Debate to your heart’s content!
I am excited to offer to you the opportunity to attend the 2nd Annual Art of Debating Summer Camp! The motivation behind this project is to give STEM oriented students the crucial communication skills which are often overlooked by traditional academic curriculum, through the medium of competitive debating. Debating provides the confidence and deliberate precision with which complex ideas can be communicated effectively. I have gained massively in terms of confidence and public speaking skill ever since I started debating and I believe that the aspects of general knowledge and argumentation are also skills which are incredibly useful to have when operating in the academic and professional world.
The debating camp will include 9 highly accomplished instructors: Hasit Nanda, Rajas Nanda, Maxwell DeLorenzo, Aarit Bhattacharya, Cees Armstrong, John Chang, Rohan Battula, Richard Kim, and Thomas Potter
Art of Debating Summer Program 2021
The timeline of the one week debating summer program
There will be an introductory session with ice-breakers and informal debate discussions.
There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on debating fundamentals and British Parliamentary format. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.
There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on argument construction and rebuttal. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.
There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on prep-time strategies and content generation. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.
There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on the fundamentals of principled arguments. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.
There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on strategy and weighing. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.
There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on debating social movements. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.
There will be a lecture delivered by one or more of the instructors on debating religion. Students will practice the skills taught, by participating in a competitive debate with their peers.