Aachen Debating Club was initiated in April 2008 as the first of its kind in Aachen by RWTH student Florian Krämer. After a few weeks it was entered in the Aachen register of associations as a non-profit organization. In September, she joined the Association of Debating Clubs at Universities.
Due to its border location in the middle of the Euregio , the club was also internationally oriented from the start. Shortly after its founding phase, an Aachen team attended the European Universities Debating Championship , then in Galway (Ireland), and made it to the semi-finals at Sciences Po IV 2011 in Le Havre and Centrale IV 2011 in Paris .
In addition to participating in debating tournaments and seminars, the club also organizes these itself. The regular debates organized by him are partially recognized by RWTH as a course with the possibility of awarding a certificate of achievement.
Activities and Achievements
- 6th place as a club in the Free Debating League (FDL), season 2010/11
- Organization of the Debating Workshop Aachen in February 2011; a workshop for debaters with an international focus
- Entry into the final at the Stuttgart 2011 tournament
- Semi-finals entry at Sciences Po IV 2011 in Le Havre
- First place at the St. Nicholas Tournament 2011 in Münster
- Semi-finals entry at the Centrale IV 2011 of the École Centrale Paris
- 15th place as a club in the 2011/12 FDL season
- Finals at Tilbury House IV 2012
- First place at the St. Nicholas Tournament 2012 in Münster
- 6th place as a club and two 12th places in the individual speaker table of the FDL season 2012/13
- Organization of a jury seminar in January 2013
- Organization of a ZEIT debate in May 2013 under the patronage of Martin Schulz in cooperation with the weekly newspaper Die Zeit
- Organization of a clear text Europe debate in June 2013 as part of “Debate Changing Europe” - a project of European debates in 7 European countries
- First place at the Elbe Open in Magdeburg in June 2013
- Top of the tab at the Elbe Open in Magdeburg in June 2013
- Final entry at the ZEIT debate in Frankfurt in November 2013
- Position of chief juror at the Black Forest Cup in Freiburg in November 2013
- Position of chief juror at the St. Nicholas tournament 2013 in Münster
- Top of the tab at the St. Nicholas Tournament 2013 in Münster
- 9th place as a club and an 8th place and 25th place in the individual speaker table for the 2013/14 FDL season
- Best speaker at the ZEIT debate in Dresden in January 2014
- West German runner-up in 2014
- Position of chief juror at the Bayern Cup in Bayreuth in May 2014
- Position of chief juror at the Brothers Grimm Cup in Marburg in May 2014
- Position of chief juror at the Boddencup in Greifswald in July 2014
- First place and top of the tab at the 2014 St. Nicholas tournament in Münster
- Position of chief juror in the ZEIT debate on Upper Franconia
- Orientation of the West German championship
- First place and best final speech at the Black Forest Cup 2015
- Vice-World Champion at the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) 2016 in the category English as Second Language
Related Links
Individual evidence
- ^ Debating Club Aachen: Association
- ↑ Ranking of IDEA 2016: [1]
- ↑ Article of the Aachener Nachrichten : Debating around the world
- ^ Information from the Free Debating League: 2010/11 season
- ^ Report by the Stuttgart Debating Club : Debating Workshop Aachen
- ^ Report on the pages of the Stuttgart Debating Club : Punkturnier Stuttgart 2011
- ^ Report of the "Eighth Minute": Stuttgart and Berlin in the finals of Science Po IV 2011
- ↑ Debating Club at RWTH Aachen University: Aachen wins St. Nicholas Tournament in Münster ( Memento from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Debating Club at RWTH Aachen University: Centrale IV 2011 - Debating like God in France ( Memento from April 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Information from the Free Debating League: Season 2011/12
- ↑ Debating Club at RWTH Aachen University: Tilbury House IV 2012 - Aachen in the final ( Memento from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Report of the "Eighth Minute": Aachen wins in Münster
- ↑ Information from the Free Debating League: Season 2012/13
- ↑ debating at RWTH Aachen: Jurierseminar in Aachen ( Memento of 19 August 2014 Internet Archive )
- ^ Website of the ZEIT-Debate Aachen 2013: Zeitdebatte Aachen 2013
- ↑ ZEIT press release on the ZEIT debate in Aachen 2013: ZEIT DEBATTE in Aachen as part of "Debate Changing Europe"
- ↑ Article of the Aachener Nachrichten about the ZEIT-Debate Aachen 2013: When debating it depends on the method
- ↑ Review of the debate in the "eighth minute": Review: Klartext-Europa-Debatte in Aachen
- ↑ Information from the Free Debating League: Season 2012/13
- ↑ Information from the Free Debating League: Season 2012/13
- ↑ Report of the "Eighth Minute": That was the ZEIT DEBATTEN 2013/14: an overview of all tournaments and winners
- ↑ Information from the Free Debating League: Season 2012/13
- ↑ Information from the Free Debating League: 2013/14 season
- ↑ Information from the Free Debating League: 2013/14 season
- ↑ Information from the Free Debating League: 2013/14 season
- ↑ Report of the "Eighth Minute": That was the ZEIT DEBATTEN 2013/14: an overview of all tournaments and winners
- ↑ Report of the "Eighth Minute": That was the ZEIT DEBATTEN 2013/14: an overview of all tournaments and winners
- ↑ Information from the Free Debating League: 2013/14 season
- ↑ Information from the Free Debating League: 2013/14 season
- ↑ Information from the Free Debating League: 2013/14 season
- ^ Report of the “Eighth Minute”: Season 2014/15
- ↑ Report of the “Eighth Minute”: Bremen wins the ZEIT DEBATTE Upper Franconia
- ^ Report of the "Eighth Minute": West German Championship in Aachen
- ↑ Report of the “Eighth Minute”: Aachen wins the Black Forest Cup 2015
- ↑ Report of the "eighth minute": "And the winners are": Die Weltmeister 2016